As many of you may have heard, it will soon be legal for same sex couples to wed in all provinces of Canada with the passing of Bill C-38. It has been over 2 years in the works and after countless (sometimes nasty) debates, the bill will become law as determined by the people of the country and not by the courts. I fully support the equality of same-sex couples and I congratulate them for their victory in bringing their minority rights up to par with those of heterosexual couples. This has been a very divisive issue as the country is split down the middle on the issue, as well as the political parties.

I want to start off by applauding the Conservative members who voted for gay marriage, as well as the three dozen Liberal MPs, Bloc and NDP members who voted against gay marriage. It is refreshing to see members going against the party line, especially in a democracy where the Courts ruled a free vote to define the term. The actions by the Liberals and NDP were quite sad, while I support equal rights for all people, I do not feel our democracy needs to be underminded by strongarming MPs to vote a certain way in a "free" vote. Layton and Martin both strongarmed their members into voting for the bill causing liberal backbenchers, one cabinet minister, and an NDP member to either leave the party or demote themselves due to this "free" vote.

The big winner in this equation in my opinion is Alberta where after they heard the ruling decided to consider getting out of the business of issuing marriage lisences to all people. This is the solution i've been looking for all along, it is a libertarian ideal and will be the ONLY way to keep the two sides happy. It's too bad no political party proposed this as an option. Congrats to Albertans for maintaining equality and getting the state out of our bedrooms. I cannot say the same for any of our political parties in Ottawa.