Oakville Beaver, 22 Aug 2003, p. 10

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»» c tx n r rr .a . ~ u :o ..~ t 10 - The Oakville Beaver, Friday August 22, 2003 Same-sex marriage debate expected to be lengthy (Continued from page 9) both his Milton and his Ottawa office. "It's running about 600 to five," he said, corre spondence opposing same-sex marriage with the enormous lead. Burlington Liberal MP Paddy Torsney has come out supporting same-sex marriages, but was not available for further com m ent Torsney's Oakville counterpart Bonnie Brown is one of many Liberals not yet willing to express their views. "It's very simplistic and anti-intellectual to ask somebody if they're for something or against it," Brown said in a telephone inter view, accentuating that she will not make a decision until she sees the actual wording of the bill. Though both Powell and Logan respect Brown's argument, they do think that having MPs express their views will encourage fur ther debate among their con "It would appear that those " It's very simplistic stituents, as it has done across homosexual couples, who are so and anti-intellectual keen to have the term `marriage' Halton's western border. In the Ancaster-Dundaslegally apply to them, want it to ask somebody Flamborough-Aldershot riding, because it makes them feel better if they're for one o f the most outspoken emotionally. While I can sympa something or Liberal MPs, John Bryden, is thize with their feelings, I don't fighting to stop gay marriages. think it is fair to satisfy those feel against it." That riding also happens to be ing by causing widespread distress · MP Bonnie Brown the one in which Logan and to many, many other Canadians." Powell live. Those comments, above all else, confuse In a column published in the Beaver' s sis Powell, who can't figure out what improve ter paper the Flamborough Review on Aug. I, ments to physical well-being marriage gives Bryden wrote that he is "opposed to one heterosexual couples. group gratuitously taking over the cherished "The people who are most threatened are symbols of another group." the religiously convicted, who think they'll He continued, "Homosexual couples have have to rethink their precepts," said Powell. all the legal benefits and responsibilities of "And then there are those who think we're all common-law couples. Being `married' does pedophiles." n't improve their physical well-being. The remaining stigmas associated with the `gay lifestyle' do hinder the progress of samesex equality, Powell said. It is the normality of their lives, though, that Powell and Logan want to highlight. They live in a clean, handsome bungalow in Waterdown with a large, landscaped backyard for their welcoming white dog to frolic in. They are both spiritual people and were mar ried by a United Church minister. They are also members of the federal Liberal party and they want MPs from the area to visit them, so they can show off just how normal and con tent they consider their home and their rela tionship to be. They're not holding their breath, though. Nor should they expect a final ruling on same-sex marriage anytime soon. With some MPs expecting not to have a bill to vote on until 2005, the debate could rage for a long time. .O ff P ric e E v e ry d a y !!' 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