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Originally Posted by The Strangler
But these are familial morals, not to be enforced by any government. That is not the government's job.
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That's one statement there that I agree with. I won't say that I agree with all of it, but I agree with that one.
First off, a bit of an introduction to myself : I live in Canada. I lean a bit left on political issues.
That should bring up a few Canadian stereotypes, eh?
But in my opinion, laws stating that marriage is "a union of a man and a woman" are unfair, and in my personal opinion, against the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms which states that no one shall be discriminated on for any reason.
The way that I would change it would be to simply change the statement to "a union between two persons."
Then I would simply say that Churches, family values organisations, and other groups weighing in on this subject are free to choose whether or not to marry a proposed couple.
This may be rehashing what has been said in previous posts, but this is what I would do. It's what I believe the Government of Canada is currently considering; and when they implement this it will be one of the few things they've done that I would support.
As to the previous marijuana issue: I don't know whether or not I support decriminilization, much less legalisation. But imagine if we taxed it like beer and tobacco.