[CS-FSLUG] Canada's Yukon allows gays to marry

[Jerry Van Brimmer]

This IS His judgment: Rom. 1:28

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> From: Ralph De Witt <ralphdewitt at charter.net>
> Date: Sat, 17 Jul 2004 10:59:08 -0500
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> Subject: [CS-FSLUG] Canada's Yukon allows gays to marry 
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>>Canada's Yukon allows gays to marry 
>>      Jen Christensen, PlanetOut Network 
>>      Thursday, July 15, 2004 / 04:48 PM 
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>>SUMMARY: The Supreme Court in the Canada's Yukon Territory ruled that the 
>>common-law definition of marriage limited to a man and a woman is "wrong and 
>>discriminatory."
>>
>>Another Canadian jurisdiction said 'yes' on Wednesday to marriage for same-sex 
>>couples. The Supreme Court in the Yukon Territory ruled that the common-law 
>>definition of marriage limited to a man and a woman is, according to Judge 
>>Peter MacIntyre, "wrong and discriminatory."
>>
>>Judge MacIntyre ordered the Yukon government to change the definition of 
>>marriage to "the voluntary union for life of two persons, to the exclusion of 
>>all others."
>>
>>The judge read his decision to a packed courtroom. The couple contesting the 
>>old law, Stephen Dunbar and Rob Edge, have been fighting to marry since 
>>January, when they first applied for the license at the vital statistics 
>>office.
>>
>>When that office turned the couple down, Dunbar and Edge appealed to the Yukon 
>>Human Rights Commission, and in June took their case to court. Through the 
>>attorney general, the federal government had recommended that the couple go 
>>ahead with the church wedding, but get the marriage license retroactively 
>>once Parliament passed a federal marriage amendment. Legal analysts said that 
>>process could have taken up to two years. Justice MacIntyre ruled that it was 
>>"legally unacceptable" to delay the license. The couple said getting a 
>>license retroactively didn't feel right.
>>
>>"It would have felt like a hollow marriage," Dunbar said in a press conference 
>>after court. He told the press he and his partner will be legally married 
>>this Saturday.
>>
>>"Our wedding this Saturday will be one of the most important days of our 
>>lives, symbolic of the commitment we feel for each other and wish to 
>>demonstrate to our friends, our family and our community," Rob Edge said. 
>>"It's an odd feeling to be explaining that to others. Hopefully someday 
>>nobody will question why same-sex couples want to marry."
>>
>>British Columbia, Ontario, Quebec and now the Yukon all allow gay couples to 
>>marry. The federal government has asked the Supreme Court of Canada for an 
>>opinion on the proposed federal legislation to legalize marriage for gay 
>>couples across Canada. In this past election, Prime Minister Paul Martin 
>>pledged his support for the federal legislation.
>>
>>Advocates for marriage equality, like Laurie Aaron, the director of advocacy 
>>for Egale Canada, said this latest ruling should put the rest of Canada on 
>>notice and that marriage for all of Canada's gay couples should be legal.
>>
>>"This ruling sends a message that governments across the country must now 
>>accept the Charter right of same-sex couples to marry in a civil ceremony," 
>>said Arron. "It is simply unacceptable to maintain the fiction that capacity 
>>to marry, which is federal law, is different from one province or territory 
>>to the next."
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