Aces High Bulletin Board
General Forums => The O' Club => Topic started by: StarOfAfrica2 on December 09, 2004, 10:45:26 AM
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TORONTO (Dec. 9) - Canada's highest court said Thursday the government can redefine marriage to include same-sex couples, but it added that religious officials cannot be forced to perform unions against their beliefs.
The ruling by the court in Ottawa brings to the final stages a long, bitter fight over whether gays and lesbians should be allowed to marry in Canada.
Judges in six provinces and one territory have already overturned the traditional definition, allowing thousands of same-sex weddings.
Canada would join Belgium and the Netherlands in allowing gay marriage if the government acts to make it legal nationwide. To pass in the House of Commons, the legislation needs the approval of about 44 of the 95 Liberal backbench members of Parliament to obtain a 155-vote majority.
One top Liberal predicted the legislation should pass easily after its introduction, likely early next year. It already has the support of the 38-member Liberal cabinet and virtually all the 54 Bloc Quebecois and 19 New Democrat MPs.
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Dammit, Belgium's going to loose a lot of "tourists" now that Canada opens up, I mean... it's so close to you guys, you no longer need to travel that far now...
Eagler, will you mary me?
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Why am I not suprised?
To my pals in Canada....it's not to late to move....you know who you are!!!
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The West Hollywood migration north is now inevitable.
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Dupont Circle just became a ghost town.
-SW
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Oh no! Marriage is ruined in Canuckland!!! :(