Keep the Canadian National Anthem the Same

Help keep our national anthem the same. There is talk about changing the Canadian national anthem to be "gender neutral". The Conservative government wants to change the line "in all our son's command" to something more inclusive, in honour of the Vancouver Olympics.

I understand the desire to promote equality and woman's rights, but this is our national anthem! Do we want our national anthem to be up for review every time someone makes a complaint? I personally want to see some things kept the same. This is a symbol of our country and our heritage, it should not be up for change ever! I want to see our anthem protected against meddlers. I do not with to offend anyone who find our lyrics offensive, however I do not want to wake up one morning to find that I no longer recognise our national anthem. I want to see the changes stopped here and now.

It is not that I have anything against gender equality, I just do not want to see the floodgates opened on this issue. If we change one line in our national anthem, where will it stop? Take out god for the atheists? Take out native for all those that might find that word offensive? Maybe even take out Canada for all those who have immigrated here. Where would it end? I do not want to find out, as I’m sure many of you do not want to either. Our national anthem may not be perfect, but I for one like it the way it is!

See one of the following links for the full story:

http://www.nationalpost.com/news/canada/story.html?id=2638898

http://www.thestar.com/news/canada/article/774649--conservatives-eye-new-lyrics-for-our-national-anthem?bn=1

http://westernstandard.blogs.com/shotgun/2010/03/deficit-no-lets-talk-about-the-national-anthem.html

http://www.thespec.com/News/Local/article/732416