As part of the National Post’s ongoing editorial series on what various folks in Canada think are “Canada’s Biggest Mistakes”, columnist, TV host, and friend of ProudToBeCanadian, Michael Coren, explains one of them with his usual clarity and forthrightness: it’s gay ‘marriage’.
Here’s a snippet:
The error that dare not speak its name
What makes the national mistake of legalizing same-sex marriage unique in Canadian history is that to even discuss the issue is considered by many, particularly our elites, to be at the very least in extraordinarily bad taste. Although this is a valid and vital debate about social policy, anyone critiquing the status quo is likely to be marginalized as hateful, extreme or simply mad. Social conservatives aren’t just wrong, they’re evil.
The discussion, we are told, is over. Which is what triumphalist bullies have said for centuries after they win a battle. In this case, the intention is to marginalize anyone who dares to still speak out. In other words, to silence them. …
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