Canada&#39;s high court upholds gay marriage
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Canada&#39;s Supreme Court ruled yesterday that gay marriage is constitutional, a landmark opinion allowing the federal government to call on Parliament to legalize same-sex unions nationwide.
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An Anglican Church commission urging Canadian dioceses to stop blessing same-sex relationships isn&#39;t binding and won&#39;t likely have an immediate impact on the practices of individual
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HALIFAX (CP) - Nova Scotia became the sixth province or territory to allow same-sex marriages when the province's Supreme Court ruled Friday that banning such unions is unconstitutional.
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CANADA Same-sex union blessings rejected WINNIPEG, Manitoba -- Bishops of the Anglican Church of Canada narrowly overruled clergy and laypeople yesterday to defeat a proposal to give churches the option of blessing same-sex unions. The issue has threatened to split both the Canadian church and the 77-million member worldwide Anglican Communion, a loose federation of national churches around the world ...
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The La. Supreme Court yesterday declined legal challenges to keep a proposed constitutional ban on gay marriages and civil unions off the Sept. 18 ballot, leaving open the possibility of challenging the amendment if it passes.
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Washington - The United States (US) Supreme Court has rejected a challenge to the only state that allows gay marriages, declining to hear an appeal aimed at overturning the Massachusetts law that prompted a debate on the legality and morality of same-sex
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Canada OTTAWA -- While 11 US states voted to ban gay marriage this week, the practice is now legal in a majority of Canada's provinces, the result of a court decision in Saskatchewan yesterday. The court made Saskatchewan the sixth of Canada's 10 provinces to allow gay marriage, ruling that the heterosexual-only definition of marriage is unconstitutional. Only in the ...
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The US Supreme Court on Monday chose not to hear a challenge on same-sex marriage from Massachusetts, the only state where it&#39;s legal.
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A state appeals court ruled Monday that a proposed amendment to the state Constitution banning gay marriage should remain on the ballot, overturning a lower court ruling and sending the issue to the state Supreme Court.
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OTTAWA (CP) - Canada's top court says Ottawa has the authority to redefine marriage to include same-sex couples, but religious officials cannot be forced to perform unions against their beliefs.
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BOSTON Aug. 19, 2004  A state judge upheld a 1913 law that prohibits out-of-state gay couples from marrying in Massachusetts, where same-sex marriage between residents has been legal since May.
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France's highest court Tuesday rejected as unlawful the first marriage by a gay couple in France, annulling the union of the two men.
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Canada's Parliament upheld a 2005 law allowing same-sex marriage on Thursday when it threw out a bid by the minority Conservative government to revisit the contentious issue.
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The Supreme Court today sidestepped a dispute over same-sex marriages, rejecting a challenge to the nation&#39;s only law sanctioning such unions.
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(Ottawa) The Supreme Court of Canada this morning gave its approval to draft legislation to make same-sex marriage legal throughout Canada.
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EDMONTON (CP) - Alberta, the province most vehemently opposed to same-sex marriage, set the stage for more legal battles Thursday following the Supreme Court's landmark ruling on the issue.
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Canada's Supreme Court begins a hearing on whether same-sex marriage must be extended across the country.