At 02:43 PM 7/24/2003 -0400 Jean-Louis Couturier wrote: >I do agree that the laws permitting or restricting marriage should be >passed by elected officials rather than appointed ones. However, the >courts have there part to play. With such thorny issues, legislators >have the bad habit of looking the other way and ignoring them. Ontario's >courts have made a decision that has prompted the federal governement to >write and pass a bill on the issue.
In my mind, this is a foruitious gamble on the Court's part.... if the federal government had failed to legitimze the Court's decision, however, I think that there would have been some serious unintended negative consequences. Witness our Congress' failure to legitimize the Roe vs. Wade decision. JDG _______________________________________________________ John D. Giorgis - [EMAIL PROTECTED] "The liberty we prize is not America's gift to the world, it is God's gift to humanity." - George W. Bush 1/29/03 _______________________________________________ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l