The Canadian federal government will not appeal the Ontario Appeal Court ruling requiring it to recognise same-sex marriages.
Jean Chretien declares, beneath his somewhat disturbing portrait in the Globe and Mail:
"We won't be appealing the recent decision on the definition of marriage. Rather, we'll be proposing legislation that will protect the right of churches and religious organizations to sanctify marriage as they define it. At the same time, we will ensure that our legislation includes and legally recognize the union of same-sex couples[.]"
So there you have it. The more reactionary churches are still free to spew bile and venom and call down the wrath of God upon the unholy union of two men or women. Stockwell Day and his successors can Puritanically cry shame to their heart's content. But as far as the law is concerned, at last, in this respect, we are all equal.
They are all equal. Dammit. I forget sometimes that I'm an American. For a fleeting moment in the supermarket today, I thought a block of mozzarella cheese was priced at three pounds fifty.
More here. On gay marriage, that is; not my cheese.
Posted by aloysius at June 17, 2003 07:28 PM | TrackBack |