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CJ Cregg
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 Thu Dec 07, 2006 12:12 pm Canada looks set to keep gay marriage law |
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| Quote: | Canada looks set to keep gay marriage law
OTTAWA - Parliament prepared today to revisit last year's decision to make gay marriage legal in Canada, but with much less fanfare and with virtual certainty that the new definition of marriage will be maintained.
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Republican_Man
STV's Premier Conservative
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| Thu Dec 07, 2006 6:55 pm |
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I hope that certainty doesn't pan out.
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"Rights are only as good as the willingness of some to exercise responsibility for those rights- Fmr. Colorado Senate Pres. John Andrews
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Valathous
The Canadian, eh
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| Thu Dec 07, 2006 6:56 pm |
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Excellent! Equal rights abound!
I figured this would happen anyways, so it's not that big of a surprise especially with more Liberals backing it this time than last time and support from other parties.
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CJ Cregg
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| Thu Dec 07, 2006 7:18 pm |
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| Quote: | House votes not to reopen same-sex marriage issue
TENILLE BONOGUORE
Globe and Mail update
OTTAWA � Same-sex marriage is here to stay.
A Conservative bid to reinstate the traditional meaning of �marriage� was voted down 175 to 123 in the House of Commons on Thursday. |
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WeAz
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| Thu Dec 07, 2006 8:10 pm |
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Excellent news. Another victory for civil rights around the world.
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Hitchhiker
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Location: Ontario, Canada
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| Thu Dec 07, 2006 10:02 pm |
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Before this turns into another round of debate on the quite exhausted topic of same-sex marriage, I'll point out that this is much more significant than beating that dead horse....
The Liberal and Conservative MPs were allowed to freely vote on this matter (as opposed to vote for or against it as directed by their leader). This means that opponents of same-sex marriage have really hit a dead-end; there isn't much more they can complain about. A majority of MPs have freely voted not to re-open the issue, which I think is good.
Other groups may continue to lobby about this issue, but I hope we can finally move on to more important things, like, say, healthcare. Military spending. Oh, and that whole "accountability" concept the Conservatives promised us in the last election. 
All right, I'm done. You may now leap at each others throats over the same-sex marriage debate.
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WeAz
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| Thu Dec 07, 2006 10:04 pm |
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I'm not moving on, until Gay Marriage is legalized in the United States. As it damn well should be.
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Republican_Man
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| Fri Dec 08, 2006 12:17 am |
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| WeAz wrote: | | I'm not moving on, until Gay Marriage is legalized in the United States. As it damn well should be. |
I think he was talking about Canadians 
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Theresa
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| Fri Dec 08, 2006 7:55 pm |
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And we're not going to have the "is it right/moral" debate here. Again.
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WeAz
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| Sun Dec 10, 2006 6:37 pm |
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If we did, it would be the....third time?
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IntrepidIsMe
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| Sun Dec 10, 2006 7:47 pm |
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Well, thank you so much for filling us in on that little tid bit of information. Please, don't waste our time by making us read your spam, 
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