Jim, I think Canadians generally look upon their constitution as rules to live by just as we consider Dave's rules to contribute and keep it clean. Constitutions are elegant but all countries transgress as we do here on the board. As for the Bible, Canada is more secular than the US which has far greater numbers attending services regularly, possibly highest percentage in the West. Both our countries, however, observe the Bible differently in practice.
Canadian provinces with most Catholics are producing the least children. Contraception clamours for attention of US primaries where statistics tell us 60 per cent of Catholics practice birth control. Reminds me of Cuomo senior's address to the Democratic convention to the effect "I'm a practicing Roman Catholic but represent all the citizens of New York. Who am I to make contraception laws for everyone when we're not following Church rules ourselves?
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