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Oh Canada! Gay Marriage Bill Approved!

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Fellow comrades:

The Great Socialist State of Canada has passed legislation stating that "Gay Marriage" is not "Gay Marriage" but just plain marriage.

It is only nation number three to accept such a concept, according to the Associated People's Press.

Here's the story:

Canada Lawmakers Approve Gay Marriage Bill
Canadian Lawmakers Approve Bill to Legalize Gay Marriage Nationwide Despite Fierce Opposition
The Associated (People's) Press

Jun. 29, 2005 - Canada would become only the third country in the world to legalize gay marriage under landmark legislation passed in the House of Commons in spite of fierce opposition from Conservatives and religious leaders.

The bill would grant same-sex couples legal rights equal to those in traditional unions between a man and a woman, something already legal in a majority of Canadian provinces. The legislation drafted by Prime Minister Paul Martin's minority Liberal Party government was also expected to easily pass the Senate and become federal law by the end of July.

The Netherlands and Belgium are the only other two nations that allow gay marriage nationwide.

Some of Martin's Liberal lawmakers voted against the bill, and a Cabinet minister resigned over the legislation. But enough allies rallied to support the bill that has been debated for months, voting 158 to 133 to approve it on Tuesday evening.

Martin praised Tuesday's vote as a necessary step for human rights.

"We are a nation of minorities," Martin said. "And in a nation of minorities, it is important that you don't cherry-pick rights."

There are an estimated 34,000 gay and lesbian couples in Canada, according to government statistics.

Alex Munter, national spokesman for Canadians for Equal Marriage, which has led the debate in favor of the law, was triumphant after the vote: "The genius of Canada, almost unparalleled in the world, is built on shared identity, out of respect for each other."

Martin, a Roman Catholic, has said that despite anyone's personal beliefs, all Canadians should be granted the same rights to marriage.

Churches have expressed concern that their clergy would be compelled by law to perform same-sex ceremonies, with couples taking them to court or human rights tribunals if refused. The legislation, however, states that the bill only covers civil unions, not religious ones, and no clergy would be forced to perform same-sex ceremonies unless they choose to do so.

The Roman Catholic Church, the predominant Christian denomination in Canada, has vigorously opposed the legislation, saying that it would harm children in particular.

Charles McVety, a spokesman for Defend Marriage Canada and president of Canada Christian College, called the vote an "onerous breach of trust and the deconstruction of so much that is dear to our hearts."

Flanked by clergymen, McVety vowed his group would work to vote out lawmakers who supported the legislation in the next general elections.

"This is the beginning of the formal fight against the redefinition of marriage," McVety said. "We will, in the next election, be able to correct this incredible democratic deficit before us today."

The debate in Canada began in December, when the Supreme Court ruled that passage of same-sex legislation would not violate the constitution.

According to most polls, a majority of Canadians support the right for gays and lesbians to marry. In the United States, 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.

Massachusetts is the only state that allows gay marriages; Vermont and Connecticut have approved same-sex civil unions.

Roberta Sklar, spokeswoman for the National Gay and Lesbian Task Force in Washington, D.C., said same-sex American couples applaud Canadians.

"We know that it has been somewhat contentious in Canada, but at the same time the Canadians have largely approached this issue in a rational and democratic way and are providing a very positive model for the rest of the world," Sklar said.

Though hundreds of foreigners have come to Canada to seek civil ceremonies since gay marriages were first allowed in Ontario and British Columbia in 2003, not all countries or states recognize the unions.

In the United States, the federal government does not recognize same-sex marriage and most states refuse to acknowledge marriage certificates from gay and lesbian couples, regardless of where they wed.

Where do the Canadians get all this time to vote on legislation like this? People are way too busy shoveling and harvesting to even think about marriage. Oh, and they must have forgotten the fact that there is no such thing as gender. That is a capitalist concept so that they can create clothes "for him" and "for her." In the People's society, a simple red T-shirt available at the Dry Goods section will suit everyone, no matter what the gender, if gender existed.

So Canada, I don't know what you're up to, but may it's time for you to get a new shovel. Let me send you one, with my personal blessings.

Watching out for evil capitalism,
Vladimir Ivanov
Red Journalism Headquarters, Moscow, USSR

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The Party supports gay marriages so long as we can use this issue to stir up the revolution. After the revolution the gays are on their own.

Here are some philosophical musings on the same issue from someone I know...

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These United States
Will same-sex marriage lead to incest and polygamy? Let's hope so!

BY JULIA GORIN
Monday, April 26, 2004 12:01 a.m. EDT

Proponents of redefining marriage to include same-sex unions dismiss as alarmist the concern that it will set a precedent for incest and polygamy. But progressives and traditionalists alike should see the social advantage of the not-too-distant eventuality of all such unions--and mandate them.

For example, the number of single-mother homes could be greatly reduced if a woman were simply allowed to marry her son (a Jewish mother's dream!). Otherwise, we might suffer the fate of Sweden and Norway, where gay unions have been legal for a decade and today out-of-wedlock births are at 60% and single motherhood, with its accompanying poverty, has risen. If our society doesn't take the social experiment to its logical conclusion, then women and children, whom marriage protects, will become victims.

Same-family and multispousal unions (but please, don't ignorantly equate one with the other) can play a key role even in traditional family configurations, as when the man of the house dies and leaves an inheritance to a widow who eventually dies herself, leaving the kids to pay taxes on the estate. If, however, a widow were allowed to marry her son upon her husband's death, the death tax could be avoided, since spouses are immune. And if there is no son but only a daughter, same difference. In fact, there would be nothing to keep a widow from marrying all her kids.

Read the rest here -

https://www.opinionjournal.com/extra/?id=110004942

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Does that mean that if someone marries a dog or something, then that too is just plain marrige?


 
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