New York moving along the marriage path

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Originally posted by Lady Pi Phi
Did you see Harper's address to the Sikh community?

He claimed that same-sex marriage would threaten multiculturalism. The man is nuts. And quite frankly I feel he is the only threat to Canada.
/rant

Some ethnic groups already have issues with their children becoming "too Canadian" and legalizing same-sex marriage in the entire country will cause a larger disdain between multigeneration Canadians and the immigrant community. Immigrant parents have always told their kids not to become "too Canadian", often because of moral reasons and legalizing gay marriage will cause a larger gap. Harper doesn't want this kind of gap.

i still don't udnerstand why they had to put it in writing that religious institutions would not be compelled to perform same-sex marriages? Religious institutions are currently not compelled to perform heterosexual unions. They can and DO refuse to perform marriages for heterosexual couples all the time for any number of reasons. Why is that all of a sudden they feel the government would force them to perform same-sex marriages?

To make sure people FULLY UNDERSTAND. Some religious groups are worried that gay couples would use the new bill to get their minister to marry them. Some people are a little pushy, I guess.