XPost: tor.general, calgary.general, can.politics
XPost: edm.general
From: rmgoatNO@SPAMshaw.ca
On Tue, 07 Jun 2005 12:06:40 -0400, Sundance
wrote:
>Liberal Gay Marriage Push Forces Pat O'Brien to Leave Liberal Party to
>Sit as an Independent
>
O'Brien was not 'forced' to do anything. He made a choice that baffles
most people. That SSM is the ONLY important issue facing the country,
nothing else is important. OK I think this is dumb but you don't need
to be smart to be an MP (see the Grewals).
>OTTAWA, June 6, 2005 (LifeSiteNews.com) - A champion of real marriage in
>the House of Commons has quit the Liberal Party because of the party's
>ramming through of bill C-38, which would force homosexual 'marriage' on
>all provinces. Pat O'Brien elected to sit as an independent after, he
>says, the Prime Minister broke his promise to him to have fair hearings
>on the gay 'marriage' bill. Unlike the jump to the Liberals of Belinda
>Stronach which was motivated by a cabinet post, O'Brien's leaving the
>Liberals is based on principle and done with the knowledge that it may
>cost him his political career.
>
>Late last week O'Brien said that it became clear that the Liberal
>government was set to ram through the legislation before the summer
>recess just over two weeks from now. Today he told reporters that the
>Senate has agreed to sit as long as necessary during the summer to pass
>the bill.
>
>O'Brien said he still believes there is a "slim" chance of stopping the
>legislation without bringing down the government on a non-confidence
>vote. "My objective is not to defeat the government but to slow down and
>ultimately defeat bill C-38," he said. However, O'Brien would not rule
>out voting against the government on confidence vote.
>
>jhw
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