While the rest of us are arguing over secession, you can’t really blame gay people for leaving the U.S. in droves.

“Our rights are slowly being eroded,” said the award-winning screenwriter [Craig Lucas], who plans to move to Vancouver with his partner, a set designer. “It happened in Nazi Germany, the incredible brain drain of artists, scientists and writers who fled to the U.S. Now it’s happening here [in the United States]. The government wants gays to live outside the protection of the law.” …

“I currently have more than 100 applications in the works on behalf of prospective gay American immigrants,” [a Toronto immigration lawyer] said. “These are highly skilled people with no dependents and substantial savings. Canada is benefiting enormously.”