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3) Same-sex Marriage--Conservatives are not homophobic, it's amazing how many Canadians have been brainwashed by Martin. Civil Unions will have the EXACT same benefits as Marriages, just a different name because the government should NOT have the power to invent new definitions for words in the English language. What is so hard to understand? If same sex couples can get "married" then what is next? We change the definition of Mac n' Cheese to "Spagetti n' Cheese" because Macaroni now means Spagetti as defined by the Liberal government?
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Why do you have a problem with the definition changing? The world is changing, our language is changing, etc. Give us the real reason you have a problem with it because I don't buy that you are "against the changing of the definitions of words." What does pasta have to do with same-sex marriages?[/b][/quote]
Macaroni and Spagetti are both pastas, just like Marriage and Civil Unions are (will be) both legally recognized, tax-benefits generating partnerships between two individuals that will provide the other spouse with certain additional benefits should one of them leave this world earlier than the other. But while Macaroni and Spagetti are both pastas, with basically the same ingredients, they also come in different shapes (and in the case of Marriage and Civil Union, different labels).
The problem with changing definitions of words: Yes, the world is changing, and I have no doubt there have been numerous words that have been invented or changed over time since the beginning of civilization and the English language. But these words were certainly not changed overnight, by government bureaucrats no less. Let me reiterate that I do not have a problems with words changing with the times. I do however, have a SERIOUS problem when the government is able to rewrite the dictionary on a whim. NO government in the democratic world should have the right to rewrite the dictionary as it pleases (read: to buy more votes from the minority) just as no government in the democratic world should have the right to stick its nose into private citizens' bedrooms. Pierre Trudeau legalized homosexuality in 1969, that is progressing with the times; Paul Martin insisting all Canadians to agree with him that a union of same sex couples be called "marriage", that is language Nazi; Paul Martin claiming himself to be of Catholic faith, that is hyprocricy at its finest.