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06-29-2005, 01:46 PM
OTTAWA (CP) - It was fought in courtrooms, in legislatures, in street protests, and one of the most turbulent debates in Canadian history was settled Tuesday in Parliament.
The House of Commons voted 158 to 133 to adopt controversial legislation that will make Canada the third country in the world to legalize same-sex marriage. Several Liberals marked the occasion by invoking the memory of their party's anointed philosopher king, Pierre Trudeau.
http://cnews.canoe.ca/CNEWS/Canada/2005/06...1109001-cp.html (http://cnews.canoe.ca/CNEWS/Canada/2005/06/28/1109001-cp.html)
Finally... a liberal government doing something liberal...
Certainly a far cry from 1967 when the Canadian supreme court ruled its ok to give LIFE in prison for being homosexual
The House of Commons voted 158 to 133 to adopt controversial legislation that will make Canada the third country in the world to legalize same-sex marriage. Several Liberals marked the occasion by invoking the memory of their party's anointed philosopher king, Pierre Trudeau.
http://cnews.canoe.ca/CNEWS/Canada/2005/06...1109001-cp.html (http://cnews.canoe.ca/CNEWS/Canada/2005/06/28/1109001-cp.html)
Finally... a liberal government doing something liberal...
Certainly a far cry from 1967 when the Canadian supreme court ruled its ok to give LIFE in prison for being homosexual