Some interesting points to comment on about gay marriage, specifically about this article to do with my own country Canada:
PRIME MINISTER VOWS HE'LL FIGHT TO SANCTION SAME-SEX UNIONS
By Beth Duff-Brown
Associated Press
TORONTO - As gay-rights activists head to Ottawa for the final stage in their long battle to legalize same-sex marriage nationwide, Roman Catholic clergy are crossing the line that separates church and state to demand that legislators defeat the proposition.
They have pledged to bring the debate to their pulpits today and have called on Prime Minister Paul Martin to consider the moral consequences of allowing same-sex unions nationwide. Gays can marry already in seven provinces -- including Ontario, British Columbia, Quebec, Manitoba and Saskatchewan -- and the Yukon territory.
Across the globe in China on a trade mission, Martin said he would stake his leadership on defending the right of gay couples to wed under Canada's Charter of Rights, the country's 1982 counterpart to the U.S. Bill of Rights.
The debate is being closely watched south of the border, as gay marriage is opposed by a majority of Americans, according to an Associated Press-Ipsos poll taken in November, shortly after constitutional amendments in 11 states to ban same-sex marriage were approved.
Canada's Constitution, like America's, separates the powers of church and state, though it acknowledges that Canada is founded ``under the supremacy of God.''
As I said before, even the newspapers are calling a spade a spade and admitting that the church is involving themselves where they don't belong. Imagine the nerve. to DEMAND.
Roman Catholic clergy are crossing the line that separates church and state to demand that legislators defeat the proposition.
It's ridiculous. It's no different then if the government forced them to alter their beliefs and ceremonies to suit secularism.
Canada's Constitution, like America's, separates the powers of church and state
I had just finished saying on another quote that we didn't have a specific constitution saying separation of religion and state. Evidently I was wrong.
though it acknowledges that Canada is founded ``under the supremacy of God.''
I was also unaware of that. It's amazing our country is more tolerant in general then the United States since that country doesn't even have this assertion in the ORIGINAL foundations of the law.
``The law that protects religious freedom is the same law that protects lesbians and gays from discrimination -- the Charter of Rights and Freedoms. You can't switch it on and off,'' said Munter, national coordinator of Canadians for Equal Marriage.
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