At A Moment That Comes Rarely In

As A People, We Know What We Can Do, We Know How To Do It, And We Just Want To Get On With It. How? By Ensuring That Canada's Place In The World Is One Of Influence And Pride.

The Fact Is That There Is Now, We Know Well, A Proliferation Of Nuclear Weapons, And That Many Weapons That Saddam Hussein Had, We Don't Know Where They Are. That Means Terrorists Have Access To All Of That.

If We Do Not Step Forward, Then We Step Back. If We Do Not Protect A Right, Then We Deny It.

I Rise Today In Support Of Bill C-38, The Civil Marriage Act. I Rise In Support Of A Canada In Which Liberties Are Safeguarded, Rights Are Protected And The People Of This Land Are Treated As Equals Under The Law.

The Facts Are Plain: Religious Leaders Who Preside Over Marriage Ceremonies Must And Will Be Guided By What They Believe. If They Do Not Wish To Celebrate Marriages For Same-sex Couples, That Is Their Right. The Supreme Court Says So. And The Charter Says So.