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Originally Posted by davebtelford
Same sex marriage wasn't non-controversial when it was introduced in Canada (2004?). You just had the debate earlier, not all societies progress the same reforms at the same rate.
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The debate, if there really was one, was a non-event. Homophobes on one side; the rest of us on the other. And most of the rest of us didn't see what all the fuss was about. I remember that lotsa folks wondered why gays would want to get married, given the high rate of divorce. Maybe the whole thing began in '67 or '68 when Pierre Trudeau came up with his "the state has no business in the bedrooms of the nation." Also, it's worth remembering that Canada, like the US, is a complex of different governments ... Idividual Provinces have a lot of powers granted them by the British North America Act of 1867 ... so, recognizing gay marriage came in Ontario in, I think, 2001. The serious questions surrounding gay unions concerned, not morality nor religion, but benefits and tax deductions ... it wasn't about how you got your jollies, but about allowable tax deductions for a non-working spouse, and stuff like that. Moral questions usually take a back seat to money.
