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Originally posted by Lady Pi Phi
Yes, there will always be someone who will criticize your choices, but I think what you have done is make a sweeping generalization about Liberals/liberals.
i used to vote Conservtive until they went to far to the right for me. They did not reflect my values or my beliefs so I stopped voting for them. But the way you phrased your comments was as if you and like minded people were the only victims. I know people criticize me for voting Green and I know people criticize me for having what they might consider "backwards". You're not the only person this happens to.
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It's pretty much the same for me... I quit the Conservatives after they drifted to the further right - and became the home of religious fundamentalism... but the other parties don't really support my views. So I get criticized for being to conservative on some issues (military, monarchy, education) or too liberal on other issues (health care, foreign policy, privitzation) - the difference is that I try and approach each issue not as how it applies to me or my beliefs, but rather how it applies to the country (and to some extent the rest of the world).
So while from the point of my faith I reject same-sex marriage - as part of my religious beliefs... however I also see the civil rights of homosexuals as vitally important to the fundamental nature of Canadian culture and beliefs (equal rights for all). So I'm very pleased that religious institutions can decide what approach to take to same-sex marriage, while granting the legal rights to homosexuals that us hetreosexuals enjoy. In effect the right for civil unions has been firmly legalized, with the possibilty for some faiths to recognize the unions on their own terms...
As for what effect this legislation will have on Canadian society I can't really predict - no one really can - but in the short term I can't really see it having that much of an impact (at least in the urban centres).. in fact look at the comments about the gay wedding show - it's just like any other wedding show, not really that interesting. As for long term impact it all depends on how divisive the issue becomes during the next couple of elections.
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