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Labour pains and DOMA doom
irtn feb 25 2011.mp3The assault on unions ramps up even more in the U.S. but this time labour and friends (perhaps inspired by world events) respond with big democractic numbers. But what about the...
View ArticleSame-sex marriage -- just not the wedge it used to be
For a couple of reasons, same-sex marriage just isn't the wedge issue it used to be.First of all, in Canada the prevailing attitude -- even among large numbers people who only a few years ago would...
View ArticleIs Canadian law a fickle myth? Thousands of same-sex couples no longer...
Friday, January 13, 2012 Canada's federal Department of Justice has made a conscious decision to intervene in a case that challenges the validity of thousands of marriages. Toronto: Canada's federal...
View ArticleProtecting equal marriage rights for Canadian same-sex couples
Wednesday, January 18, 2012 The Conservative government's recent actions on marriage equality for same-sex couples demonstrate how they have been systematically attempting to chip away at the rights of...
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Same-sex marriage
Publish Date: January 18, 2012Summary: Same-sex marriage came to Canada in the early 2000s. Read more on its history here. canadianpride1mq.jpgOn July 20, 2005 Canada legalized same-sex marriage. At...
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Can marriage ever be feminist? An interview with Nicola Barker
rabble_-_feminist_current_-_can_marriage_ever_be_feminist.mp3Though many of the more oppressive aspects of marriage have been removed, the institution itself continues to represent and reinforce a...
View ArticleWho won the U.S. election and what can we celebrate?
Did you feel it too? A nervous anticipation hung in the Global Exchange office Nov. 6 as we wondered what the outcome of the U.S. election would be -- the President, the Congress, the state level...
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Edie Windsor's fight for marriage equality in the U.S. Supreme Court
Thursday, March 28, 2013The U.S. Supreme Court heard arguments about same-sex marriage this week. On Tuesday, it was about the controversial California ballot initiative known as Prop 8, which has...
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Canada's address to the UN by John Baird, Minister of (truth is) Foreign...
Monday, October 7, 2013 John Baird delivered Canada's address to the opening session of the UN General Assembly. When it came to Syria and Iran, the speech traded in unverified assumptions, omissions...
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Acts of gaiety, acts of assimilation
Wednesday, October 23, 2013Sexual liberation was a core principle of the social movements of the 1960s. The desire to emancipate desire was central to the belief that a new society and a new experience...
View ArticlePride flags over Alberta: Sincere, or a cynical commitment of convenience?
Fourteen years ago, the Alberta provincial government led by Progressive Conservative premier Ralph Klein was convulsed with controversy at the thought of same-sex marriage.In the ensuing weeks, Klein...
View ArticleIn one day, the ground shifts in Alberta politics in ways unexpected,...
What a strange day it was yesterday, at times uplifting, at times profoundly depressing, and at times just disorienting.In the morning, Alberta suddenly dropped most aspects of its official homophobia....
View ArticleIf the Wildrose Party's really in a position to win a majority, Alberta's...
With a new poll, however fanciful, projecting a Wildrose majority in the May 5 Alberta election, it seems pretty certain Alberta's election campaign is going to turn ugly fast.Maybe it was the results...
View ArticleWhy I'm not celebrating Ireland's legalization of gay marriage as a win for...
Progressives around the world celebrated this weekend as Ireland voted 62 per cent in favour of legalizing same-sex marriage. This win is significant and important for a country that only...
View ArticleGovernment by sneak: The preferred Harper Conservative response to thorny...
VICTORIA, B.C.Same-sex marriage advocates and poultry and dairy farmers might both be surprised to find they have so much in common, but as yesterday's news columns illustrate, both are targets of the...
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Michael Coren on his recent epiphany and new book, dogmatic beliefs and the...
Michael Coren on his new book Epiphany, Dogmatic Beliefs and The Religious RightMichael talks about his new book Epiphany, dogmatism, the religious right, why he’s still so optimistic and his desire...
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