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Originally Posted by Charlatan
Harper is grasping at straws... The new legislation will make it legal for same sex marriage but it will also hold up the rights of religious institutions so they won't be forced to perform said marriages... Sounds like a happy medium.
As for Martin calling an election... whatever. I hope he doesn't but one is coming in the next year or so to be sure.
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Harper... misses the Bus on two essential issues. (fact)
One: Parliamentarians , if they choose to do so, WILL have to use the "Not Withstanding" clause in order to stop Gay Marriage... and then it can only be stopped for 5 years when the clause will time out and has to be passed again. Recently a letter from a large colection of Law professors from all across Canada explained that harper IS wrong about this.
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TWO: They would also have to use the Not withstanding clause to stop polygamy also... here is the reason why: Consenting adults cannot be discriminated against no matter what thier orientation... If consent is assumed then any act by another to stop them from doing what they want in respoect to thier relationship (ie marriage) would be constured as discrimmination.
This IS problematic.... the threat of polygamy isn't merely a contrivance meant to scare people away from the Gay marriage issue.It is Legally Plausible according to our charter of rights and freedoms.
I am not choosing sides here, but merely explaining that we are on a slippery slope towards a much more liberal definition of marriage. Polygamy is NOT out of the question according to Canadian Law.