Politics: Gmarriage: The destruction of marriage as a unique inimate union of its own kind recognized at law continues in Canada
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CBC News (Dec6,2k6) reports "Opposition MPs grill government on same-sex marriage," the re-vote regarding which is scheduled for tomorrow.
Opposition MPs demanded Wednesday to know why the Conservative government insists on reopening the controversial debate over same-sex marriage.North America > Canada
The demand came as MPs debated a Conservative motion to introduce legislation to restore the traditional definition of marriage while respecting existing same-sex marriages.
Stéphane Dion said his decision to allow Liberal MPs to vote their conscience will prevent Stephen Harper from saying 'Dion prevented his MPs from voting freely.'Stéphane Dion said his decision to allow Liberal MPs to vote their conscience will prevent Stephen Harper from saying 'Dion prevented his MPs from voting freely.'
(CBC)
"What is the crisis that the government is responding to?" NDP member Bill Siksay asked at the start of the debate in the House of Commons.
"Is there any documentation showing there is a crisis in marriage?"
Conservative House leader Rob Nicholson was quick to contradict him, saying he made the same argument when the Liberal government moved to legalize same-sex marriage across Canada in 2005.
"I raised that point exactly one year ago," Nicholson said. "What was the rush to change the traditional definition of marriage?"
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The Conservative motion is not expected to pass on Thursday. The Bloc and NDP are telling their MPs to vote against it.
Liberal MPs allowed to vote freely
Liberal Leader Stéphane Dion announced Wednesday afternoon, just before the debate began, that he will allow his MPs to vote freely on the motion.
Most are expected to oppose it, just as they did in 2005 when the government adopted Bill C-38, which legalized same-sex marriage in Canada.
Only 32 Liberals voted against C-38, while 95 voted for it.
Canada continues with its poorly conceptualized displacement of marriage by redefining it to include everybody and nobody. The new provision for so-called "same-sex marriage" will stand--tho the proposed replacement provisions would establish "civil unions" for 2women intimate unions, and also for 2men intimate unions.
Like the Liberals, Conservatives will also be allowed to vote freely on Thursday. In 2005, only three Tory MPs supported C-38.
Dion, elected as leader on Saturday, said he wants Liberals to vote as they choose because it will send a strong message to Prime Minister Stephen Harper.
"There will be a free vote to prove that an overwhelming majority of my MPs are not willing to vote with the government on this issue," Dion said before the debate.
"We want that to be over…. It will be the end of the story."
Before the debate on Wednesday, Tory MP Bev Oda said she voted against C-38 and she plans to vote for the Conservative motion on Thursday.
"I will be consistent with the issue," she said.
'I don't think there's any harm'
Conservative MP James Moore is voting against reopening the issue. He said he would only vote for the motion if he felt same-sex marriage was causing public harm.
"And I don't think there's any harm in allowing two people [of the same sex] who want to live in a loving, monogamous relationship … to do so," he said before the debate.
Dion said if there were a vote in the future to change the same-sex law, he would tell his MPs to vote along party lines. That vote should not arise, he added, provided the current motion about revisiting the law is defeated Thursday.
Thursday's vote stems from a promise Harper made leading up to the January 2006 election. He told voters he would hold a free vote on the issue.
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