Originally posted to my LiveJournal, September 2007, in reaction to new census statistics.
Meanwhile, back in Quebec, the death knell of the traditional family (two married adults and children) is no longer entirely a boogeyman invoked by conservative to argue against whichever latest change to the laws of matrimony they want to argue against. Instead, it is fast becoming a reality among French-Canadian society.
According to the last results from the census office, thirty-five percents of couples in the province of Québec live out of wedlock. In the regions that feature the least immigration, and are thus heavily fFench Canadian, those ratio soars past forty per-cent - nearly half of couples happily live out of wedlock.
In perspective, even the queen of all left-wing countries, Sweden, is far behind at twenty-five percent. Finland is at twenty-four. Canada as a whole - that's counting Québec - is at fifteen percent, which would give about ten percent without Québec's thirty-five thrown in.
This only goes to underline how far Québec culture has swept around - not fifty years ago, Québecers were proud to call themselves the favored, loyal children of the Roman Catholic Church, and priest had staggering political influence in the province; with excommunication of "evil" politicians being a powerful political weapon, and sayings like "Heaven is blue, Hell is red" (refering to the colors associated with political parties - blue for conservatives, red for liberals), being practically the norm.
And now instead we have this.
Meanwhile, back in Quebec, the death knell of the traditional family (two married adults and children) is no longer entirely a boogeyman invoked by conservative to argue against whichever latest change to the laws of matrimony they want to argue against. Instead, it is fast becoming a reality among French-Canadian society.
According to the last results from the census office, thirty-five percents of couples in the province of Québec live out of wedlock. In the regions that feature the least immigration, and are thus heavily fFench Canadian, those ratio soars past forty per-cent - nearly half of couples happily live out of wedlock.
In perspective, even the queen of all left-wing countries, Sweden, is far behind at twenty-five percent. Finland is at twenty-four. Canada as a whole - that's counting Québec - is at fifteen percent, which would give about ten percent without Québec's thirty-five thrown in.
This only goes to underline how far Québec culture has swept around - not fifty years ago, Québecers were proud to call themselves the favored, loyal children of the Roman Catholic Church, and priest had staggering political influence in the province; with excommunication of "evil" politicians being a powerful political weapon, and sayings like "Heaven is blue, Hell is red" (refering to the colors associated with political parties - blue for conservatives, red for liberals), being practically the norm.
And now instead we have this.
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