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Ford against fornication!

Posted on May 25, 2007 by Philip Preville

Yesterday at city council, when a motion was brought forward regarding the City of Toronto’s support for Pride Week, Rob Ford (Ward 2 – Etobicoke North) stood up and said, “I don’t think this council should support sexuality.” The chamber erupted in laughter. He seemed to be the only person who didn’t realize what he had just said.

It’s fun to imagine taking him literally. Toronto could have sexuality police. Hey you, lovebirds: stop that kissing! You in the heels: cease being sexy! You, the middle aged guy with the touch of grey around the sides: two minutes for looking so good! The motion was approved by a vote of 37 to 2, and that was that. If this were Montreal, Ford would have been bound in rainbow flags and run out of town on a parade float.

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Philip Preville

Veteran freelance writer Philip Preville lived much of his life in Montreal and Edmonton before he was lured, like so many Torontonians before him, by the promise of more work and a better living. A National Magazine Award winner and former Canadian Journalism Fellow at the University of Toronto’s Massey College, Preville writes Toronto Life’s politics column. He lives with his wife and one-year-old son in Riverdale, just close enough to the Don Valley Parkway that he can hear it when he steps outside his house—but just far enough away that it doesn’t keep him awake at night. On his office wall hangs a 1938–39 press pass belonging to his grandfather, Elias Gannon, who wrote for the Montreal Star.


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