Canpol: Stick a fork in them, and congrats on the nuptials

[DRoseDARs]

Originally posted by Ben Kenobi
"Blessed are the meek, for they shall inherit the earth."

"Make love, not war."

[Ben Kenobi]

"if my kingdom were of this earth, would not my followers be fighting to rescue me?"

[DRoseDARs]

Maybe, if there's oil in the kingdom...

Badumpbump

[Ben Kenobi]

"Vengeance is mine, sayeth the LORD"

[Tingkai]

Originally posted by Ben Kenobi
Will the religious groups that refuse to do so be persecuted here in Canada? Will they lose their tax exemptation...

No. An amendment to the bill protects the charity status of religious groups that refuse to perform G&L marriages.

[Ben Kenobi]

hmm, you need to amend that.

GBLQTT marriages.

[Gatekeeper]

Well, hopefully this part ...

The legislation applies to civic weddings at public places, like city halls and courthouses. No religious groups will be forced to sanctify same-sex marriages if they don't want to.

... will be enough to mollify those who fear that secularism is overpowering religion. But I wouldn't count on it.

Gatekeeper

[Ben Kenobi]

Right, but it doesn't protect the churches from having to host receptions, and the rest.

[Ben Kenobi]

Liberal No Votes (32)

Bonin, Ray
Boshcoff, Ken
Cannis, John
Carr, Gary
Chamberlain, Brenda
Commuzzi, Joe
Cuzner, Rodger
Galloway, Roger
Hubbard, Charles
Karygiannis, Jim
Khan, Wajid
Lee, Derek
Lastewka, Walt
Longfield
Malhi, Gurbax
Maloney, John
Matthews, Bill
McCallum, John
McKay, John
McTeague, Dan
Pachetti, Massimo
Savoy, Andy
Scarpaleggia, Francis
Simard, Ray
Simms, Scott
Steckle, Paul
Szabo, Paul
Tonks, Alan
Ur, Rosemary
Wappel, Tom
Wilfert, Bryon
Zed, Paul

Bloc No Votes (5)

Bouchard, Robert
Cardin, Serge
Gaudet, Roger
Perron, Gilles
Thibault, Louis

NDP No Votes (1)

Desjarlais, Bev NDP

Independent No Votes (2)

O’Brien, Pat IND
Kilgour, David Ind

[Tingkai]

Originally posted by Ben Kenobi
Right, but it doesn't protect the churches from having to host receptions, and the rest.

Protect? An odd word.

But whether a church can discriminate against people who want to rent its facilities would be determined by existing laws. So there is no need to cover it in the new law.

[Max Webster]

Good. Finally getting that nonsense over with. Much ado about nothing. If the gays want to marry each other, I could care less.

So when is this government going to get around to decriminalizing small amounts of marijuana?

[Mr. Harley]

When the USA gets over its stupid hard-on over "illicit drugs" and we elect some representatives who truly undestand history (can you say "Prohibition"). Thank God for Canada, Americans need somewhere close to home as an icon of freedom.

[Wezil]

Originally posted by Tingkai


No. An amendment to the bill protects the charity status of religious groups that refuse to perform G&L marriages.

When that section of the statute is challenged by the Charter what will the decision be? Do you need three guesses?

[Boris Godunov]

Originally posted by Ben Kenobi
Right, but it doesn't protect the churches from having to host receptions, and the rest.

Are you really this paranoid?

Can you cite me any instance where any church was forced to host a reception "and the rest" at all?

The notion that legalizing gay marriage will force any church to do something like this is simply absurd.

[Wezil]

Gay "marriage" wasn't the agenda a decade ago.

The agenda moving forward in this country appears to be to force compliance (read: acceptance) by the churches. The campaign to remove their tax free status has already begun. This will be accomplished by showing the Church practices and beliefs are in conflict with the Charter.