Bruce wrote:
> Up here in Canada the repressive conservative government is going to have a
> vote to scrap the gay marriage law which was voted in by the previous
> liberal government. (they won't win the vote, but they promised in the last
> election to try)

Being a Canadian border city, I catch CBC news occasionally - especially
during hockey season!

Same-sex marriage is a slightly different animal in Canada. 

In the States, marriage receives some benefits by some private companies,
healthcare for example. By declaring all unions as marriage, companies would
have to provide the healthcare benefits to all - or to none. Since Canada has
a national healthcare program, there is no reason to marry someone to receive
it. 

Secondly, Canada doesn't exactly have separation of Church and State. Many
Catholic schools are public schools IIRC. A potential flash point in Canada is
that the government could force the Catholic Church to perform gay marriages -
at least according to the reports I saw on "The National" (Canada's evening
news program.)

Mark W.

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