Yeah, same-sex marriage again. I was reading yet another conservative bitching that it's "against the wishes of the majority of Canadians." Because, you know, human rights are always best left up to the whims of the majority. There's never anything that could go wrong there. They were complaining about this before Parliament voted, saying it should be put up to referendum. They're complaining about it now, those damned Liberals/NDP/Bloc Quebecois and their damned respect for the Charter of Rights and minorities!
Comedian Rick Mercer had a column in the National Post today where he talks about meeting a young Conservative Party member who wished we could burn up the Charter of Rights. For you non-Canadians, that would be like tearing up the U.S. Constitution (instead of the erosion it's currently facing under the Bush regime). And yet conservatives whine when words like "scary" are applied to them. Hey, stop being scary and we'll stop describing you as such.
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by Tabby at 7/12/2005 01:23:00 p.m.