Time Is Tight » Politics

Same-Sex Marriage Law Passed

Arthur — Wed, 29 Jun 2005 08:09:14 +0000

Good for us!

Biz-Lingo: A French Primer

Arthur — Fri, 03 Dec 2004 01:19:08 +0000

I might need some of these some day, god help me.

Separated At Birth?

Arthur — Tue, 14 Sep 2004 18:05:20 +0000

I’d never noticed.

Gay Marriage II

Arthur — Wed, 03 Mar 2004 11:12:00 +0000

Gays want to marry precisely because they see marriage as important: they want the symbolism that marriage brings, the extra sense of obligation and commitment, as well as the social recognition. Allowing gays to marry would, if anything, add to social stability, for it would increase the number of couples that take on real, rather than simply passing, commitments. The weakening of marriage has been heterosexuals’ doing, not gays’, for it is their infidelity, divorce rates and single-parent families that have wrought social damage.

Gay Marriage

Arthur — Tue, 19 Aug 2003 20:29:00 +0000

Until now I’ve avoided politics here, but I can’t keep silent about this. Gay marriage will be good for gays, good for society and good for the institution of marriage. Some kind of newly-minted “domestic partnership,” on the other hand, won’t satisfy those gays who wish to partake in the institution and ritual of marriage, will divide Canadian society and will blur and diminish the institution of marriage. Besides which, unless the government ends all state involvement in marriage, the "domestic partnership" finagle won’t satisfy the charter challenges that brought this issue to the fore in the first place.

I believe marriage is a right of all adult Canadians. I won’t vote for any politician who opposes that right.