“I want to warn America”

An excerpt from an April 24th column by Dawn Stefanowicz published in Pubic Discourse:

“I want to warn America to expect severe erosion of First Amendment freedoms if the US  Supreme Court mandates same-sex marriage. The consequences have played out in Canada for ten years now, and they are truly Orwellian in nature and scope.

“In Canada, freedoms of speech, press, religion, and association have suffered greatly due to government pressure. The debate over same-sex marriage that is taking place in the United States could not legally exist in Canada today. Because of legal restrictions on speech, if you say or write anything considered “homophobic” (including, by definition, anything questioning same-sex marriage), you could face discipline, termination of employment, or prosecution by the government.

“Over and over, we are told that “permitting same-sex couples access to the designation of marriage will not deprive anyone of any rights.”

That is a lie.

“When same-sex marriage was legalized in Canada in 2005, parenting was immediately redefined.

Canada’s gay marriage law, Bill C-38, included a provision to erase the term ‘natural parent’ and replace it across the board with gender-neutral ‘legal parent’ in federal law.

Now all children only have ‘legal parents,’ as defined by the state. By legally erasing biological parenthood in this way, the state ignores children’s foremost right: their immutable, intrinsic yearning to know and be raised by their own biological parents.”

7 Comments

  1. lburleso on June 30, 2015 at 9:31 pm

    Surely that could never happen here, Tom.

    Right?

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    • quinersdiner on June 30, 2015 at 9:38 pm

      Sadly, we both know the answer.



  2. parrillaturi on June 30, 2015 at 10:05 pm

    No! It could never happen here! Yeah, right. I get your gist. So sad. When they opine about us Christians, it’s called, freedom of speech, but when we do, it’s called, a hate speech. Blessings.



    • quinersdiner on July 1, 2015 at 5:55 am

      You’re so right.



  3. The Gospel of Barney on June 30, 2015 at 10:42 pm

    preaching God’s Word will be _hate speech!_



    • quinersdiner on July 1, 2015 at 5:56 am

      I’ve noticed that liberals have never been comfortable with free speech.