PM takes issue with photo of kissing men

Prime Minister Patrick Manning yesterday took issue with Newsday’s front page picture of two gay men kissing following a civil ceremony in which they were married.

The picture was carried in the Wednesday issue of the paper, which also reported that the Ontario Court gave a ruling which set aside the heterosexual definition of marriage as unconstitutional, making it legal for gay couples to get married. Asked whether Government was considering bringing similar legislation to make gay marriages legal, or was even considering extending the Equal Opportunities Bill to include gay rights, Manning said: “I really don’t wish to make any comment on that matter at this stage except to say that I found a photograph on the front page of a daily newspaper this week to be in entirely poor taste,” entirely poor taste”.