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Tory plan to revisit marriage law called ’reckless’

The Conservative Party plan to strip away the right of same-sex couples to marry is "legally reckless" and unconstitutional, a group of prominent legal experts is warning.In an open letter being issued today, more than 100 Canadian constitutional law experts caution Tory Leader Stephen Harper not to proceed with his plans if he is elected prime minister without first referring proposed legislation to the Supreme Court of Canada.

Canadian Prime Minister Loses Bid to Revisit Gay Marriage Law

What a strangely slanted piece of reporting. Harper only held the vote because it was one of the election promises -- a fair vote on what is for some a controversial issue. The previous vote was unfair as all the Liberal party people were forced to tow the line. So weve got a PM in Canada who does everything he says hell do. I guess you dont have politicians like that in the USA? There really isnt much more to it than that. Why the wild headline? It tells us a lot more about Doug Struck, rather than representing the

Same-sex marriage vote a hurdle for Liberals

New Liberal Leader Stephane Dion will face his first major caucus management test with Parliament's looming free vote on same-sex marriage. Prime Minister Stephen Harper wants to hold a promised vote on whether Parliament should revisit the same-sex marriage bill passed last year by Parliament. Debate would start Wednesday, with a vote likely on Thursday. In Monday's question period, Harper tried to create some mischief for Dion by saying: "We promised Canadians a genuinely free vote on this issue in the House of Commons. "I know the new leader of the opposition has said he will not allow a free vote of his caucus

Canadian Supreme Court rules in favor of gay marriage.

In a landmark opinion, Canada's Supreme Court said Thursday that proposed legislation allowing gay marriage is constitutional, but the government cannot force religious officials to perform unions against their beliefs. The Liberal government had sought the court's opinon, which is strictly advisory, and the legislation to allow gay marriage must still pass with a majority of the House of Commons. Judges in six provinces and one territory have already allowed same-sex marriage. Prime Minister Paul Martin said that his government would introduce a bill shortly...

Lawmakers kick off same-sex marriage law debate

Prime Minister Paul Martin kicked off a historic debate on same-sex marriage in the House of Commons with a speech on protecting minority rights. "Our deliberations will not be merely about a piece of legislation," Martin told the House of Commons Wednesday. "More deeply, it will be about the kind of nation we are today and the nation we want to be." "This bill protects minority rights. This bill affirms the Charter guarantee of religious freedom. It's that straightforward and it's that important." Martin affirmed that the controversial bill to legalize same-sex marriage, Bill C-38, will not impede religious freedom and will

Canadian Leaders Agree To Propose Gay Marriage Law

The Canadian cabinet approved a new national policy today to open marriage to gay couples, paving the way for Canada to become the third country to allow same-sex unions. ''You have to look at history as an evolution of society,'' Prime Minister Jean Chrétien told reporters after a meeting of his cabinet. ''According to the interpretation of the courts these unions should be legal in Canada. We will ensure that our legislation includes and legally recognizes the union of same-sex couples.'' The decision to redefine marriage in Canada to include unions between men and between women will immediately take effect

Gay ’Marriage’ Law to be Introduced in Feb., Passed by June Says Canadian Justice Minister

Justice Minister Irwin Cotler has announced that he will introduce the Liberal government bill to change the definition of marriage to one that would include same-sex couples, in early February. He hopes it will pass before the House rises in June. In his announcement Cotler seemed to take comfort in the activist court decisions that have forced homosexual 'marriage' on seven provinces and one territory in Canada. "If the bill does not pass, the likelihood is that the constitutional development will continue in the other provinces, and we will likely see this issue being arrived at one by one in

Canada May Not Pass Gay-Marriage Law Before Break, Martin Says

June 16 (Bloomberg) -- Canadian Prime Minister Paul Martin said he may not have enough time to pass legislation allowing gays and lesbians to marry before Parliament shuts down for summer recess next week. Martin asked opposition Conservative Party Leader Stephen Harper to drop his threat to prolong debate on additional 2006 budget spending that Harper opposes. Any delay would make passage of the marriage law difficult before the House of Commons adjourns June 23, Martin said. ``It's in the hands of the opposition,'' Martin told reporters in Ottawa following a meeting of his cabinet. ``How long it takes us

Same-sex marriage now officially the law

Two Alberta men were quick to take advantage of their newfound right to marry each other in the wake of Bill C-38 becoming law. Rob Bradford and Keenan Carley arrived at a provincial registry to obtain a civil marriage licence less than an hour after the same-sex marriage law was given royal assent on Wednesday. First, they had to wait for the provincial government to fax a directive to all registry offices instructing them to go ahead and issue marriage licences to same-sex couples. Staff changed the words "bride and groom" on the licence to "partner one and partner two." With the document

