‘Options to clarify the law’
A statement from Justice Minister Rob Nicholson. I want to be very clear that the Government has no intention of reopening the debate on the definition of marriage. This case today involved the fact...
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Are some marriages more equal than others?
Today’s news that government lawyers are arguing same-sex marriages performed in Canada are not valid if the couple resides in a jurisdiction that doesn’t recognize them has caused considerable...
View Article‘The law recognizes same-sex marriage in Canada’
Brian Topp and Paul Dewar respond to today’s news. Emmett Macfarlane considers the case and defers to the Charter. The Prime Minister was in British Columbia just now for a shipbulding announcement and...
View ArticleA legislative gap
While blaming the Liberals for whatever might be wrong with the laws concerning same-sex marriage, the Justice Minister assures that everything will be fine. Speaking at a Toronto luncheon Friday, Mr....
View ArticleDivorce and equality
Irwin Cotler responds to the Justice Minister’s comments last week about the laws governing same-sex marriage. While it is true that there exists a Canadian residency requirement of one year before a...
View ArticleScary hypotheticals
Justin Trudeau offers a complicated hypothetical involving gay marriage, abortion and “ten thousand” other things to explain how he could maybe one day think Quebec needs to separate from Canada. Via...
View ArticleObama: Same-sex couples should be able to get married
U.S. President Barack Obama said on Wednesday he thinks same-sex couples should be able to get married, reversing his long-standing position on the issue. The president made the comments during an...
View ArticleObama and marriage: The arc of the moral universe is pretty bloody slow
Barack Obama, who ran for President in 2008 with a position on same-sex marriage that would have got him called a member of the Harper Conservatives’ social conservative wing if he were Canadian, has...
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U.S. Supreme Court to hear landmark same-sex marriage case
Sandy Stier, left, and Kris Perry of Berkeley, Calif., arrive at the National Archives in Washington, Monday, March 25, 2013, to view the U.S. Constitution, a day before their same-sex marriage case is...
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New Zealand House of Reps bursts into song after legalizing same-sex marriage
New Zealand lawmaker Louisa Wall. (Nick Perry/AP) New Zealand passed a bill allowing legal same-sex marriage Wednesday, prompting a jubilant celebration in the House of Representatives. The bill passed...
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France legalizes same-sex marriage after divisive protests
French President Francois Hollande. (Alexander Widding/Polaris) France has become the latest country to pass a law permitting same-sex marriage. Legislators voted in favour of a bill Tuesday that would...
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Good news, bad news
Good news Philippe Wojazer/Reuters Lawfully wedded France became the 14th country to legalize same-sex marriage, following New Zealand last week. The bill passed despite at-times violent opposition by...
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Tens of thousands protest same-sex marriage in France
Remy de la Mauviniere/AP Tens of thousands of protesters took to the streets in Paris over the weekend in a massive march to protest France’s recently passed bill legalizing same-sex marriage. Scuffles...
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First same-sex couple to wed in France under new marriage law
Pascal Guyot/AFP/Getty Images Vincent Autin and Bruno Boileau will become the first same-sex couple to wed in France under new marriage equality laws. The couple, which has been together since 2006,...
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Michael and Michael celebrate 10 years of legalized same-sex marriage in Canada
Happy anniversary Michael and Michael! Michael Stark and Michael Leshner were the first same-sex couple to be married in Canada, 10 years ago today. The two married in a civil ceremony in Toronto on...
View ArticleWhat Stephen Harper won’t tell you about same-sex marriage
On June 11, 1963—fifty years ago this week—Governor George Wallace stood in the schoolhouse door at the University of Alabama to keep two black students, Vivian Malone and James Hood, from entering....
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Canada’s ‘gay marriage tourists’ stuck in wedlock
Shutterstock Thousands of gay couples from foreign countries got married here after Canada legalized same-sex marriage back in 2005. But for many, the bloom is now off the rose, and they have a...
View ArticleParliament passes same-sex divorce bill
Just when you’ve lost confidence in Parliament to accomplish the simplest thing, it goes and accomplishes the simplest thing. Last night, the Commons defied expectation by passing Bill C-32,...
View ArticleOntario’s openly gay premier welcomes U.S. Supreme Court ruling on same-sex...
TORONTO – Canada’s only openly gay premier is welcoming today’s U.S. Supreme Court ruling that strikes down federal provision denying benefits to married same-sex couples. Ontario’s Kathleen Wynne...
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Gay rights ground zero
Robin Zielinski/AP When President Barack Obama decided not to attend the Sochi Olympics, and also appointed three openly gay athletes to the official American delegation, it was a public rebuke of...
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