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    Thursday, August 24


    Bill 208, a private members' bill on the floor of Alberta's legislature is coming up for further consideration on Monday. I won't exhaust the debate, of which there is has been a considerable amount on Alberta's considerably small blogosphere. Visit:
    But I certainly will take the opportunity to suggest the legislation is just poor legislation. First, the bill is partially intended to increase debate (and I am quite the fan of discourse) - hence protecting those promoting the denial of rights to same sex couples from legal concequences - and then contrasting that with the absolute stifling of debate through providing the avenue to avoid it being it discussed in places of learning. On top of it, I can't help but think that same sex marriage, for better or worse, remains the purview the Canadian Parliament.

    While we are on the topic, it would be a good time to visit Dr. Morton's policy on same sex marriage. Running for the leadership of the PC Party and the province, Dr. Morton has promised to:
    • Introduce a Alberta Marriage Bill of Rights to ensure all Albertans are free to stick their heads in the sand if they wish and ignore the debate
    • Initiate a constitutional amendment prohibting same sex marriage in Canada (again, isn't he running for provincial leadership?)
    I can't emphasize enough how these are simply not my values - mucking around in the Charter of Rights and Freedoms and putting your fingers in your ears to drown out the call for basic human rights won't work. Which should lead us to ask why? What is Dr. Morton afraid of?
     posted by Duncan @ 9:35 PM  

    2 Comments:

    • At 3:50 AM, Blogger Quynn said…

      Yes, he is indeed running for the leadership in Alberta and also intent on proving, I suppose, that not all dinosaurs in Alberta are displayed in museums or preserved as fossils in the badlands...
      *sigh*

       

    • At 9:53 AM, Blogger Steve said…

      Well, constitutional change is the joint jurisdiction of the federal and provincial governments, so I see no problem with a man who wants to be Premier of Alberta proposing it.

      It's still a terrible, bigoted idea, of course. But it's not a terrible, bigoted idea that only the federal government has the right to propose.

       

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