Canada marriage law may be delayed

The new Canadian Justice Minister has thrown a wrench into the timetable for legalizing same-sex marriage by adding a fourth question to the three others that have been placed before the Canadian Supreme Court. The high court was planning to hear arguments on the marriage questions April 16, and briefs from 18 interested parties were due at the beginning of March. Wednesday's announcement by Minister Irwin Cotler means that the court will likely delay this schedule for weeks or months. Last year, the administration of Jean Chretien decided to legalize same-sex marriage throughout Canada. Prior to placing a bill before Parliament, his

Gay couples not satisfied with gains.

-After taking a year off to gauge the reaction to the state's landmark 2005 civil-union law, gay activists and civil libertarians are now ready to campaign for full marriage rights. They say the civil-union law -- although it was written to provide the same benefits to committed same-sex pairs that

Spain, Poland Protest Gay Marriage

Flanked by church clerics, hundreds of thousands of Spaniards marched through the streets of Madrid Saturday to protest against a proposal by the socialist government to put gay marriage on an equal footing with heterosexual unions – something only Belgium and the Netherlands have managed to achieve. Organizers, who insisted

Abstinence, gay marriage, traditional marriage

Across the country, teens from hundreds of schools and youth groups will make chastity pledges Monday on the ''Day of Purity'' -- organized by the Liberty Counsel, a Florida-based conservative legal group. In Arkansas, Gov. Mike Huckabee and his wife, Janet, will renew their wedding vows in the presence of hundreds

Do domestic-abuse laws apply to unmarried couples?

Dec. 13--Ohio's marriage law doesn't prevent prosecutors from charging unmarried partners with domestic abuse, a county prosecutor told the state Supreme Court yesterday in a closely watched test of the 2004 marriage amendment. Warren County Prosecutor Rachel A. Hutzel said she strongly supported the constitutional amendment recognizing only marriages between

Carcieri supports same-sex divorce

In a final round of legal briefs, Governor Carcieri argues that it’s against the state’s public policy to allow same-sex marriages, but unlike some others who share that view, he says it wouldn’t make sense to prevent two Providence women, who married in Massachusetts, from now getting divorced. “While Rhode Island

No Official Information Regarding Vancouver Riots.

Neither the Colonial Office nor the Foreign Office has received official information respecting the anti-Asiatic riots at Vancouver, B.C. Two long dispatches have been received at the Japanese Embassy from Canada, but these have not been communicated to the British Government. Source : query.nytimes.com

Oregon governor pushing for civil unions law

Gov. Ted Kulongoski says he will push for a civil unions bill in the 2005 Legislature to give gay and lesbian couples some of the rights bestowed on married couples. Kulongoski pledge to back a civil unions law expands on his announcement in January that he would support legislation extending

Canada May Not Pass Gay-Marriage Law Before Break, Martin Says

Public Vows: A History of Marriage and the Nation. By NANCY COTT. Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 2001. Pp. 304. $29.95 (cloth); $15.95 (paper). Nancy Cott's subtitle, A History of Marriage and the Nation, should be taken seriously. Her overview of marriage in the United States from the Revolutionary Era to the present focuses on marriage understood as a public institution and on its regulation by state law and federal law and policy. She deftly incorporates into a fluent whole a stunningly wide array of specialized subjects, ranging from English common-law doctrine and self-made marriages on the nineteenth century's moving frontier to federal tax law, immigration policy, and the antigay backlash. The transitions tying together these and other potentially disparate topics are so fluent and seemingly effortless that nonspecialists may not fully appreciate Cott's impressive narrative achievement. The book will be indispensable reading for all who want a professionally reliable and up-to-date overview of the history of marriage and public policy. Several important themes sustain the book's strong narrative drive. The most general, perhaps, is that law is formative. The book traces a tension between the belief that marriage law merely affirmed a divinely or naturally sanctioned institution and the view that marriage is conventional, a political creation defined by...

Jan. 10--After nearly 30 years of living together, doing the dishes together and paying the bills together, Louise Young figures it's time to marry her partner. Soon, for the first time, it may be legally possible for her to wed her beloved, Vivienne Armstrong. "Heterosexual couples can get married two

Gay activists drop challenge to Defense of Marriage law

On Tuesday, a group of Florida same-sex marriage proponents announced they would abandon their challenges to the federal Defense of Marriage Act ("DOMA"). Eight lawsuits were filed last year in Florida seeking to establish same-sex marriage. Three of those lawsuits challenged the constitutionality of DOMA. One of the cases