Douglas Farrow, Associate Professor of Christian Thought at McGill Univ., has contributed a strongly worded essay to the Web Elves at CaNN regarding the legalisation of same-sex marriage in Canada. He predicts that this law will destroy marriage as a meaningful social institution but, before that actually happens, the war between pro- and anti-marriage forces will move into the schools.

“We shall seduce them in your schools,” prophesied Michael Swift in Gay Revolutionary, and it seems he wasn’t kidding after all. Those who see in this 1987 diatribe only its deliberate excesses – “for us too much is not enough” – are being played for fools. “There will be no compromises,” warns Swift; “those who oppose us will be exiled.” Quite so, if the case of Chris Kempling, the B.C. teacher who was banished and fined for his opposition to homosexuality, is anything to go by.

Read the whole thing.

Prof Farrow's recommended course of action is to pass a constitutional amendment preserving the traditional definition of marriage. Although I agree with Farrow's perspective and I hate to raise a discouraging word, but the Canadian constitution is practically impossible to amend. It was apparently designed that way. (Maybe Trudeau thought his creation was perfect as is?) I myself would whole-heartedly support such an amendment, but I don't have a lot of hope for its success.

By the way, Prof Farrow is on the steering committee of a non-profit organisation called Enshrine Marriage Canada. Their website is quite impressive and very interesting.

Another reason to visit Enshrine Marriage Canada is to sign their online petition calling for a marriage amendment to the Canadian constitution. I've already expressed my view on the likelihood of its passing. However, one of the fundamental principles of Christian ethics is to do the right thing and leave the consequences to the Lord. So, those who think that a marriage amendment is the right thing for Canada might prayerfully consider signing the petition.