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Originally Posted by Thor
The change on CP within just the last 5 years has been very noticeable, people have really turned the corner I think as a general rule in public and especially on here where people are more likely to speak their mind than when face to face with people.
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Ain't that the truth. Back in 2005, when the Liberal government of the time was attempting to legalize gay marriage and we had lengthy threads about the issue, I was one of only a small number of posters on CP to support the motion. It felt like maybe 10% of us were in favour of legalizing gay marriage, 50% supported separate but equal "civil unions", and 40% were outright opposed to any recognition of homosexual couples. Now it seems like virtually everyone here is on the pro-marriage side, and support for civil unions has disappeared completely (rightfully so). Only a small number of posters (the religious extremist contingent) are still in favour of denying equality to LGBT couples altogether. The shift in this forum's collective attitude on the issue in recent years has been most welcome to see.
