For the first time, leader of Alberta's Wildrose party, Danielle Smith, has spoken out against homophobic comments made by a former Wildrose candidate.
In a 2011 blog post, Wildrose candidiate and pastor Allan Hunsperger wrote that being gay is a choice, public schools were immoral for protecting gay pupils and all queers would burn in a lake of fire.
"We have a lot of people [in Alberta] with fairly conservative values who should be allowed to practice their religion," Smith said during an interview on queer women's podcast I Dig Your Girlfriend.
"If you want to seek public life, if want to be a politician, you have to decide what hat you are going to wear. You have to decide that if you are going to be a public official that you will do so in a way that allows you to represent every single one of your constituents."
While Smith's stance should be applauded, are these the words of an queer ally or simply someone trying to sway queer voters?
Listen to Smith's full podcast interview on I Dig Your Girlfriend, where she also discusses her province's stance on funding gender reassignment surgery, same sex marriage and abortion, below and decide for yourself.
