Demand For Same-Sex Marriage Was Based on a Lie
By Gwen Landolt
December 17, 2007 (LifeSiteNews.com) - Same-sex marriage was undemocratically
passed into law in Canada in June 2005. The then Liberal government,
aided by the secular media, argued that same-sex marriage was necessary on the
basis of "equality" for homosexuals who were supposedly experiencing
painful discrimination because they could not enter into legal recognized
marriages with their same-sex partners. This, it turns out, was a lie.
Certainly many homosexuals themselves made clear at that time that same-sex
marriage was not a concern in their community. For example, Gareth
Kirkby, then managing editor of the homosexual newspaper, Xtra West, stated
back on September 6, 2001, that:
"…In our culture, we haven't created the same hierarchy as has
heterosexual culture. We know that love has many faces, and names, ages,
places… We know that a 30-year relationship is not better, no better, than a
nine-week, or nine-minute, fling - it's different, but not better. Both
have value. We know that the instant intimacy involved in that perfect
20-minute [sic]…in Stanley Park can be a profoundly beautiful thing. We
know a two-year relationship where people live apart is as beautiful,
absolutely as beautiful, as a 30-year relationship where people live
together. We know that the people involved in an open relationship can
love each other as deeply as the people in a closed relationship…"
Mitchel Raphael, Editor-in-Chief of the Toronto-based homosexual magazine,
"Fab" stated in an editorial in the May 5, 2005 issue:
"The gay marriage movement in Canada has been spearheaded by a handful
of lawyers and a few homo activists who most queers couldn't name if their
lives depended on it. …. For a multiplicity of reasons - queer apathy,
for one - there has been no mass gay movement supporting same-sex marriage here
in Canada."
Yet, Liberals working in close collaboration with the homosexual lobby group,
EGALE, assisted by a compliant media, pushed through the same sex marriage bill
despite the views of the public as well as of the homosexual community
itself.
Those who opposed same-sex marriage for very valid reasons could not get a word
in the media or in Parliament where very little dissent was permitted. Those
who objected to same sex marriage were curtly dismissed as bigoted
reactionaries willfully discriminating against deserving and decent same-sex
couples who only wanted to publicly pledge and commit their love.
It turns out, however, according to recently released statistics, that pledging
their love by legal marriage is not high on the agenda for homosexuals. Recently
released federal figures from Statistics Canada indicate that less then 5% of
homosexual Canadians have bothered to marry since same-sex marriage was
legalized in 2005.
What is more, the lies and distortions by the media, and former Liberal
government on this issue are still continuing. This was disclosed from a
surprising source - namely the Ottawa Hill Times in its September 24, 2007
issue in an article written by its regular columnist, Tom Korski. The
Hill Times, by the way, is a prominent newspaper distributed to all the
politicians and bureaucrats on Parliament Hill on a weekly basis. In
short, it's read by everyone who counts on Parliament Hill.
The article points out that the Canadian media is still covering up for
homosexuals on the same-sex marriage issue by its failure to report the small
number of homosexuals who have actually married in Canada and further that the
media still takes its propaganda direct from the homosexual lobbyists
EGALE. This only proves what we already know - the secular media is
nothing more than a propaganda machine for the politically correct.
As usual, the ever prescient Gareth Kirkby of Capital Xtra makes clear how the
work for same-sex marriage was a total waste of time and money. In an
editorial in the October 18, 2007 issue of the newspaper he sums up the
same-sex marriage issue as follows:
"Remember the headlines as media picked up on the propaganda of
pro-marriage forces, like EGALE and Canadians for Equal Marriage? The
headlines that claimed we were flocking to city hall and churches to get the
deed done as courts legalized same-sex marriage province after province. And
again, similar headlines as the lobbyists claimed we were rushing to say our
vows out of fear that Stephen Harper would reverse federal legislation allowing
marriages nationwide. EGALE claimed last October that 10,000 couples had
married. It was a lie. Very few among us are eager to embrace
marriage rights…"
"Didn't we just spend a decade and by some estimates $2 million to
wage this fight? Didn't we just put all our other major issues virtually
on ice because some couples, a few lawyers and a couple of out-of-touch lobby
groups decided that same-sex marriage was the only thing that really
mattered…"
"Marriage is a heterosexual institution designed by the church,
endorsed by the state, with the intention of controlling the sexuality of women
and by extension, their husbands. [Sic]…"
"I don't expect the wedding rate will pick up. We have something
better in our relationships, something that allows for a variety of
friendships, f… buddies, lovers, sisters and exes. We don't put all the
pressures on one person …"
"We don't need the limitations of marriage. So we're taking a
pass. But what a waste of time and money, and a tragic diversion of
focus, in that decade-long fight. Let's move on to more important
work."
Republished from the Nov/Dec 2007 edition of Reality magazine of REAL Women
of Canada