Well, the governing Liberal party of Canada will continue to hold onto power at least until the end of summer.

So says Peter Mackay deputy leader of the Conservatives. Yup, he's read the same polls I have, and the Conservatives know they would have no chance of winning an election even if they did topple the government. So, they'll wait until the political winds change.

Even though they wouldn't want to topple the government, it seems that if Bill C-38 (the same sex marriage bill) would come to a vote the government would fall whether anyone wanted it to or not.

Now this is troublesome to me. MPs have said they would vote against the bill because they are personally opposed to it. Pat O'Brien even left the Liberal party because of his own beliefs on the matter. So, even though nobody wants an election - and even though this isn't about the oppinion or personal beliefs of individual members of parlement - the government would fall on that vote.

Reality check people: Its 2005. 'Marriage' is a label. And, if we choose to use that label to describe two people that share a life with one another - we should have no restrictions on who those two people should be. Everyone IS equal under the law.

"Some more equal than others," shout the Orwellians. Well, not in my books.

"But, marriage is a union between a man and a woman, not same sex partners," the ignorant masses cry. Well, democracy was only a right reserved for male land owners - and clearly democracy has suffered ever since the rules changed. But, change they have - and maybe we'll all just have to deal with the dramatic change in the space time continuum it if (heaven forbid) Joe and Doug get married - and there is a law passed that says they are "married."

To all the MPs out there who are opposed to bill C-38: Pull your head out of your ass! And don't you dare make such a monumental 21st century non-issue into a national debate. And don't you dare embarrass all Canadian in the eyes of the rest of the world by voting against a basic human right: equality.

Bah... I think I've gone off on a tangent... what was my point...

Oh yeah. The Liberals will survive until at least the fall. So enjoy the summer safe in knowing you won't have to feel guilty for not making out to the polls because it was too sunny and you couldn't be bothered.

andre