GROUPS OPPOSING SSM TARGET CANADIAN M.P.'S: From the Globe and Mail

Pleasantly caught off guard by yesterday's Supreme Court decision, conservative church and family organizations suggested their task now is to persuade members of Parliament that the same-sex marriage issue is too complex for simple legislation.

They indicated their strategy would be to press government and opposition MPs not to head into any quick deliberation on legislation changing the definition of marriage but rather to allow more time for study, rumination and listening to the public's views. ...

Derek Rogusky, vice-president of family policy for Vancouver-based Focus on the Family Canada, said the court's refusal to answer the fourth question means it did not consider that expanding the definition of marriage to include same-sex couples to be a civil-rights issue but rather only a public-policy issue.

The court, he said, has a strong civil-rights record, and if it had thought the rights of homosexual couples were being impaired by an opposite-sex definition of marriage, it would have said so.

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