Same Sex Marriage – Repeal and Lose
In this continued pursuit of blocking the same sex marriage bill, there have been some pretty outrageous arguments made on both sides of the debate.
Sorry, but suggesting that this is a separatist issue is highly suspect. That children would somehow be hurt by the existence of same sex marriage is a strange argument to wrap my head around, too.
The arguments by the Liberals are almost as compelling. They would like us to believe that this is a “human rights” issue. Please! It’s a symantec argument about redefining a word many people hold sacred for the purpose of scoring cheap political points.
We should have been arguing ALL ALONG that this is not properly a “Government” institution, and should therefore not be up to the Government to define. We could have suggested used an alternative phrase in law (like “civil union”) to define all unions (this, too, is “equality”), and left “marriage” up to churches and other religious organizations to determine for themselves. In this whole country, it seems, the only politican who gets this concept is Ralph Klein (and, even then, only after it appeared to be his last resort).
Thanks to the lack of foresight on this issue, now, it remains to be seen whether or not this law will even sufficiently protect Churches from outside influence in their own definition. The day a Church is told by a court who they marry is a day all Canadians should mourn, and for making the wrong arguments about the issue, the Conservative Party of Canada is as much to blame as the Liberals, the NDP and the separatists.
Politically, it now doesn’t matter who is right or wrong. What matters now is the spin — and when it comes to spin, Liberals win. So, score 3 points for the Liberals.
Finally, it is critical we do not make this a key election issue. We will lose.
This is what will happen:
The Liberal spin doctors will convince Canadians that this an issue about “tolerance”, and use this to suggest the Conservative Party is chock-full of interolerant people. Even the most rational argument to repeal or amend this law will be dismissed as intoler-babble motivated by hatred and/or religious zealousness. In this atmosphere of manufactured fear, Canadians who do not like the new law will also think twice about voting for us, too.
We will know the Liberal spin and the outlandish conclusions they make are ridiculous (and they’ll secretly know it too), but it won’t matter. We will lose.
How do I know all this? It’s happened 4 elections in a row. Let’s not walk right into the line of fire for the 5th!
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