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THE LIBERAL'S ANTI-MARRIAGE BILL C-38 MEETS FIERCE OPPOSITION

Canadians have acquired a reputation throughout our history of being deferential to authority. This proposition has now been called into question by the fierce reaction of ordinary Canadians to the Liberal Government's anti-marriage Bill C-38 which expands the traditional definition of marriage as a union of a man and woman to include same-sex couples. The Canadian public is furious with the Liberal Government for this social engineering project. The Liberal Government, in turn, has been genuinely shocked and dismayed by the anger that Bill C-38 has engendered. It never expected that the Bill would meet with such a strong negative response. The Liberals believed that Canadians would be mildly annoyed by the bill, but would then learn to live with it, and resignedly accept it. This has not happened. A recent Compass Poll indicated 66% of the population now oppose same-sex marriage. (February 2, 2005.)

MPs' offices have been literally overrun with a barrage of faxes, letters and e-mails. There have been numerous demonstrations in front of constituency offices. Letters to the editor across the country objecting to the legislation have not let up. Clearly, Canadians have been riled as they seldom have been before. Not only are Canadians furious about the legislation, they are also fuming about the way it has been foisted upon them.

In this regard, someday, someone will write the true story on how the Liberal Government tried to manipulate Canadians into accepting its anti-marriage Bill C-38.

It all began with a handful of arrogant - about 22 only out of a total of approximately 2000 - federally appointed judges in Canada, who decided to allow same-sex couples to marry. In doing so, these judges ignored the law, history and common sense and revolutionized marriage, by expanding it to include same-sex couples. In making their decision the judges failed to take into consideration the importance of the traditional definition of marriage to the public. The public also found it hard to swallow that the same-sex marriage challenges were largely paid for by themselves the taxpayers, through the federal Court Challenges programme, whose sole source of income is the federal Heritage Department.

As a result of their decisions on same-sex marriage, the courts have experienced damage to their credibility, and there has been a loss of respect for judges themselves. Judges have no special insight into the issue, since they are merely lawyers with political connections. Yet, they felt entitled to turn marriage on its head in their zeal to gain international recognition for their "progressive" stretching of the boundaries of rights to include same-sex couples in legal marriages.

The decision of these judges was affirmed by the Liberal Government when it decided against appealing their decision to the Supreme Court of Canada. Why risk what the government considered a gain (e.g. same-sex marriage,) by way of the decisions of the provincial appeal courts, by appealing the matter to the Supreme Court? A handful of Liberal Government officials - just four of them - a politician and three bureaucrats, made the decision to manipulate the issue politically by both declining to appeal the cases and by manipulating the Parliamentary process in the same-sex marriage cause. These four are: former Justice Minister, Mr. Martin Cauchon, Deputy Minister of Justice, Morris Rosenberg, Clerk of the Privy Council, Alex Himelfarb, and Paul Genest, policy advisor to former Prime Minister, Jean Chrétien. These four pulled the political strings to bring about same-sex marriage. (See Reality, July/August, 2004 p.12, "Martin Cauchon Reveals the Liberal Political Strategy Behind Same-Sex Marriage.")

When the history of this story is written, it will also include the remarkable fight mounted by the unprecedented efforts of Evangelicals, Jews, Catholics, Sikhs, Hindus, and Muslims, in order to prevent this bill being passed into law. In addition to writing to the government themselves to object to Bill C-38, these religious leaders also encouraged their followers to become actively involved with this issue and, largely, they did.

Finally, included in this story will also be the astounding efforts of the various pro-family organizations in Canada who also formed a seamless wall of resistance to the Government's Bill C-38. (See REALITY Article - Pro-Family groups in Canada Organize Against the Anti-Marriage Bill C-38, See p. 6.)

Another example is the efforts of Link Byfield and his organization, Citizens Centre for Freedom and Democracy, which purchased billboards in B.C. and Ontario to raise the pertinent questions as to why Canadians are being denied a referendum on this crucial issue.

The Liberal Government never contemplated that it would be fighting for the life of its Bill on so many different fronts. The struggle is so fierce because the stakes are high: the outcome will determine the fate of our country.

At the time of writing, we do not know the outcome of this mighty struggle. We do know, however, that the Canadian public gave its all in the battle, as did many faith groups and pro-family organizations. The arrogant Liberals have been wounded, as has the judiciary, by this struggle. These elites deserve to be. They thought that Canadians could be pushed around on the issue, as they have been previously on so many other issues. These elites were wrong.

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