He is reflecting, even broadcasting, the beliefs of people who share his religion. It's one thing not to talk about religion on the public stage, it's another thing not to impose religion. It's telling that he won't answer the question about gay people being born that way. By and large, the only group of people who will not accept that gay people are born gay, which is what scientists agree about practically unanimously, are conservative Christians. Conservative Christians as a rule tend to be very firm that gay people choose to be gay. And they tend to get very emotionally caught up about that, claiming that their God will magic the gay away as long as you pray correctly or do whatever other superstitious bullshit.

So, if he publicly disagrees with the science, he's going to get himself in trouble with his co-religionists.

And there you have it, religion influencing government to the detriment of queer people.

You'd think Canadian politicians would be loathe to allow Christianity to affect public policy, especially after what Christianity did to Canada's indigenous people.

But history often repeats itself, and politicians in general are not very honest or honorable people. So on they march, "Christian soldiers as to war" – and this time queer people are the targets.