Brokeback Charter

Remember that thing that Paul Martin was using as a security blanket for two consecutive elections? You know, the Charter of Rights and Freedoms? Martin kept on blathering on about "defending the Charter", often in the context of his support for gay marriage. Well, I was reading through the Charter while researching for my previous post and I noticed a pretty glaring omission.

Equality Rights
15. (1) Every individual is equal before and under the law and has the right to the equal protection and equal benefit of the law without discrimination and, in particular, without discrimination based on race, national or ethnic origin, colour, religion, sex, age or mental or physical disability.

Notice, discrimination based on sexual orientation is not explicitly prohibited.

Umm... Paul, maybe you could have come up with a more useful proposal for a consititutional amendment than removing the notwithstanding clause...