'Gay' marriage galvanizes Canada's religious right
OTTAWA: It was a lonely time here in the capital for the Evangelical Fellowship of Canada in the early days of the gay marriage debate in 2003.
Of the scattered conservative Christian groups opposed to extending marriage rights to same-sex couples, it was the only one with a full-time office in Ottawa to lobby politicians. "We were the only ones here," said Janet Epp Buckingham, who was the group's public policy director then.
But that was before the legislation passed in 2005 allowing gay marriage in Canada...