Go Ontario!

i think, as well, that this is the needless aping of a heterosexual ritual that is basically about property and ownership of a person, and in that way deeply antiquated.

as well it is a misapplication of resources, people still lose jobs, families and lives over being queer, their are more important battles to fight.

the harm is an enourmous amount of money and effort went into something pointless rather then something that might do some really change.

and lots of compaines (disney,apple,universal paramount, xerox, ibm, the ontario, alberta and bc governments, the toronto,vancouver,winnipeg,nyc school systems) give benefits anyways.

i like the idea of actually having to think about who gets my money when i die, and with the magic powers that exist with the laws that are already there i can give them all to the latvian dwarf foundation of mud wrestling if i want.

and then the state doesnt have to get involved in what are basically my affairs.

(the same thing can exist for kids, real estate or any of the other issues that are raised)

of course its landmark, i think we are just cruising down the wrong road.

by canadian law, regardless of wills, the married partner is owed a certain portion of the state - say, you were with a man for twenty years and he left you for a slimmer streamline model, you could now, legally get support from your partner ... it's all good, anthony. everyone should be afforded the same rights, gay or straight. and personally, i find the whole 'breeders' thing boring as hell. who bred the gay? but a breeder?

sheesh.

to use a canadian example-trudeau said about homosexuailty, that the nation had no place in bedroom(i am paraphrasing), and i belive that.

i think that canadian law is flawed, i think the state interferring with something that should take place b/w two or more people who love each other, and perhaps god is their own buisness.

if a log cabin couple wanted to get hitched, more power to them, have a do, do it infront of friends and family-thats all ok but dont bother getting the rest of the 26 million involved.

and i think the same thing for boys and girls.

or maybe bein 'ard-core about being gay is no longer a scary thing in canada - and that is what freaks you out?

one-we are going in the opposite direction of the way we need to be going re:interference.
two-we have bigger fish to fry.
three-this is judical rather then democratic.
four-alberta isnt ontario and toronto isnt hamilton.

the only people who should be celebrating this are the photographers and florists and other rackets who feed off wddings

Ottawa: What is there to do there other than go to the national gallery?

i.e. book/record stores? Good cheap food? Etc. etc.

Will be spending a day at carleton if that affects anything.

been many years since i've lived there... a lot of museums worth checking out, the new war museum is supposed to be pretty good too (and you can get a single ticket that works at six museums iirc)...

as far as record stores, i think vertigo records is still open on rideau? and as for food, shawarma is p much the thing to go for in ottawa, and there's a place called castle shawarma right near vertigo that is probably the best, or at least, among the best. if you aren't a meat-eater there's a kinda weird (but delicious!) place called... i think 'promise satisfaction perfection'? they do vegetarian potato dishes that are pretty excellent from my memory. if you end up doing drinks, i recommend the dominion tavern so long as it isn't too busy (i love it around happy hour bc it is pretty slow, but it gets too young/crowded later... more or less the perfect dive otherwise).

Many years since I lived there, too. One good vinyl only record store (heavy on the psych rock these days, I hear) is Birdman Sound, on Bank south of the Queensway.

Supposedly there's some good places to eat now in the Hintonburg area (more or less around Somerset and Parkdale, a bit west of downtown).

The National Gallery is very good.

If the weather's appropriate, a skate on the canal can be nice...you can even skate to or from Carleton.