He's actually giving caucus members a pass; this particular party line is only being laid down for new candidates. It's kinda hard to see much difference between his, 'this is what we Liberals say we believe [or else!] and Harpers, 'we Conservatives don't ask and don't tell [or else!].
Considering we've not had any law on this matter since 1988, without society either going into the moral dumpster or achieving saintly perfection, but just trudging onward as we always have—with roughly the same numbers of us for and against—I cannot see why anyone but fools would want to disturb the peace by insisting we divide over this question.
Non-issue. Can we pleas get back to important stuff like whether or not that really was Rob's face I saw on my toast.