Dinger is right

The dinger is right when he says I should have not used the coercive powers of the government of Alberta to find out exactly what Bishop Henry had in mind when he demanded the same government use their coercive powers to stop same sex couples from marrying.

As a teacher, Bell knows full well that some words have more meaning to them, than what shows up in the pages of a dictionary.

A coercive power of the government can be as minimal as passing a motion of support of a project, policy, or idea. It can also pass a law that puts people in jail for going against its wishes or the public good.

That is why we put people in jail for drunk driving, pornography, or even communicating for the purposes of procuring a prostitute.

Unfortunately the vast majority of us do not have the gift nor the avenue to ask questions of public figures and to have them explain themselves.

That is what I did through the process of filing a complaint through the Alberta Human Rights Commission.

Henry can preach all he wants about protecting his version of marriage, and the Catholic Church's doctrine and dogma. He does not have the right to ask our government to use their powers to deny the same rights that we all have, to one specific group of Canadians, nor to carry out what he cannot do from his pulpit.

We have seen that happen before in Canada, and we have seen what that has cost us.

It is too bad Bell has to sink to the level of name calling and making false assumptions with out first checking out the facts.

The threats to my life would never be worth pulling a, 'publicity stunt.'