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Canadian High Court OKs Same-Sex Marriage
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| Contributor | RP |
| Last Edited | RP Dec 10, 2004 05:38pm |
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| Media | Website - Yahoo News: Iran |
| News Date | Thursday, December 9, 2004 06:00:00 AM UTC0:0 |
| Description | Canada's Supreme Court ruled Thursday that gay marriage was constitutional, a landmark opinion allowing the federal government to call on Parliament to legalize same-sex unions nationwide.
If approved by a majority of the House of Commons, as widely expected, Canada would become the third country to embrace marriage by homosexuals and lesbians. Belgium and the Netherlands are the other two.
However, the court added that religious officials cannot be forced to perform unions against their beliefs. It also declined to answer a contentious question about whether traditional marriage between men and women also was constitutional. |
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