Doug Explains Why Mayor Ford Didn’t Stand for Pride Organizers

This article was last updated on April 16, 2022

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Councillor Doug Ford explained his brother and the mayor’s decision not to participate in a standing ovation for World Pride organizers was a deliberate choice he made based on principle. Explaining his brother’s behavior, Doug explained clarified the mayor’s side on Friday after several allegation and accusations called the mayor homophobic.

Doug stated that “Rob’s a spendaphobic, not a homophobic. There are gay people on our campaign, Rob has helped endless amounts of people in the gay community.” He added that “[some of our supporters] are scared of the media to come out and say, ‘I’m gay, I’m part of the gay community and Rob has helped us numerous times.’”

Furthermore, Doug alleged that Rob would have been criticized regardless of his decision. He explained that “Rob Ford has decided not to go to the gay Pride parade and all of a sudden he’s going to get up and he’s going to be applauding the gay Pride parade?” He said “so, you can’t speak out of both sides of your mouth. If you aren’t going to go to the gay Pride, like two thirds of council [who didn’t attend], I think it’s a little bit of hypocrisy if you decide to stand up.” In addition to that, Doug elucidated that “he’s a principled guy [and] if he does stand up, he will be criticized… by a lot of people,” adding that “he would be criticized for not being principled either way, if he stood or if he didn’t stand.”

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