[Clutch Munny]

Originally Posted by Sweetie

I wish my country focused more on reason than appeals to emotion

Me too.

and I wished the Liberal party but especially Paul Martin wasn't quite so two-faced.

I wish my country focused more on reason than appeals to emotion.

Seriously, did you see him before the election?

Yes.

He said nothing about his intents on this issue until after the election

Huh. I don't remember that.

Let's see what actual facts might contribute here. A search of the LexisNexis news media database, restricted to major newspapers and broadcasters from November 2003 to February 2004 (well in advance of the election) produced just over one hundred hits. A few at random:

Originally Posted by Paul Martin, Feb 26 2004, quoted nationwide in Canadian Press story

When the courts decided that it was a human rights issue and that you cannot discriminate on the basis of sexual orientation, I said all right. As far as I'm concerned, that's decided the issue.

Originally Posted by News report, Ottawa Citizen Feb 5 2004

Questioners in Ottawa's conference centre and across the country asked Martin questions ranging from what time he goes to bed -- from a Grade 5 student -- to whether he supports same-sex marriage. That support was built on the equality provisions of the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms, he said.

"I believe we have to go with the Charter. To not go with the Charter you'd bring a great deal of inequity into the Canadian social contract."

Originally Posted by Liberal Justice Minister Irwin Cotler, Jan 29 2004, CTV national news interview

Our position on this is unequivocal. We are reasserting the same position that the previous government took in support of same-sex marriage

he just kept backpeddling and backpeddling and being obscure saying things like, "the people's concerns will be heard and we'll look at both sides and be fair," and other such bullshit.

Clearly this is false.

3% of the population has just managed to dictate to 97% of the population "how things are and are to be and should be."

While some polls show it closer than others, virtually every serious poll on the matter over the past ten years has a majority of Canadians supporting the right to same-sex marriage. (Including one conducted by Focus on the Family, which they declined to report in their mail-outs to members.)

So here too the facts appear inconsistent with your claim.