gay marriage

Reviewing the Marriage Laws

September 3, 2003

The flap continues over same sex marriage here in Ontario.  The letters page in this morning’s Citizen was wall to wall opinions on the topic.  Now Ernie Eves is weighing in during the election despite the fact that marriage is federal territory, and not provincial at all. Around our house we’ve had pretty spirited debates on [...]

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Who’s out of step?

July 23, 2003

Jeffrey Simpson ran a yawner of an opinion piece on the power of the courts in the Globe this morning.  Another rant on how the courts in this country have too much power, this time suggesting that our elected politicians do nothing to earn their keep, and that in fact it is the courts that [...]

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Who’s out of step?

July 21, 2003

Jeffrey Simpson ran a yawner of an opinion piece on the power of the courts in the Globe this morning.  Another rant on how the courts in this country have too much power, this time suggesting that our elected politicians do nothing to earn their keep, and that in fact it is the courts that are [...]

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What kind of a country do you want to live in?

July 1, 2003

The Globe’s 12 part series on being Canadian, which was published around Canada Day, included an article titled "A generation redefines civic society" about activism amongst Canadian youth.  According to the Globe, many Canadian youth are completely disenchanted with the political system, and see lobby groups as a more effective way to influence the future [...]

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Same sex marriages legal as of yesterday in Ontario

June 11, 2003

I awoke this morning to news reports that the Ontario Court of Appeal had upheld a lower court ruling that the common law definition of marriage in Canada is not defensible under the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms.  Furthermore, the court said that the Federal Governments’ more recent, and hasty, declaration, was also discriminatory.  [...]

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Crazed Monkey on Gay Marriage

May 6, 2003

Enough with the gay marriage debate already! is a good rant.  I think my favorite line in the whole thing is this one. I am sick and tired of hearing people, mostly religious nuts, waxing on about "the family" and how vitally important it is that a wedding only involve someone with a penis and [...]

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Gay Marriages – What’s the Flap?

May 4, 2003

This topic has been all over the papers again this week, after the BC Supreme Court ruled that the definition of marriage used today (the union between a man and a woman to the exclusion of all others) is unconstitutional.  Perhaps the way it is worded does violate the Charter of Rights.  I am no [...]

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Canada stalls on Gay Marriage

August 17, 2002

Canada stalls on gay marriage question.  Isn’t this just an inevitable conclusion?  From what I read, the Charter of Rights and Freedoms has pretty much pre-ordained this.  So get over it! And get over this too! Let Charles be king and marry Camilla – poll   

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