The War On Gays

Something tells me Stephen Harper will back off of this issue. I think he realises that he just can't win. A recent poll found that 56% of canadians are in favour of gay marraige and Sakatchewan has now legalized it. It's just a wedge issue that will (and should) go away

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If you don't like what you got, why don't you change it. If your world is all screwed up, rearrange it - Trooper

First of all, please keep in mind that it isn't the people voting to legalize same sex marriage...it's ONE judge. ONE person. Not much of a democracy. If the Liberal government was less cowardly, they'd put it to a vote in the House and be done with it. If it wins, so be it...if it loses, so be it too.I'm sick of activist judges making the laws.

I agree that the liberals were, and are, cowards on this and many other issues. But I really don`t care who pushes along social and economic justice, as long as it gets done! To me, its common sense, like granting women the right to vote. A vote shouldn`t be needed on such a no brainer! Just do it! Not to say that democracy doesn`t matter, because it does. Elimination of discrimination by the supreme court of Canada is alright with me, because, if some are oppressed, then nobody is free!

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Dave Ruston

I don't support the ammendment per say, but I do think the whole gay marriage issued should be put to a national referendum in Canada.

As for bush anti-gay agenda, as much as I hate the man( what he is doing in Iraq, his tax-cuts and environmental policies and so on) I don't mind his views on homosexuals!

Let's not forget that Bill clinton, a democrat, also opposed same sex marriage. He brought in Defence of Family Act and he proposed "don't ask, don't tell" policy when it came to gays in the military. All those acts I fully support.

That is one of the reason I can't support New Democratic Party. To me they are way off-line in their view on social issues such as abortion, same sex and euthanasia. We need a mainstream, inclusive centrist alternative who would protect our Canadian soverignty save our environment and get us out of NAFTA. For me there is only one person who is qualified enough to lead it. That person is no other than David Orchard.

re:"As for bush anti-gay agenda, as much as I hate the man I don't
mind his views on homosexuals! ...We need a mainstream,
inclusive centrist alternative who would protect our Canadian
soverignty ...""

Well, how nice. Being a bigot is "centrist" now, is it?
This is unacceptable drivel; read a book.
Canada must not stoop to the fithly lies and dirty tricks going on in
the US right now; we must (and the real centrists in the US hope
we will) continue to defend human rights at home and abroad. As
for the US so-called 'election' -- stay tuned for the news of the
'election' being completely rigged,folks -- is widely acknowledged
as a terrible omen for the entire world ; more than a shift to the
right, it's redefining what 'right-wing' means, where what used to
be centrist is now seen as rabidly "liberal'.

Democracy shouldn't have anything to do about it. It's about granting a minority group Equal Rights and Benefits by the Government. Period.

"the lawfull union of two people to the exclusion of all others".

What the hell is so objectionable about THAT? I haven't seen a SINGLE piece of evidence that this change to the definition of marriage used in Canadian Law will lead to priests being forced to marry same-sex couples, against their religions' doctrine.

27% of Gays voted for Kerry, 20% of Gays voted for Bush and the rest didn't bother or voted for Nader(in which case they shouldn't have bothered).

Gay people aren't that simplistic that they are a single issue constituency and the majority really don't give a fig about marriage it seems, just a vocal minority.

That being said, who cares, let'em get married, why should they be happier than anyone else...

Plain old garbage. History bears me out,marriage = one man and one woman. Your Liberal view is why we are in this mess to start with.Hard to abbrogate "Natural Law. This is another sign of minorities pushing they're agenda off on other Canadians. Majority is not correct in this one. Canadians are not deaf, dumb, blind nor stupid. Pls peddle this somewhere else. Sirgalahad.

Give yer head a shake Clementine!! Its totally against natural law. Remember Adam and Eve, it was not Adam and Steve. Rights fall under Natural or Common law not minorities.