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Ontario won't register homosexual couples' marriages

I am not a homosexual and I am thankful, not because I find it is sinful, only because of so many people's perception of what human sexuality should be as opposed to what it is and has been since the beginning of the animal kingdom. Some ecologists have indicated that it is mother nature's way of controlling its species, both animal and human. Whatever the reason, there will always be homosexuals (less) and heterosexuals on earth. That does not frighten me and it certainly does not shock me as it does so many so-called Christians who profess that it is against God's law. What truly bothers me are the pedophiles, the ones who victimize innocent young children; little girls and boys.

According to statistcs, there are more heterosexual pedophiles than there are homosexual pedophiles. I believe these statistics since more little girls are raped each year than boys. The largest number of pedophiles therefore do NOT belong to the homosexual group but to the heterosexual group. As for marriage, whether you are heterosexual or homosexual, you have my blessing as long as you create no victims especially those that are under twenty. Before you snub a homosexual in the future, keep in mind that there are more male heterosexual pedophiles than there are male homosexual pedophiles.

C.M. Guillemette


Today it is homosexual marriages... tomorrow it will be bi-sexuals storming to the Supreme Court (contending for their right to have a partner of each sex, with all the tax breaks, etc.) and the day after that it will be the bigamists and polygamists. Why stop at homosexual marriages?

Will this end? How much is enough? Give them a foot and they'll take a mile! Do they think that if the Supreme Court of Canada gives them what they want that that will somehow save their souls?

There is another Superior Court and another Judgment where the homosexuals, adulterers, fornicators and even the liars (Rev. 21:8) won't even have any strength in them to defend their inequity much less contend with the Judge of the Universe for the salvation of their own souls.

Canada beware, you have been slowly loosing your Christian heritage.

Vishwanie Ramlall


This is a very sick thing to happen. This church leader may call himself Christian, but he is definately not.

Sylvia Dares
Hamilton, Ontario


Marriage is a sacred vow, whether the provincial Tories recognise it or not!

As the couples are saying, what difference does it make? And if this issue has to go to he Canadian Supreme Court, so be it!

The Tories and any other redneck a***holes can keep their homophobia to themselves!

Mitchell R Mahon
Toronto, Ontario


I am a married heterosexual woman who enjoys married life with my husband. I do believe that everyone should enjoy married life irregardless of whether they are hetrosexual or homosexual.

Lois Owen
Toronto, Ontario


It seems to me that the drive for Gays and Lesbians to be recognized as legal couples is to avail themselves of the privileges and rights of heterosexual married couples.

Note that I carefully avoided using the word MARRIAGE in connection with Gays, because I accept this word's definition to be constant, as the union between a MAN & A WOMAN. Why redefine a perfectly good word?

If the homosexual community succeeds in their quest of redefining MARRIAGE then the majority of people will need to hyphenate their Marriage as "STRAIGHT MARRIAGE" or "GAY MARRIAGE" or "LESBIAN MARRIAGE."

I think the majority of people accept the existence of the various types of co-habitation, and probably few object to the non-traditional unions having similar pension, tax, and other legal treatments as the traditional marriage enjoys, but most people, I know, object strongly to having to redefine their marriage to include a new assortment of meanings.

The English language has already lost a beautiful word's original meaning. "GAY" can never again be used to mean "being joyous" since it was taken over by homosexuals. With the ability of people to create new words, why do the "interest groups" insist on spoiling established words?

Words constitute a supremely important part of our heritage. Witness the fuss and furor in Quebec about language. I think the straight community feels as strongly as Quebecers do about their heritage and language.

Why not simplify things by creating a few new words to accommodate new needs? Here are some suggestions:
Garriage for Gays
Larriage for Lesbians
Gledding instead of Wedding
Partner instead of either Wife or Husband
Shower can stay. it already has many meanings
Buck & Doe parties can stay
Glowery for Dowry
Divorce has always been a dreaded thing. They can have it too.
I'm sure there are other words that will need to be added. Their introduction will defuse much of the contentious feelings straight people have about the demands being made by the Gays and Lesbians.

