Canadian Election - Politics

[Lady Pi Phi]

Originally posted by Taualumna
But the "hey, let's legalize gay marriage" certainly is what I call "socially liberal" and certainly and most definitely why many people, especially newer Canadians are a little upset. The further Canada removes itself from good old family/traditional values, the more upset immigrant parents are going to be with their Canadianized children.

Well I being socially liberal myself, I strongly disagree with you on this issue.
If immigrants have issues with Canada's social policies, then maybe they shouldn't move her. I don't want to sound mean and ignorant, and I am certainly not saying "let's refuse entrance to all immigrants", but this is what Canada is. We're socially liberal. For the most part have always been.
Gay "marriage" is not a problem for me. It's semantics really. You don't have to call it marriage if you don't want to. My biggest problem is people saying that homosexuals shouldn't be allowed to spend the rest of their lives with the partner they love and cherish and that they shouldn't get the same rights and freedoms as the heterosexual population of Canada.
Fine, don't call it marriage. I doubt that they would care, to to deny homosexuals the same rights that you or I have is down right wrong and I personally won't ever elect anyone who ever says that it is.