Toronto Canada--Same Sex Marriages legalized from today

Posted by Mike Kremer on Jun 12, 2003 at 15:41
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Same-sex marriages are currently only recognized in the Netherlands, Belgium, and (subject to the possible appeal of a court case)* the Canadian province of Ontario (consequently monogamous ones only). Recently, the term "same-sex marriage" has been displacing "gay marriage", the term being perceived as less value-laden for the union of two partners of the same sex.

*The Ontario Appeals Court ruled today: that the law restricting marriage to heterosexual couples contravenes the equality provisions in the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms. The court does not permit the province any grace time to bring its law in conformity with the ruling. This appears to mean that Ontario has become the first jurisdiction in North America to recognize same-sex marriages. Toronto announces that its city clerk will begin to issue marriage licences to same-sex couples, and two same-sex couples who filed suit have their marriages retroactively recognized.


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