What a load of horse sh!t.
That Canada already exists. Grow up FP, you're better than this.
No, it doesn't. We've made substantial progress, and things are better than they used to be, but no, that Canada does not already exist. The
Civil Marriage Act, in 2005, did not address the whole picture, but it was a major step forward, and an example to the world of a progressive attitude toward LGBTQ people. LGBTQ Canadians have it comparatively good, but there is still work to be done.
LGBTQ youth continue to be more likely than their heterosexual friends to consider or commit suicide; they also continue to be overrepresented in the homeless population. In Saskatchewan, it is legal for an owner to discriminate on the basis of sexual orientation when renting out a duplex apartment. Gay conversion "therapy" is still legal in all provinces except for Ontario and Manitoba. All provinces still use DSM 4, listing transexuality as a disease. Men who have had sex with men are still subject to a 5-year blood donation deferral period.
Et cetera.
But there's nothing wrong with your implication that when sitting PM's (Read Harper) didn't attend, it was because they were homophobes?
That's a load of bull. I don't think he was homophobic, and nowhere here have I said that. I plainly acknowledge that if the Right Hon. Stephen Harper, P.C., M.P. (Calgary Heritage) had really wanted to, he could have repealed the
Civil Marriage Act during the course of his majority government. It probably would have had severe political consequences, but the fact is he
could have. He had a majority in both Houses, and it probably would have sailed right through.
I think that he didn't attend because it would have cost him politically, with socially-conservative voters spewing the same kind of garbage that we've seen here in this thread. I think he was probably more concerned with the generally homophobic attitudes of
social conservatives, who believe, like we've seen here in this thread, that if you admit solidarity with the queer community, you must necessarily have shades of queerness yourself.
What leads you to this exciting observation?
And what if he is?
Please, by all means, make my day.