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Stockwell Day

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Stockwell Day is one of those voices you encounter and immediately want to hear more from. Whether reflecting on Marriage or History, Stockwell Day brought uncommon clarity to every subject. Browse 14 quotes by Stockwell Day that cover ground from Marriage, History, Society, Respect, and Legal. One quote that captures their voice: "I believe in freedom of speech, but I believe we should also have the right to comment on freedom of speech."

“If the Liberals' law is passed, will sex education in the schools, including elementary grades, include the same portrayals of sexual activity which presently exist in heterosexual instruction? Will there be the same presentation of homosexual activity? Of course there will.”

— Stockwell Day

Education

All Quotes by Stockwell Day

“Provincial governments in Canada have terminated the positions of marriage commissioners who have, for personal religious convictions, not performed same sex marriages. It has happened in Saskatchewan.”

— Stockwell Day

Marriage

“Our history is that we can very aggressively, if necessary, and openly and democratically discuss our differences. We have a democratic history in which we come together and vote on these things.”

— Stockwell Day

History

“Marriage commissioners who choose not to marry homosexuals are being fired. A Knights of Columbus chapter in British Columbia is in court because it chooses not allow a lesbian group to use its facility for marriage ceremonies. The list goes on.”

— Stockwell Day

Marriage

“If the Liberals' law is passed, will sex education in the schools, including elementary grades, include the same portrayals of sexual activity which presently exist in heterosexual instruction? Will there be the same presentation of homosexual activity? Of course there will.”

— Stockwell Day

Education

“As all human beings are, in my view, creatures of God's design, we must respect all other human beings. That does not mean I have to agree with their choices or agree with their opinions, but indeed I respect them as human beings.”

— Stockwell Day

Design

“My parents did not have a perfect marriage. It was pretty good, but it was not perfect. My marriage is not perfect. My wife is, but I happen to be imperfect. However, that does not discount the fact that the definition of marriage must be defended and protected.”

— Stockwell Day

Marriage

“I wish the government and the Minister of Justice would address these legal and constitutional arguments, but they refuse to. They want Canadians to go blindly into their brave new world, but it is not wise for a society to move blindly in any direction.”

— Stockwell Day

Legal

“Time and time again, history has proved that the conservatives are right and the liberals are wrong.”

— Stockwell Day

History

“Our national media refuses to report that even the Supreme Court did not say marriage was a human right in all cases nor did it say that the heterosexual definition violated anyone's right or that the heterosexual definition of marriage was unconstitutional.”

— Stockwell Day

Marriage

“I believe in freedom of speech, but I believe we should also have the right to comment on freedom of speech.”

— Stockwell Day

Freedom

“Bishop Frederick Henry of Calgary is facing at least two official objections to his public statements along with expensive hearings before the Alberta Human Rights Commission for expressing his biblical views on same sex marriage.”

— Stockwell Day

Marriage