U.S. Author Mark Jordan Arrives In Montreal To Weigh In On The Same-Sex Marriage

For Mark Jordan, the American academic who has written extensively about issues surrounding same-sex marriage and the Catholic Church, the move is a surprising one for a Canadian government. “To many of us in America, Canada is this enlightened bastion,” he says. “The new proposed legislation make for a curious kind of argument about church-state relations. Churches already have the right to regulate their own rituals. But this proposal would make churches exempt from basic human rights legislation. If a church in Canada wanted to discriminate on the basis of race, this legislation would protect them in doing so. I think that would provoke a huge reaction.” In a media universe where the issues surrounding same-sex marriage or unions is often simplified, Jordan has consistently and eloquently analyzed the nuances and complexities of the debates. His 2005 book, Blessing Same-Sex Unions: The Perils of Queer Romance and the Confusions of Christian Marriage (U of Chicago Press), is a sharp and insightful analysis of the furor ignited in America about the issue. http://www.montrealmirror.com/2006/101206/news2.html

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