The Christian Century

“We did not know that a child can mourn and grieve. We thought they were too small to understand what had happened.”

“We did not know that children go grieving for a long period. . . . I never used to understand the behavior of orphans.”

After two years of acrimonious debate, Canada’s House of Commons on June 28 passed a controversial same-sex marriage bill. If approved as expected by Canada’s Liberal-dominated Senate this month, the bill will allow same-sex couples to marry, making the country only the fourth in the world to recognize homosexual marriage.