Mr. Speaker, we have heard many people speak about the letters they have received. I have received hundreds of letters from across the country and about 40% of them have been from heterosexual couples. What should I say in response to one such heterosexual couple who wrote that, “The value of my marriage will be depreciated not enhanced if it is again to be restricted in our nation to a privileged class of heterosexual participants instead of being a right of all Canadians”--
In the House of Commons on December 6th, 2006. See this statement in context.