Commons to revisit same-sex vote Screams the headline...
Ok, its Canadian so it just kind of makes it quietly known.
What the Hell you ask? Hasnt Canada voted, signed, sealed and decided already? Only in a Non Neocon Universe Im afraid.
Heres one article:
CBC, Commons to revisit same sex vote
This has been a long hard fought battle for equal rights, and I for one was pretty happy to see it FINALLY come to an end. But like I said up top, things aint what they seem.
I did a small search and came up with this link on the CBC,
(Canadian Broadcasting Corporation. This is the Canadian publicly and privately funded network which is also under attack from the Harper Conservatives BTW)
In Depth: Same sex Rights
I love the way they cover the timelines on the sidebar there. It gives a very real explanation of how far we have come just to get, here.
Some of the numbers that appear when polls are released: from 2003. (before the new law even!)
52% say there is nothing morally wrong with homosexuality
57% say that homosexual marriage does not threaten the institution of marriage
65% say homosexual couples should be treated the same as heterosexual couples
Those are interesting figures. On the surface it says to me at least that more people realize that gay people getting married does not affect their own marriages, whether they approve or not.
So who is behind this latest push?
According to the Right wing Neocons, If Gay people get married it will decimate the institution. (looking at the divorce rates, we are doing that quite nicely on our own)
Focus on Family has been busily trying to sabotage any and all same sex marriage legislation. Theres also these groups:
Vote Marriage Canada
Restore Marriage Canada
Institute of Family and Marriage in Canada
Focus on the Family, Canada
Why do these supposedly "christian" organizations expend so much time and money on one subject? On a subject that doesnt affect them one way or the other?
Why dont they spend more time and money thinking on some far far pressing subjects. Like....Child poverty?
Campaign 2000 report card 2005
Canadiancouncil on Social Development
Child Abuse?
CHILD ABUSE: A FACT SHEET FROM THE DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE CANADA
Education, Wife Assault
I would love to make a HUGE list of all the really really pressing issues in Canada, and send it to them all. Kids are dying, starving, women and children are being beaten....
If I had the money I would run my ads right next to theirs in all the papers.
Maybe its time to start lobbying the lobbyists?
I dont know if they actually feel guilt, but it wouldnt play real well to the general public.
What issues are more pressing to you? Comments....Ideas?