Same-sex marriage vote defeated

The vote was 123-175, so the debate is now over.  A number of liberals voted against the motion to re-open the debate, even though they voted against changing the definition in 2005.  That vote was 158-133.

 

I still think that changing the definition of marriage is bad overall for society, but I'm now convinced that as a political issue it is dead.  No party can or should run on changing the definition.  The law is now over one year old, there are thousands of gay marriages, and public opinion is decidedly against reopening this issue.  It would take a miracle to change this now.

 

What this means for everyday Canadians is the continued normalization of gay relationships, and we can expect to see this particularly in elementary school curriculum.  And as Christians, we can expect it to become even more difficult to say anything about this issue at all. When religious liberty and freedom of speech comes up against "the charter" or political correctness - liberty loses.