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02/18/2005: "Canadian PM Speech on Same Sex Marriage"

I was watching this this afternoon. Very good speech, but I have a few things to point out.

1) Its really annoying to hear french and english.
2) About 5 minutes in, the PM is saying something about same sex marriages and all of a sudden 'Ni!' like in Monty Python.
3) After about 2 minutes in french only, he speaks up in english "Simply put, seperate but equal is not equal." Are those real translations? There seems to be alot more french.

Just a note, that is a video of the Prime Minister of Canada supporting the Civil Marriage Act, which supports gay marriage. Full text of video aviable here: Address of Prime Minister Paul Martin on Bill c-38.

I think this was a pretty good quote:

"To those who value the Charter yet oppose the protection of rights for same-sex couples, I ask you: If a prime minister and a national government are willing to take away the rights of one group, what is to say they will stop at that? If the Charter is not there today to protect the rights of one minority, then how can we as a nation of minorities ever hope, ever believe, ever trust that it will be there to protect us tomorrow?"

I have to agree with what he said. It applies to americans too. I think we need to look to the north on this issue. Very good speech.