Canadian tolerance

It demonstrates how different the directions of America and Canada are heading. In the U.S., the talk was all about getting out of a destructive, illegal war while Canada passed a law legalizing gay marriage and the transferability of these marriage licenses across the country.  With this decision, Canada becomes the 3rd country to legalize gay marriage.  It also demonstrates how backward the mainstream political culture is in the U.S.  When there are 11 states that have passed measures and constitutional amendments in the last election cycle re-defining marriage to be "between one man and one woman".  Despite being divisive and unnecessary, it shows the wrong-headedness of most of the Republican agenda.  Which way would I choose?  No war and no problem with gay marriage.