{"id":1244,"date":"2005-02-19T02:43:00","date_gmt":"2005-02-19T02:43:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/foxtongue.com\/dreampepper\/2005\/02\/19\/true-land-we-took-god-out-of-our-song\/"},"modified":"2005-02-19T02:43:00","modified_gmt":"2005-02-19T02:43:00","slug":"true-land-we-took-god-out-of-our-song","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/foxtongue.com\/dreampepper\/2005\/02\/19\/true-land-we-took-god-out-of-our-song\/","title":{"rendered":"true land, we took god out of our song"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><!--StartFragment -->&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.pm.gc.ca\/eng\/news.asp?id=421\">link<\/a><br \/>Address by Prime Minister Paul Martin on Bill C-38 (The Civil Marriage Act). February 16, 2005<\/p>\n<p>&#8230;The Charter was enshrined to ensure that the rights of minorities are not subjected, are never subjected, to the will of the majority. The rights of Canadians who belong to a minority group must always be protected by virtue of their status as citizens, regardless of their numbers. These rights must never be left vulnerable to the impulses of the majority.<\/p>\n<p>We embrace freedom and equality in theory, Mr. Speaker. We must also embrace them in fact.<\/p>\n<p>&#8230;Some have counseled the government to extend to gays and lesbians the right to \u201ccivil union.\u201d This would give same-sex couples many of the rights of a wedded couple, but their relationships would not legally be considered marriage. In other words, they would be equal, but not quite as equal as the rest of Canadians&#8230; We must always remember that \u201cseparate but equal\u201d is not equal.<\/p>\n<p>&#8230;To those who value the Charter yet oppose the protection of rights for same-sex couples, I ask you: If a prime minister and a national government are willing to take away the rights of one group, what is to say they will stop at that? If the Charter is not there today to protect the rights of one minority, then how can we as a nation of minorities ever hope, ever believe, ever trust that it will be there to protect us tomorrow? <\/p>\n<p>&#8230;The people of Canada have worked hard to build a country that opens its doors to include all, regardless of their differences; a country that respects all, regardless of their differences; a country that demands equality for all, regardless of their differences.<\/p>\n<p>If we do not step forward, then we step back. If we do not protect a right, then we deny it. Mr. Speaker, together as a nation, together as Canadians: Let us step forward. <\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><em><font size=2>link found by <lj user=\"domystic\" \/> , bless her with chocolate sauce<\/font><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp;linkAddress by Prime Minister Paul Martin on Bill C-38 (The Civil Marriage Act). February 16, 2005 &#8230;The Charter was enshrined to ensure that the rights of minorities are not subjected, are never subjected, to the will of the majority. The rights of Canadians who belong to a minority group must always be protected by virtue &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/foxtongue.com\/dreampepper\/2005\/02\/19\/true-land-we-took-god-out-of-our-song\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;true land, we took god out of our song&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1244","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/foxtongue.com\/dreampepper\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1244","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/foxtongue.com\/dreampepper\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/foxtongue.com\/dreampepper\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/foxtongue.com\/dreampepper\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/foxtongue.com\/dreampepper\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1244"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/foxtongue.com\/dreampepper\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1244\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/foxtongue.com\/dreampepper\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1244"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/foxtongue.com\/dreampepper\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1244"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/foxtongue.com\/dreampepper\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1244"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}