[RACooper]

Well I'm sure that you are watching (or should be) the debate about Same-Sex Marriage here in Canada... was presented to Parliment; but as a minority government under hostile opposition from the right and church groups...

While the government may have under cut the primary opposition arguement by framing the law in civil rights terms, that do not violate the freedom of religon (ie. no religous group must preform a same-sex marriage if it violates their religous principles) there is still strong opposition from the right... which is losing them support for their tatics of targeting people by religion or ethnic gorup (nevermind the finacial support from the states).