MP O'Brien quits and asks: what's the rush on same sex marriage?

O'Brien leaves Liberals over same-sex Bill.

By SCOTT DEVEAU
Monday, June 6, 2005 Updated at 12:32 PM EDT
Globe and Mail Update

Mr. O'Brien said Monday that he feels that the Prime Minister went back on his word and that the process to legislate same-sex marriage was “unfolding to be a farce.”

Witnesses are given too short a notice to testify, he said, and then, when they appear, they are berated and lectured by MPs on both sides of the table. He called the committee's June 16 deadline to report back an artificial timeline and said there is not need to rush.

This is my argument also, Mr. Martin what is the rush? Why are you ramming this legislation through the house? Do you have a hidden agenda? Does the control system desire to use gay's as a stake to drive into the heart of Christians across Canada? Why does Canada need to only be the third country in the world to have such laws? The questions can fill pages...

What is most surprising is the lack of outcry so far on this subject by churches and regular Canadians. Maybe that is what Mr. Martin fears most.