According to a poll conducted just this month, a strong majority of Canadians oppose redefining marriage. Now I know whenever polls look favorable to conservatives instead of the liberal-left, the libbies place their oversized hands upon their engorged hips and sneeringly snort that “The majority should never have a vote on the rights of a minority”—a political statement with which I wholeheartedly disagree (and if they really believe that, maybe we should rescind Svend Robinson’s gay bill, and hey—most every other law that’s ever been passed—and the Constitution… and…).
Nonetheless, Enshrine Marriage Canada Survey Finds Canadians Want Marriage Protected.
Toronto — William Gairdner, chairman of Enshrine Marriage Canada released the results of a public opinion poll taken after the Supreme Court of Canada’s advice on same-sex marriage was made public and found an overwhelming majority of Canadians favour keeping the traditional definition of marriage as the union of man and one woman.
“Almost 60 per cent of Canadians want the traditional definition of marriage preserved and protected,” said Gairdner. “It’s clear that Canadians do not want to see the traditional definition of marriage altered or changed. Our political leaders need to listen to Canadians. The people of this country do not want profound changes to the definition of marriage.”
“Enshrine Marriage Canada seeks to protect the traditional definition of marriage through an amendment to the Constitution that will preserve marriage as the union of one man and one woman. It’s clear from this survey that Canadians want traditional marriage to be protected,” said Gairdner.
“The debate over marriage is far from settled and all Canadians need to think deeply about the blind alley into which the Government of Canada wants to take marriage. From this survey, it looks like Canadians definitely think redefining marriage is wrong,” said Gairdner.
Canadians were asked: “Do you support/oppose keeping the definition of marriage as a union of one man and one woman?” The survey commissioned by EMC and conducted by the Nordic Research Group found 59.8 per cent of Canadians support keeping the traditional definition of marriage. The survey interviewed 1023 Canadians by telephone from 11-16 December 2004 and has a margin of error of +/- 3.1 per cent.
“Amending the Constitution and enshrining the definition of marriage in it is the best means Canadians have to protect and defend traditional marriage. Already this message is reaching many and now, thanks to the website, many more will soon know of this important work,” said Gairdner.
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