The Most Diverse, Tolerant and Open-minded Place on Earth

I'm proud to be Canadian today, more so than other days as our federal government passed Bill C-38 to legalize same-sex marriage last night. The majority of Liberal, NDP and Bloc MPs voted in favour 158-133 of changing the definition of marriage from "The union of one man and one woman to the exclusion of all others" to "The union of two persons to the exclusion of all others."

It seems like the debate has taken forever to settle and although Senate still has to vote to make it really, really official, I'm glad that Canadian men and woman can live happily ever after no matter who they want to live happily ever after with.

John Ibbitson wrote a very nice column in today's Globe. Here's some of it cut and pasted together:

Healthy conservatism promotes the continuity of civilization, the importance of community, the dangers of thoughtless change. It does not, or should not, assert the right of white, Christian heterosexual males of a certain age to limit the rights of everyone else. The past 100 years of social history has been dedicated, on good days, to constraining the dominance of this minority. Yesterday was a good day...So, enjoy the summer while it lasts. And congratulate yourself. You are part of the most diverse, tolerant and open-minded place on earth.

If you're curious about how your MP has voted on bills related to the rights of GLBT, please visit the Egale Canada website.

Comments

[deepfriedgold]

Right on, sister.