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Originally Posted by Cheese
well didnt Alberta Cons write legislation banning Gay marriage in churches? Cant remember?
The National Conservatives IF given the chance of a full majority Govnmt would be no different IMHO. Even now they are planning a bill that allows churches a way around the whole Gay marriage syndrome....
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It's a "syndrome" now? Yeesh.
You may be right that there are people on the far right in Canada too. I think the difference is that there are people who are so entrenched in power in the U.S. that they can afford to not only be ideologues, but to be completely out of touch. Gay marriage is one of those issues--nobody much cares about it except a small group of noisy Christian right lobbyists. But the right can use it as a wedge issue in close races, so that elections get decided by the very small number of people who actually feel strongly about opposing it.
I don't know what the content of the bill you're talking about is--and of course, gay marriage legislation is pointless if the government doesn't have to comply with it. But FWIW, my opinion is that Churches should be allowed to make their own judgements about it--if a congregation decides they don't want to perform same-sex marriages, fine. As long as there's adequate access and equal rights, I don't see the problem. The government (and its marriage commissioners) is kind of another story. They have an obligation to provide the same kind of service to everyone.