Mr. Speaker, I have three petitions today.
The first one states that whereas the traditional heterosexual family is the building block upon which society is based, the petitioners request that Parliament refrain from passing into law any bill extending family status or spousal benefits to same sex partners. Further, they request that Parliament not amend the human rights code, the human rights act or the charter of rights and freedoms in any way that would tend to indicate societal approval of same sex relationships or of homosexuality, including amending the human rights code or the Canadian Human Rights Act to include in the prohibited grounds of discrimination the undefined phrase of sexual orientation.