# Canada is catching up to The United States!

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**Category:** The BBQ Pit\
**Created:** [May 19, 2004, 4:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/canada-is-catching-up-to-the-united-states/245916 "2004-05-19T04:05:14Z")\
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**Author:** ![av8rmike](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/edb3f5/32.png) [@av8rmike](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/av8rmike)\
**Post date:** [May 21, 2004, 5:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/canada-is-catching-up-to-the-united-states/245916/61 "2004-05-21T17:33:15Z")

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> [@kung fu lola](#):
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> This is an excellent point, but I think another angle is that homosphobia is based in sexism. People who can’t stomach the idea of loving, committed same-sex couples are operating out of a carved-in-stone belief that men and women have roles, and if those roles are not filled at all times by all people, society will crumble.

Thank you **lola** , for making this comment. A little anecdote:

My dad is something of a raging homophobe. I’ve known this for a while, when he would make comments to my brother like, “don’t turn gay.” I was over at his place having dinner last Sunday when the news came on showing the footage of the gay couples getting married in Massachusetts. He just made some kind of derisive snort but no other comments. I thought about asking why he made that noise, but decided a friendly dinner like that was no place to openly challenge his beliefs. I think his beliefs may be based somewhat in the traditional gender roles like he and his wife (my stepmom) have. Of course, they didn’t have any more kids, so I guess their roles can’t be _that_ traditional, but you did make me think about where he might be coming from.

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