So the Supreme Court of Canada has ruled that banning same-sex marriage is discriminatory. Yay! Once again I'm proud to be Canadian!
Of course the expected whining from conservative and religious groups about all this is going around, and there are those who want a referendum held. Hmmm. A referendum to determine if we should continue discriminating against a group of human beings. Sounds just peachy keen to me. The whole point of having a constitution and not having a pure democracy is to protect the rights of everyone, not just those a majority of voters deem worthy. If we put this up to a vote, then everything votable, and I'd be pushing to see a referendum on ending the tax-exempt status of churches amongst other things. If you put basic human rights up to a vote, then you are asking for a response in kind.
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by Tabby at 12/12/2004 05:48:00 p.m.