Friday July 22, 2005

How Canadian Senators Voted on Gay 'Marriage'

OTTAWA, July 22, 2005 (LifeSiteNews.com) - Voting in favour of the homosexual 'marriage' bill C-38 on final reading Tuesday night were 47 Senators including the following Liberal Senators:

Austin           Maheu
Bacon           Mahovlich
Baker            Massicotte
Biron             Losier-Cool
Bryden          Mercer
Callbeck        Milne
Chaput          Mitchell
Christensen   Munson
Cook             Poulin
Cordy            Pearson
Dallaire          Pépin
Downe           Peterson
Eggleton        Poy
Fairbairn        Tardif
Fitzpatrick     Ringuette
Furey            Robichaud
Grafstein       Rompkey
Harb             Smith
Hubley          Trenholme Counsell
Jaffer             Joyal 
Kenny  


The Liberals were joined by a handful of Progressive Conservative (PC) and Conservative 'C' Senators as well as an NDP and a couple of independent Senators:

Atkins (PC)           Nancy Ruth (PC)
Meighen (C)          Dyck (NDP)
Nancy Ruth (PC)   Prud'homme (Ind)
Spivak (Ind)
   
Most Conservative Senators voted against the bill including Senators:

Angus               Kelleher
Keon                Gustafson
Buchanan         Kinsella
Cochrane          Comeau   
Di Nino             Tkachuk
Eyton               St. Germain
Forrestall          Stratton 
Cools
  
A handful of Liberal Senators and one Independent Senator voted against the legislation including Senators:

Banks
Merchant
Phalen
Sibbeston
Hervieux-Payette 
Plamondon (Ind)
 
Abstentions from the vote were listed as coming from Senators:

Corbin (Liberal)  Moore (Liberal)
LeBreton (Conservative)

In Hansard, Senator Moore is listed as saying he would have voted against the bill however he was abstaining to pair a vote for another Senator who supported the legislation but could not attend the vote.

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