Criminal law Amendment Act,   42% of the Canadian population thought that sexual intercourse between two consenting men was a crime

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Criminal law Amendment Act,

  42% of the Canadian population thought that sexual intercourse between two consenting men was a crime

  Bill C-150 was introduced by the Minister of justice Pierre Trudeau in December 21 st,  Omnibus Bill C-150 dealt with different topics: decriminalizing of homosexuality, abortion, contraception, and gambling. It also drew provisions for the gun control and the driving under the influence.  Homosexuality: Pierre Trudeau wanted to decriminalize homosexuality, allowing homosexual acts between men over the age of consent of 21. Bill C-150

  The proposed Bill C-150 was criticized a lot by many parliamentarians and institutions, such as the Catholic Créditistes of Quebec. It thought that the bill, strongly against religious theories, was more a political propaganda of communism, socialism, and atheism. It further asked for a public referendum. Bill C-150 Criticism

  PC Justice critic Eldon Woolliams told CBC that homosexuality was an illness and that homosexual people, through the help of psychiatrists could become “normal”. He also added that homosexuality was not illegal and rather than being evaluated under the Criminal Code, it should have been analyzed by a medical field

  Trudeau famously defended the bill by telling: “What’s done in private between adults doesn’t concern the Criminal Code”.  On May 14, 1969, after many and controversial debates, Omnibus Bill C-150 passed the third reading in the House of Commons, by a vote of 149 to 55.  The massive 126-page Bill with 120-clause amendment to the criminal law of Canada changed the country situation forever. Bill C-150

  Homosexual officers can be recruited in some forces (ex. Toronto and Vancouver) - By 2005, Nunavut, the Northwest Territories, Alberta and PEI were the only jurisdictions not allowing same- sex marriage. On 20 July of that year, Bill C-38 became federal law, making Canada the fourth country in the world to allow same-sex marriage -A number of provinces passed anti-bullying legislation, laws (Ontario and Manitoba) in 2012 and 2013 addressing the bullying issue at school towards gays and lesbians. Today’s Canadian situation

  In an article published on the website of the Research Institute of Princeton Witherspoon, the professor takes such as Canada, where same-sex marriage was accepted ten years ago, to describe the impact it has on human rights, freedom of education, on religious freedom, on public opinion and on the marriage between man and woman. Notwithstanding the differences between the countries, "the Canadian experience makes clear the impact of short-term same-sex marriage in a society similar to the American one," says Miller. Today’s Canadian situation

  The professor, explaining that same-sex marriage in Canada is considered by the law on a par with the natural one, says that now "anyone who deviates from the new orthodoxy is treated as animated by bigotry and hostility towards those who have homosexual tendencies." In short, in the name of equality has been reached the opposite: "Those who think that one thing is true the other is accepted, only those who believe otherwise is discriminated against."