Stockwell Day

Stockwell Day, Conservative MP for Okanagan-Coquihalla[1] and Foreign Affairs Critic, appeared on CWA radio on August 7, 2003, discussing Canada’s gay rights debate on a segment entitled “Canada Battles Gay Agenda.”[2] During the interview, Mr. Day said that democracy in both the United States and Canada is under threat from “the constant march of activist courts” that recognize same sex marriage.[3] Mr. Day called such recognition a “constitutional violation,” a “democratic violation,” and a “social violation.”[4]     

Mr. Day’s interviewer, Sandy Rios, then President of CWA, exhorted Canadian listeners to get involved in stopping Canada’s recognition of same sex marriage: “I would say the same thing to Canadian listeners that we say to our American listeners that this is no time to be silent, if ever there were a time to redeem your culture and ours it’s now.”[5] Ms. Rios also offered concrete advice for how to shape the political outcome of the same sex marriage debate: “[F]or those of you who are Canadian listeners…we want to give you some practical help, we want to link you with two organizations that are working toward this effort, it will be on our website, it’s [sic] Canada Family Action Coalition and Christian Coalition of Canada.[6]

To hear Mr. Day's entire interview with CWA, go to http://gideon.cwfa.org/radioarch.asp?broadcastID=1993