Activist Lambastes Leader Pushing Same-Sex 'Marriage' on Canadians
by Chad Groening
June 23, 2005
(AgapePress) - A pro-family advocate is outraged over Canadian Prime Minister Paul Martin's vow to keep Parliament in session throughout the summer, if necessary, to pass a proposed controversial and divisive same-sex "marriage" law.
The Globe and Mail newspaper has reported that the Prime Minister believes he has enough support to pass the bill known as C-38, which would give homosexuals across the country the same marriage rights as heterosexual couples.
However, Brian Rushfeldt of the Canada Family Action Coalition says his research suggests that only about 3,000 homosexual couples would actually take advantage of the law, a number that represents only a small percentage of the nation's 34 million people. "It's less than 0.05 [percent]," he notes. "Of course, they don't want those figures to come out publicly because it is so minute that people are going to [ask] 'Why did we go through all of this for that few Canadians?' There's something wrong with the system that allows that."
According to Rushfeldt, it has become obvious that the people of Canada no longer live in a democracy. "Even the suggestion that we extend Parliament to try and ram through a piece of legislation, such as the Marriage Amendment Act, is nothing short of socialist, dictatorship-style leadership -- in fact, it's not leadership at all; it is dictatorship."
Also, the activist points out, keeping the government running all summer will cost Canadian taxpayers millions. Yet it seems to be a cost the Prime Minister is willing to impose on the citizens of his country in order to see marriage redefined. Martin's efforts, along with those of some liberal Members of Parliament, are part of what Rushfeldt calls "the ultimate attack on this sacred institution."
The pro-family activist insists that traditional, one-man-one-woman marriage "is the ultimate institution for ensuring every child's highest good." And although C-38 proposes to change the time-honored understanding of marriage from one man and one woman to any two persons, he notes, "The institution of marriage, which is so absolutely unique and fundamental to society, cannot be redefined by government."
Rushfeldt urges pro-family Canadians to act now to stop the legalization of homosexual marriage in their nation. He says citizens whose members of Parliament (MPs) are anti-marriage and supporting C-38 should "call them, or go to their office and insist they change their position." And if any of these MPs refuse, the CFAC spokesman adds, then traditional marriage supporters should help vote those anti-family legislators out of office.
Chad Groening, a regular contributor to AgapePress, is a reporter for American Family Radio News, which can be heard online.
