by Alex Greenwich | Apr 6, 2011 | Overseas commentary
Spring is here and the air is alive with the continual chatter of marriage. Take your choice: gay marriage or royal weddings. They are both on everyone’s radar, but one centres on etiquette while the other revolves around politics. On Monday Stephen Harper...
by Alex Greenwich | Apr 3, 2011 | Overseas commentary
A former US Republican state senator explains why he now supports marriage equality: I served 12 years in the Iowa Senate, and I, like all other legislators, took an oath to defend the our state’s constitution. During my tenure in the Senate, I voted for a...
by John | Mar 29, 2011 | Overseas commentary
In this piece, a Presbyterian minister explains his journey from preaching against homosexuality, to supporting marriage equality. *** As a Presbyterian minister, I believed it was a sin. Then I met people who really understood the stakes: Gay men A recent poll shows...
by John | Mar 14, 2011 | Overseas commentary
In this piece, a Catholic parent explains why his gay son deserves the chance to marry his partner. *** I am a Catholic who voted against Proposition 8 in 2008 and contributed $1,000 to the No on 8 Campaign, a Catholic who is sustained by regular Mass, scripture and...
by John | Mar 8, 2011 | Overseas commentary
In this piece, 81-year-old Erma Durkin explains how her conscience moved her toward supporting marriage equality. *** For all of my 81 years I have absorbed, lived and taught the doctrines and spirituality of the Roman Catholic Church. My Church has directed me well...
by John | Mar 4, 2011 | Overseas commentary
In this piece, Catholic columnist Marcos Breton explains how overcame the prejudices he was taught as a boy. — I never thought I’d become a full-fledged supporter of same-sex marriage, especially growing up in a socially conservative Catholic family of...
