Same-sex marriage bill in Canadian parliament

(27 June 2005 - RV) Canada's same-sex marriage bill begins its third-reading debate in parliament today.
Gay marriage is already legal in eight of Canada's ten provinces, but the bill would grant the right for couples of the same sex to marry nationwide.
The opposition Conservative party is against the bill, and has been trying to bring down the government in a vote of no confidence.
Joe Sinasac is the editor the Catholic Register, Canada's leading Catholic newspaper. He told us why the government is trying so hard to pass the controversial law...