Salim Mansur graces us with his second column in as many days. This latest one, The other ‘minorities’, appeared in the National Post yesterday (I delayed it until today just to spread the Columnist love over two days).
For further reading about gay marriage and Salim Mansur’s take on it, read this superb combo of three columns, which was posted back before Salim Mansur was part of our columnist team, when he was a guest columnist here.
Here’s a snippet from today’s column (located in the Columnist section)
The idea of minority rights sounds noble. But it leaves open a question that Liberals have till now evaded: What about the rights of minorities within Canada who value the traditional meaning of marriage as part of their cultural and religious beliefs? Canadians deserve an answer—especially given the way the Liberal party has traditionally presented itself as the main protector of all minority communities in the country. Indeed, Martin himself calls Canada “a nation of minorities.”
Notwithstanding the Liberals’ moral posturing, what they seek to do on same-sex marriage is advance the alleged equality rights of one minority group by diluting the rights of other minority groups. On what principled basis is this judgment being made? Explicit protections for multiculturalism and freedom of religion are both contained in the text of the Charter. Gay rights are not. So why would the Liberals’ privilege the latter over the former?
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