Klein has caved

Maybe Andrew will stop making anti-Alberta comments for one day. Ralph Klein announced yesterday that the province will allow same-sex marriage. He definitely didn't announced this with a smile on his face, "We will proceed to issue marriage licenses to same-sex couples, much to our chagrin, following proclamation of the federal Civil Marriage Act.” And adding, "We will develop legislative options to ensure the rights of religious officials and those Albertans, who hold social or cultural beliefs or values, whether religious or non-religious, will be free to express opposition to the traditional definition of marriage or a change to the traditional definition of marriage and will not be required to advocate, promote, or teach about marriage in a way that conflicts with their beliefs.”
See Ralph, it wasn't that hard. I agree that nobody should be forced to perform same-sex marriages, and people are welcome to disagree with them but they should be performed. I'm somewhat surprised that Klein decided to issue same-sex marriage licenses before it became federal legislation. I thought he would go kicking and screaming, but I guess this is one more way for him not to directly listen to the federal government and try to beat them at their own game. At least it's happened.
See, Andrew, Alberta's not all bad.