The same-sex marriage controversy in Canada is a hot topic. I was talking with Mom, Dad, and Anna about how I felt that the new law wouldn’t really affect us. What does it matter to me as a straight guy whether or not two same gendered individuals are married by definition or just living together. It doesn’t affect me. However, for the gay or lesbian couple, it means a lot. The situation that Anna pointed out seemed to make a lot of sense to me. She explained that if a homosexual person were extremely ill or injured in the hospital and his or her partner came to the hospital to visit them, the hospital had the right to deny visitation rights on the basis that he or she is not family. The same rules apply for all kinds of legal proceedings and have many implications to the homosexual population.

The Canadian Alliance is doing what they can in an attempt to block same-sex marriages. What is it that they are worried about? The destruction of the family? Like every traditional family is about to self destruct because of a new law. Get real. Are they worried about the number of homosexuals portrayed on TV? That’s a whole different issue, one that I can understand but they need to realize fighting this isn’t going to make Will and Grace any less gay. Frankly I can’t see any reason to fight this.