It was the best of times...
Historic Commons vote paves way for same-sex marriage across Canada
The House of Commons voted 158 to 133 to adopt controversial legislation that will make Canada the third country in the world to legalize same-sex marriage.
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It was the best of times, it was the worst of times, it was the age of wisdom, it was the age of foolishness, it was the epoch of belief, it was the epoch of incredulity, it was the season of Light, it was the season of Darkness, it was the spring of hope, it was the winter of despair, we had everything before us, we had nothing before us, we were all going direct to Heaven, we were all going direct the other way—
~ Charles Dickens, A Tale of Two cities
For a moment or two anyway, it's the best of times.
[By the way, the "controversy" was much more in the eye of the reporter than it was real.]
