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02/02/2005 Entry: "Liberals pressure same-sex dissenters"

YOU'RE ALLOWED TO VOTE ON GAY MARRIAGE ANY WAY YOU WANT AS LONG AS YOU DON'T VOTE AGAINST IT: The governing Liberals up here in Canada have pledged that its non-cabinet MPs will be allowed to vote on the issue of same-sex marriages any way they want. The problem? Liberal MPs report that they're being pressued to skip the vote if they want to vote against same-sex marriage.

"There's great pressure being put on Liberal MPs by some of the party leadership," said London, Ont., MP Pat O'Brien, a vocal critic of the divisive legislation tabled Tuesday. "I've had a couple today tell me they've been encouraged to, as the phrase goes, 'take a walk' at the time of the vote," he said in an interview.

One day people will remember that the federal Liberals became the most corrupt and divisive series of governments in Canada's history.

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