The House of Commons voted 158-133 (Government, BQ, NDP vs. Conservatives and some members of the Government) to legalize same-sex marriage in Canada today.
Do you favor or oppose?
favor
favour
Favor.
So Cran, do you favor, favour, or oppose?
I lean toward “favour,” but I don’t really know all the ins-and-outs of the Canadian legal system.
Favour, they now have the same right to be miserable when the marriage breaks up as the straights, divorce lawyers are already packing the pubs in celebration!
MarkB
please cran, the in and out comes after marriage.
favor and favour (I’m a dual US-Canadian citizen): now there will be more wedding gig opportunities for musicians! 
Being a heterosexual American guy, I have no dog in this fight, really.
However, if I may borrow the words of the great Thomas Jefferson, allowing gays to marry neither picks my pocket nor breaks my leg…I’m all for it if that’s what they wanna do.
Favor.
But you get sick of “I Did it My Way” and old Freddy Mercury numbers pretty quickly.
Favor.
Even though from a religious stand point I veiw it is wrong but I think people should have the right to be wrong that is my philosophy.
My thoughts exactly.
I personally have no dog in this one either, but many of my friends do.
favor.
(btw, is the point of this exercise to start an enormous flamer the minute some hapless person picks oppose?)
Favor.
Although, much as Avery pointed out, I believe marriage is essentially a religious institution. Here in the states, therefore, the govvy ought to re-read the establishment clause and let marriage be defined by churches howsoever they like.
I don’t know. Let’s see.
Oppose - and I won’t go into the reasons why, but it has nothing to do with religion since I’m not a religious person.
Susan
Lots of Christian denominations/groups marry gay people. I’m pretty sure some more “liberal” Jewish sects do as well, but I don’t know about Muslims, Hindus, atheists, etc…
OTM, I’m curious to know what you thought of Stephen Harper’s remarks to the effect that since the bill was likely to be passed only because of the support of the splittists, our friends Duceppe and co., its legitimacy for the whole of federal Canada would somehow be questionable.
Personally I was very surprised. I mean this a guy who was hoping to bring down the Martin government… with the support of the Bloc, as I recall.
Here’s an interview that aired recently. I thought it fascinating. It seems the definition of marriage has changed continually over the millenia and any ideas we may have about “traditional” marriage may be rooted only in very recent conventions:
Stephanie Coontz: “Marriage, A History” (Viking)
Best wishes,
Jerry
Harper and his party the Canadian Alliance Reform Party has lost all credibility in Quebec with his statements, and shown his true colours as a right wing neo conservative western party with a very narrow agenda and absolutely no grasp of politics and the political life in Ottawa. A big L loser!
Never had any use for the man or his party!
MarkB