TORONTO, May 20, 2005 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Thousands are set to convene on Queen’s Park in Toronto this holiday Monday for what is shaping up to be a powerful demonstration in support of the traditional definition of marriage. Representatives from a plethora of religious sects and denominations are slotted to speak out against Bill C-38 (the same-sex marriage bill) at the rally.
The bulk of the work of organizing the rally has been done by The Equipping Christians for the Public Square Centre (ECP). The founder of ECP, Reverend Tristan Emmanuel, has pleaded for the support and attendance of all well-meaning Canadians of whatever religious persuasion saying “We cannot allow personal apathy to discourage us from attending this rally. If we will not sacrifice a little time from our leisurely pursuits to defend this sublime and noble institution then, quite frankly, our constitutional freedom has become nothing more than a meaningless cliché.”
Rev. Emmanuel is a firm believer that by banding together by the thousands Canadians will make their voices heard. He and his organization participated in the success of the March for Marriage in Ottawa last month which drew a crowd of 20,000.
On his web site Emmanuel states, “We want Dalton McGuinty and Paul Martin to know that the large majority of Ontarians – and Canadians – will not rest until they (or another government) do the right thing and defend the only true definition of marriage, one man and one woman”.
At a press conference held earlier today, Dr. Charles McVety from the Defend Marriage Coalition declared that this attempt at pushing through Bill C-38 without appealing to the ordinary citizens of Canada is little more than “Constitutional vandalism.” Reverend Don Tse of the Chinese Christian Community of Toronto said that if Bill C-38 becomes law then in Canada there “is no such thing as pluralism.”
The Toronto Marriage rally is the most recent significant opportunity for Canadians to utilize and protect their constitutional rights by making unequivocally clear the fact that same-sex marriage is directly contrary to their wishes.
JJ