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| Media Releases Prior to 2006 | ||
Bill C-38 (Same-sex Marriage) Based on Sentiment, Not Law Ottawa, July 13, 2005 REAL Women of Canada will be appearing before the Senate Standing Committee on Legal and Constitutional Affairs on Thursday, July 14, 2005, Room 160-S, Centre Block at 9:00 a.m. We will express our concerns for society and especially for children, if Canada's present government redefines marriage for future generations.
We will also express our concerns that Bill C-38 is based on sentiment and emotion, not established law. The court decisions on same-sex marriage were completely political decisions, hiding behind judicial gowns, and were not based on law.
Moreover, it is unacceptable for appointed members of the Senate, who have no constituency, to rush Bill C-38 through the Senate against the deeply held convictions of the vast majority of Canadians. An editorial in a homosexual magazine, Fab, May 5, 2005, stated:
Why have Canadian legislators feared going to the Canadian public on this important issue in a referendum or an election? Who is behind this manoeuvring to rush this fundamental change through Parliament using closure in both the House of Commons and the Senate? Why have not all perspectives been made public on this issue since this is not a simplistic matter of rights and equality?
For further information contact:
C. Gwendolyn Landolt
Diane Watts
Liberal Government Will Meet Defeat Within the Year Ottawa, June 29, 2005 The Liberals are mistaken if they believe that Bill C-38 (same-sex marriage) is behind them.
REAL Women predicts that the Martin Liberals will meet defeat within the year during the next federal election as history repeats itself:
The Liberal government has outlived its usefulness. It will not recover from Bill C-38. Corruption, imposing on Canadians third world politics by way of arrogant top-down government, open bribery to obtain votes, and the manipulation of the Parliamentary process will bring down this despotic Prime Minister and his cronies.
The Liberal government will linger on for a few more months, but its time has run out.
Wait and see.
For further information contact:
Diane Watts
Prime Minister Again Deceives His Own Colleagues on Same-sex Marriage Ottawa, June 7, 2005 Prime Minister Martin is apparently willing to promise anything to remain in power.
His latest deception, according to news reports, is to promise a group of his own MPs that he is willing to amend Bill C-38 (same-sex marriage), but since these proposed amendments relate, with one exception, to matters of provincial jurisdiction they will have absolutely no force nor effect.
His proposals include the following:
These are all mainly matters of provincial jurisdiction only, and are absolutely meaningless.
It is noteworthy that Mr. Martin did not make any proposals to amend Bill C-38 on matters that fall within his own federal jurisdiction, such as proposals to protect the freedom of expression and opinion and the charitable status of religious organizations and others, opposed to same-sex marriage, under the Income Tax Act and the Canada Elections Act.
Mr. Martin's proposals made to his Liberal colleagues reveal an intellectual and moral vacuity that has become a consistent pattern in his manoeuvring to remain in power. This is very disturbing and provides a clear warning that Mr. Martin is not to be trusted.
For further information contact:
C. Gwendolyn Landolt
Diane Watts
Liberal Feminists do not represent all Canadian Women Ottawa, May 18, 2005 A strong message must be sent to the Liberal women's caucus that their feminist spin does not represent the views of all Canadian women. Belinda Stronach's behavior is not unequivocably endorsed by Canadian women as these Liberal MP's would have us believe. Rather than deal with the highly charged consequences of Ms. Stronach's decision, feminist Liberal MP's are typically diverting attention from her treacherous manouever to her dubious status as a victim of male prejudice.
These women want it both ways. They want to be equal to men, but they want to be treated differently. Which is it? If women are equal to men, they must expect to be treated the same as men. REAL Women, a national women's organization, believes in equality for women but that we should not expect preferential treatment as demanded by these Liberal female MPs.
All politicians must face the consequences of their decisions. Liberal Women's Caucus obsession with female victimhood should not overshadow the political turmoil caused by the Stronach defection. Feminist Liberal partisan politics insults the intelligence and integrity of Canadian women. Important issues now held in the balance should outweigh preoccupations with personal female advancement and ideology. Liberal feminist manipulation is unbecoming, and disgraces serious women politicians. For further information contact:
C. Gwendolyn Landolt
Diane Watts
Taxpayers Fund Gay Legal Challenges for Same-sex Marriage Ottawa, February 9, 2005 An analysis of funding of the legal challenges by gay activists reveals that the Canadian taxpayer is footing most of the bill for their legal challenges, while family oriented defenders of marriage are obliged to raise their own funds.
For further information contact:
C. Gwendolyn Landolt
Diane Watts
Liberal Government Lying to the Public on Same-sex Marriage Bill Ottawa, February 2, 2005 The Liberal government is lying to Canadians in regard to its same-sex marriage Bill C-38. It wrote in the preamble and also S.3 of the Bill, that officials of religious groups are protected from performing same-sex marriages, if it is contrary to their beliefs. These are absolutely meaningless provisions. Religious groups are not so protected by this same-sex legislation. The federal government knows that the Supreme Court of Canada in the same-sex marriage reference case specifically stated that religious rights are matters of provincial jurisdiction only and that the federal government has no authority over them.
