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I rise today in support of Bill C-38, the Civil Marriage Act. I ri

I rise today in support of Bill C-38, the Civil Marriage Act. I rise in support of a Canada in which liberties are safeguarded, rights are protected and the people of this land are treated as equals under the law. – Paul Martin

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The facts are plain: Religious leaders who preside over marriage ceremonies must and will be guided by what they believe. If they do not wish to celebrate marriages for same-sex couples, that is their right. The Supreme Court says so. And the Charter says so. – Paul Martin

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The people of Canada have worked hard to build a country that opens its doors to include all, regardless of their differences a country that respects all, regardless of their differences a country that demands equality for all, regardless of their differences. – Paul Martin

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In Canada, womens rights are a vital part of our effort to build a society of real equality – not just for some, but for all Canadians. A society in which women no longer encounter discrimination nor are shut out from opportunities open to others. – Paul Martin

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Why get married? For human beings, marriage is such an unnatural state. If you want monogamy, it has been said, you should marry a swan. – Quentin Crisp, “The Art of Celibacy”

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My kids have moved more in their twenties, you know, than my parents have moved in nearly 40-something years of marriage before they died. So theres a part of me that laments what we have lost, and that is a sense of community. – Mike Huckabee

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It wasnt a good idea to work on Naked in the first months of a marriage. I was living apart from my wife in a flat overflowing with books I was reading for the part. – David Thewlis

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Marriage

Marriage commissioners who choose not to marry homosexuals are being fired. A Knights of Columbus chapter in British Columbia is in court because it chooses not allow a lesbian group to use its facility for marriage ceremonies. The list goes on. – Stockwell Day

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The sight of women talking together has always made men uneasy nowadays it means rank subversion. – Germaine Greer

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I did not resign from politics because of Bofors. I resigned because I do not know how to play petty politics. I did not know back then and I dont know now either. – Amitabh Bachchan

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The man who rows the boat seldom has time to rock it. – Bill Copeland

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