Whether its marriage or anything else why is it that a religion can hide behind, "freedom of religion" to get around being subject to the laws of the land?
Churches don't have to perform gay marriages. Yet the law states that all Canadians are equal under the law.
Why should someone who is gay be denide the same treatment as any other Canadian? Freedom of religion plays a role here. If someone is a Christian, or Buddist, or whatever, should they not have equal access to God?
The courts should be asked, if freedom of religion truly exists why then can't gays be married in the church most associated with their beliefs? These churches are always crying fowl, about their rights when it comes to freedom of religion, yet when it comes to gay marriage these same folks deny that freedom to others.
I personally don't know too much about the gay issue.
As an old guy with l8 you got it right l8 grandkids, I don't know why some one would be gay, but in a democracy that is their right.
If gays get the right to use the word marriage its no skin off my nose, and it doesn't lesson the institutiion what so ever. Conservatives are always looking at the dark side of everything. The see, evil in the Lion King, and teletubbies and of course elmo is purple.
Good God they should be happy that these folks want to get married at all. When faced with silly conservative views from the dark ages, I just tell them to get a life.
Marriage should not be left in the hands of religion, come to think of it nothing should be left in the hands of religion. Everytime religion gains political power, the world goes to hell in a hand basket.
