Same Sex Marriage Debate Defeated and RCMP Head Resigns

Regarding the defeat of the bid to reopen the same-sex marriage debate, Stephen Harper told the media:
"We made a promise to have a free vote on this issue; we kept that promise, and obviously the vote was decisive and obviously we'll accept the democratic result of the people's representatives, I don't see reopening this question in the future."
CBC News reported that Harper is trying to appeal to mainstream voters for a coveted majority government, so he is content to leave the issue.
As often is the case with gay people, we are left thinking "When will they understand our point of view?" Harper has alienated all gay people with his aggressive hatred directed at gay people, now all he has to say is that "We made a promise"??
Some attempt at reconciliation is called for.
It seems that Harper is so ideologically driven, that he never considers apologies. Another example of this is the Maher Arar case. Now that Giuliano Zaccardelli has resigned, maybe Harper is thinking that nothing else is needed...All Harper is doing now is hiding behind the bureaucratic process.
This is a continuing pattern with Harper's government: all political maneuvering and no human considerations.
We need to do everything we can to remove this political automaton.

Stephen Harper's past views on same sex marriage