I’m about six hours too late, but let’s hear it for the boys on Parliament Hill. Whether you’re in Port Alice or Port Elgin, you can get hitched in civil union to a person of the same gender:
The Liberals’ controversial same-sex marriage legislation has passed final reading in the House of Commons, sailing through with a vote of 158 for and 133 against.
Supported by most members of the Liberals, the Bloc Quebecois and the NDP, the legislation passed easily, making Canada only the third country in the world, after the Netherlands and Belgium, to officially recognize same-sex unions.
Of course, my province has permitted same-sex marriages for over two years, but it’s nice to have the whole country onboard.
I was going to celebrate by amending the Wikipedia entry, but of course, somebody beat me to it. While checking out the blogosphere’s reaction, I found this great reaction to the news.
UPDATE: There’s an article in the Vancouver Sun (subscription only) today about how lesbians are likelier to marry than gay men. 59% of all gay marriages are between women, despite lesbians apparently representing only 46% of gay Canadians. It’s a stereotype, but is that a surprise to anyone? In Better than Chocolate, two gay women shack up after their second date.
DarrenBarefoot.com 
On a somewhat related note, does anyone have the pic of Harper & his wife from the 80s? It was in the Globe a while back and showed them before their facelifts, makeovers, Lasik surgery, etc.
*cheers*
I note that you have used the word ‘gender’ in adjacent blog entries. I believe you’re a victim of a movement to use this as a euphemism for ‘sex’, which has other connotations. If you check http://dictionary.reference.com/search?q=gender,
you’ll find that the first usages listed for ‘gender’ are to do with the distinction between so called ‘male’, ‘female’ and ‘neuter’ words in languages which make such distinctions. The use of ‘gender’, meaning male vs female, comes afterward. My guess this is a late addition.