One example of why Alberta's Minister of "Justice" is a dumbass...

Ron Stevens figures he'll go to court to fight SSM, even though he knows he'll lose. Says Stevens:

"I know what the outcome will be because the federal legislation, when it becomes law, will determine what marriage is," he said. "It will take precedence to the definition that we have in our marriage act."

Sayeth those in know:

Keith Brownsey, a political scientist at Calgary's Mount Royal College, said there isn't much doubt that if the Alberta Tories choose the court option, it will be in the interest of maintaining the support it garners from its right-wing Christian supporters. "They have to be doing it for political reasons to shore up the fundamental evangelical right-wing in the party to make sure it stays loyal to the Conservatives," he said.

And then they wonder why no one goes to church anymore.

One of my favourite quotes is from Oscar Wilde: "A thing is not necessarily true because a man dies for it." Wilde also correctly pointed out that, "Truth, in matters of religion, is simply the opinion that has survived." Fifty years from now, they'll be looking back at us, the same way as we look at these guys.