Pubdate: Mon, 06 Jan 2003
Source: Calgary Sun, The (CN AB)
Copyright: 2003 The Calgary Sun
Contact:  http://www.fyicalgary.com/calsun.shtml
Details: http://www.mapinc.org/media/67
Author: Gerald R. Hall
Note: Parenthetical remark by the Sun editor, headline by newshawk

Letter of the Day

MORAL ARGUMENT IGNORED

Two recent Strategic Council surveys purportedly suggest Canadians are
becoming more tolerant of the idea to decriminalize marijuana
possession and recognize same-sex marriages.

This is only further confirmation this country is in serious moral
decline.

It would appear that we are becoming a nation of "tolerant" fools
willing to tolerate everything and anybody but having lost our moral
compass.

The interesting thing about this much praised "tolerance" is the
extent to which we have become "intolerant" of traditional religious
and moral values that were once the norm in this country and which
faithfully served generations as a trusted guide. The moral argument
on so many of these "hot issues" is almost always ignored. Judges
routinely hand down "enlightened" rulings devoid of any moral
considerations which often favour minorities while ignoring the wishes
of the majority.

Canada is losing respect around the world because of a misguided and
ever-widening definition of "tolerance." It would appear that about
the only thing we will not tolerate is the truth.

Gerald R. Hall

(The times they are a changin'.) 
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