Church attendance has been slipping for a while now. I guess the church must be desperate for new members, so if the church cannot attract people from the mainstream, they will settle for fringe group members thus alienating themselves from the mainstream even further.

John Ostrovsky


Get your facts straight on this disgusting marriage farce at the Toronto Metro Church. Tell the full story.

Ken Campbell spoke out publically at the church on behalf of Christians disgusted with this attempt to pervert and degrade the institution of holy matrimony.

(God bless him for being one of the few Christians in Canada willing to hold to the truth and stand publically.)

Jim Garland
Barrie, Ontario


More power to you sister!

Julie Asuncion


I am writing to you in regards of the wedding that took place this Sunday between the gay and lesbian couples. I find this absolutely horrible. What is happening to our country Canada that was built on Christian principles and how could that pastor marry them? God help us. This is a big attack on the meaning of family and when will this stop? It's only just begun and if we sit back and allow this to happen we are to blame. This is sin and is not accepted by Christians. In the old testament you can read what happened in Sodom Genesis 19. God destroyed this city because it was plauged with evil corrupt people. Where is our beautiful country Canada that we are to be so proud of? What kind of future is ther for our children?

Elizabeth Dyck
Winnipeg, Manitoba


God clearly defines a marriage as a union between a man and a woman, not between a man and a man, or a woman and a woman. God never permits the so-called equality for same-sax marriage.

This event serves to educate Canadians the urgency of their duty to protect our true Christian traditions.

Terence Chan
Toronto, Ontario


What in the world is happening to us? This priest does not know what he is doing! The Bible is clear. "Thou shalt not lie with mankind, as with womankind." Leviticus 18:22. "For this cause God gave them up unto vile affections, for even their women did change the natural use into that which is against nature; And likewise also the men, leaving their natural use of the woman, burned in their lust one toward another; men with men working that which is unseemly, and receiving in themselves that recompense of their error which was meet." Rom.1:26,27.

I am sad that it is happening in this our country. This is truly a sign of the times we are living in!

Picard Laval
Abbotsford, British Columbia


It's good to see that the provincial government is sticking to its guns on the same-sex marriages. It is recognizing that the union of marriage is the bond of a man and a woman and none other.

I fail to see, however, why the church in which the ceremony took place even allowed such a farce to happen. I have serious concerns about the leadership and the moral ethics of the man who performed the works.

Barry Derks
Mississauga, Ontario


I don't think that it is the government's position to determine whether or not the marriage of two men and two women is legal or not. If they are in love and wish to marry, that is their business, not the government's. It's outrageous that in this day and age people still have a problem with simple things like marriage.

Brian
Victoria, British Coumbia


I am writing to express my grave concern about our morally degenerate society. For a country founded on biblical principles, it's almost inconceivable that we have fallen away so far. Who would think that a church claiming to be Christian would so disregard and go against God's word. Yes, God loves all and Christians are to love people but not to accept and embrace the homosexual lifestyle.

Canada is quickly becoming a world leader in depravity and moral corruption. I have no faith at all in our legal system or our government will do what is right. I'm afraid our moral standards will keep declining and people will become more spiritually lost as we continue to be conditioned to compromise and accept all the wrong values and ideas. Christians know the answer and need to stand firm and be heard to at least save themselves and those who will listen.

Thank-you,
Roman Andrew


Reverend Brent Hawkes I take my hat off for you. To hear that a priest of the Christian faith has undertaken to pioneer same sex marriages is a real credit to our society's progression. I hope that our progressive conservative government will accept these marriages as legal and binding and give these people a fundamental right that is currently being denied to them. What I fear however is the reaction of those on the extreme of society who will act in haste and violence. Hopefully this evolution will be spared from the acts and words of the ignorant.

Chris Knowles
Ottawa, Ontario


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