And a Merry Christmas to You, Too!

By Zamboni

Does this look like the end of civilization as we know it? Aside from the fact that there's a dog in it, we mean.

Apparently some unenlightened people thought so — although it's merely a Christmas card, sent to constituents by Nova Scotia Liberal MP Scott Brison. The problem, as bigots posting to the Globe & Mail website saw it, was that it featured Mr. Brison's partner, Maxime St. Pierre. (That's Maxime on the left.)

OMG! A pair of sodomites on a holiday card! Never mind that Mr. Brison is openly gay, married to Mr. St. Pierre for two years, and (in addition to the dog), there is a decorous amount of space between them. Unfortunately, though, the Globe & Mail was forced to disable its comments section after "an overwhelming number" of hate-filled posts. "We can't allow our site to become a platform for intolerance," the website commendably says.

The good news? MP Brison has been inundated with messages of support. So we cats take heart that most Canadians don't agree with the homophobes — whom we'd like to remind that the man they repeatedly hail as "the reason for the season" commanded us to love one another.

(PHOTO: Garey Pridham)