Certain voices within the Anglican church are apparently urging a tougher stance on "the gay issue" because having sex outside of marriage is a no-no, so therefore gay sex must be bad, bad, bad.

Methinks somebody's forgetting that Canada already found a solution to that little logical fallacy.

Why do I have a sudden urge to write angsty penguin breakup slash?

In Canada, same-sex marriage had already been legalized everywhere but Prince Edward Island, two of the northern territories, and Alberta, so it's not as big a deal here as it would be in some other places. But it's still pretty cool: as of this evening, Bill C-38 has passed 158-133, and women can marry women and men can marry men everywhere in ( Read more... )

There's an interview with the Prime Minister's priest about the definition of marriage in this week's Macleans (Canadian newsweekly). Most of it is pretty much what you might expect from a Catholic from Québec, but it includes this marvelous exchange:

Macleans: In this divide, which side are you on?

Father John Walsh: I find it difficult to come ( Read more... )

Stephen Harper has launched an ad campaign against gay marriage which asks: "Where Do You Draw The Line? We’d Like To Know Where You Stand." In light of this campaign, we’ve created our own survey. We want you to pick your soulmate.

Watch the video, then vote. If you can manage to choose. *grinning*

I've talked about this before, but of all the various rights that could potentially be denied me for being queer, the right to legally marry my girlfriend is actually somewhere near the bottom of the priority list for me. But still, the juxtaposition of yesterday's Supreme Court of Canada decision with the same day's backpedalling on the part of ( Read more... )

All right, here's the thing ( Read more... )

I didn't even watch the whole State of the Union, but from the grumbling on the friends list, it looks like I wasn't wrong about what Bush was going to say. It would seem about time for Immigration Canada to write a couple of ad spots to target queer Americans, don't you think ( Read more... )

After 6 Quiet Decades as 'Friends' and Partners, Gus and Elmer Eloped, an article in the New York Times about a Manhattan octogenarian gay couple who got married in Canada last month. As I told the person who directed me there, I'm a cynic about this issue most of the time. But seeing that decision so clearly affecting the way a real couple lives ( Read more... )

It's been about six months, maybe a little longer, since I started trying to look up openly lesbian politicians in Canada. After a few futile google searches, I asked the wombats. This turned up one name of someone who was *probably* queer, but who wasn't quite public enough about it to be certain. And other than that, nada. I figured I was ( Read more... )