Marriage commissioners in some Canadian provinces have already been ordered to perform marriage ceremonies for same-sex partners, despite their religious beliefs. The federal government can do nothing to halt this trampling on the religious beliefs of these commissioners, despite its statement in the preamble that "everyone" has freedom of conscience and religion which will not be affected by this same-sex legislation.
In addition, the federal government knows that in every case where religious rights have competed with homosexual rights, the Supreme Court of Canada has ordered the trumping of homosexual rights over religious rights. The parade of cases to diminish religious rights on same-sex marriage issues has already commenced with a BC lesbian couple claiming discrimination because a Catholic men's organization, the Knight's of Columbus, has refused to rent their hall for their marriage celebration.
The preamble also claims that same-sex marriage, respects the "right" of same-sex couples to equality without discrimination. Again the federal government is fully aware that the Supreme Court of Canada did not state in the reference case that opposite sex marriage was discriminatory against same-sex couples. It merely stated that the government may, as a matter of policy, extend marriage to same-sex couples, but it did not require the government to do so, on the basis that it was an equality or human right issue.
It is obvious that, in its effort to push through this unpopular legislation and make it more palatable, the government is deliberately lying and misleading the public.
According to REAL Women National President, Lorraine McNamara, "The federal government must believe that Canadians are asleep at the switch on the same-sex marriage issue. On the contrary, we're wide awake and disgusted by the governments subterfuge and deception."
For further information contact:
C. Gwendolyn Landolt
Diane Watts
Ontario Progressive Conservative Leader John Tory Loses Social Conservative Support Ottawa, September 21, 2004 When John Tory was elected on September 18, 2004 as leader of the Ontario Progressive Conservative Party, he stated that he believed the party was ready to rally behind him. He has made a mistake.
Mr. Tory has thrown his support behind homosexual activists and their cause of same-sex marriage.
This issue is the mark on which social conservatives draw the line. As a result, Mr. Tory will not have the support of social conservatives, the bedrock of the party. Social conservatives will treat him with disdain and distrust as they did his predecessor, Ernie Eves, unless he adjusts his position on the issue. Will they contribute money to bring down the party’s debt of $8.5 million? Mr. Tory will have to rely on his homosexual supporters to assist him. The latter, according to Statistics Canada in a report released in 2003, in its first survey to include a question on sexual orientation, found that there was a total of 316,800 homosexuals in Canada, or approximately 1% of the population. In Ontario, according to this Stats Canada report, homosexuals/lesbians total 107,200 individuals.
In the June 2004 federal election, in spite of the Liberal party’s scare ads against the Conservatives, 24 Ontario seats went to the Conservatives. In total 1,592,724 votes were cast for Conservative candidates. This is a sizeable portion of Ontario voters who maintain conservative values.
Placating social conservatives by proposing less volatile social conservative policies on other issues will not alter the situation.
By throwing his lot in with the homosexual activists to the detriment of society and the social conservatives within his party, Mr. Tory has detrimentally affected his electoral chances. He has split his party over the homosexual issue. His party will not rally behind him unless there is a significant change in this stance. When John Tory was elected on September 18, 2004 as leader of the Ontario Progressive Conservative Party, he stated that he believed the party was ready to rally behind him. He has made a mistake.
Mr. Tory has thrown his support behind homosexual activists and their cause of same-sex marriage.
This issue is the mark on which social conservatives draw the line. As a result, Mr. Tory will not have the support of social conservatives, the bedrock of the party. Social conservatives will treat him with disdain and distrust as they did his predecessor, Ernie Eves, unless he adjusts his position on the issue. Will they contribute money to bring down the party’s debt of $8.5 million? Mr. Tory will have to rely on his homosexual supporters to assist him. The latter, according to Statistics Canada in a report released in 2003, in its first survey to include a question on sexual orientation, found that there was a total of 316,800 homosexuals in Canada, or approximately 1% of the population. In Ontario, according to this Stats Canada report, homosexuals/lesbians total 107,200 individuals.
In the June 2004 federal election, in spite of the Liberal party’s scare ads against the Conservatives, 24 Ontario seats went to the Conservatives. In total 1,592,724 votes were cast for Conservative candidates. This is a sizeable portion of Ontario voters who maintain conservative values.
Placating social conservatives by proposing less volatile social conservative policies on other issues will not alter the situation.
By throwing his lot in with the homosexual activists to the detriment of society and the social conservatives within his party, Mr. Tory has detrimentally affected his electoral chances. He has split his party over the homosexual issue. His party will not rally behind him unless there is a significant change in this stance.
For further information contact:
C. Gwendolyn Landolt
Diane Watts
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