SAME SEX WITH STEPHEN HARPER AND VIC TOEWS

I am amazed and delighted. Paul Martin, the dithering Prime Minister, and Erwin Cotler, the erudite and intellectually present, Minister of Justice have unequivicably trumped Conservative Leader Stephen Harper and his minion, Vic Toews, Conservative Justice critic.

Cotler's reasoned and impartial presentation of the thinking behind the same sex marriage legislation has prompted this reply from Vic Toews as he lamented before the news cameras. "Every time religion and freedom of rights come up against one another, freedom of rights trumps!" Bravo, well said, Mr. Toews! Now all you have to do is accept what you yourself admitted. Freedom of rights always trumps religion.

This is essential in a country where church and state are seperate! Otherwise we would have to figure out which religion trumps over what other religion. The Conservatives, Stephen Harper and the other narrow minded folllowers of this argument against same sex marriage believe religion should trump freedom of rights, especially gay and lesbian rights. It is obvious, these intellectual dwarfs fail to see that if this is the case; then why should "their Judeo-Christian religion" be the one to trump over the Muslim community or the Jewish community or the Sikh community? Do they really want to go down this road in a multi-religious and yes, spiritual country like Canada? If they do, the least of their worries would be polygamy!

The reasoning behind the conservative reaction to this legislation is achieving its proper goal, it is showing the main attributes of conservative party of canada are parochial, self-centred (fundamentalist christian), and unable to engage intellectual dialogue and a foreshadowing of an inabiltity to govern a multi-ethnic, multi-religious/ spiritual, bilingual, bicultural and globally engaged population.

My suggestion to Stephen Harper and Vic Toews support the same sex legislation and admit the world has changed faster than you would have wanted or vote against it and then cause the fall of the Liberal government. My solid guess is Canadians will, once again, return the Liberals. If perchance, you do manage to form a minority government and then you tamper with the same sex legislation rather than tackling the issues of governing with a modicum of vision, you too, will be a Joe Clark term government. I know the universe will work its way and deal with you appropriately.