By Miss KubelikSame-sex marriage has been legal across Canada since 2005. There were several bumps and a slew of court cases along the way, but all in all, it took remarkably little time for marriage equality to become the law of this land.
We cats salute two Liberal governments (under Jean Chretien and Paul Martin), an enlightened and reasonable Supreme Court, and an overall positive change in attitude on the part of the Canadian people for helping this to pass.
Only the Tories — mostly in Alberta — held out nearly to the end. Then, in 2006, the new Conservative Prime Minister — the ever-unappealing Stephen Harper — made noises about reopening the issue and returning to "traditional" marriage. After a motion to do so was defeated in Parliament that December, Harper gave up. That was fast.
We cats continue to be amused at the right's insistence that same-sex marriage threatens opposite-sex unions. From the Botanical Gardens to the Plateau to Old Montreal yesterday, bikers passed no fewer than three heterosexual wedding parties. And as it was a beautiful Saturday in August, there surely were hundreds more that we didn't see.
Take a hint from Stephen Harper, right-wing hypocrites, and stop firing. You're out of ammunition.
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