For those who have read COMMANDOpera for sometime, there can be no question this venue has had little time for the inferior and venal logic applied (generally through religion) to deny civil rights to cross sections of humanity as is thought fashionable at that moment. One marvels not a little that a society such as America continues to veil the right of marriage to a not insignificant segment of their population. Countries who deem themselves among the most democratic and forward thinking intellectually, have no issue postulating on the correctness of fundamental rights. Did not Spain, a deeply Catholic nation, find the resonance of civility to overlook the harbingers of the church to move in the correct direction joining the ranks of cosmopolitan thought?  

Canada where equal marriage rights were written into law some years ago, should be viewed as a case study for the country south of the border. One would be remiss if one did not advise Canadian society has not become a modern day Sodom and Gomorrah subsequent to enacting the law. Canada historically enjoys the dual pleasure of a special closeness with both Europe and America, which perhaps explains why the country maneuvers itself liberally on sociological issues, and conservatively on fiscal issues.

Mr. Keith Boag is a journalist who for years has been employed at the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation, aka the CBC. Mr. Boag is known to just about every single Canadian on the planet as a deep intellectual, whose prescience on matters political is like no other. Recently Mr. Boag moved to L.A. as the West Coast correspondent for the CBC. As it happens, Mr. Boag and this writer know each other rather well. When his analysis on Prop 8 came out the other day, one was not taken aback by his trademark icy logic, as readers look to this style with great pleasure. The column was a most illuminating read which COMMANDOpera will share with its global readership. The link to Mr. Boag’s article is to be found here.