Canadian Court Approves Same-Sex Marriage
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TORONTO Dec 9, 2004 - In a landmark opinion, Canada&#39;s Supreme Court said Thursday the government can redefine marriage to include same-sex couples.
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The Italian Cabinet on Thursday approved proposed legislation granting legal rights to unmarried couples in both heterosexual and same-sex relationships.Comment
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Council clearly defines marriage as between a man and a woman after a lesbian couple successfully filed for a marriage application.
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The same court that made Massachusetts the first state to legalize same-sex marriage ruled Monday that a proposal for a constitutional amendment that could ban future gay marriages can move forward.
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A lesbian couple who wed in Canada were to learn yesterday whether an Irish court would hear their case to have their union legally recognized in Ireland, where homosexuality itself was outlawed until a decade ago.
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(Madrid) The cabinet of Prime Minister Jose Luis Rodriguez Zapatero Friday approved a bill legalizing same-sex marriage and allowing gay couples to adopt.
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Canada's minority government unveiled  draft legislation on Tuesday to allow gay marriages, taking a  political gamble on a social issue that has split the country  and the ruling Liberal Party.
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Maryland's highest court on Tuesday upheld a state law defining marriage as a union between a man and a woman, ending a lawsuit filed by same-sex couples who claimed they were being denied fundamental rights.
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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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A controversial law that would give gay and lesbian couples the same right to marry, divorce and adopt children as heterosexuals was approved by Spain&#39;s Socialist government Friday.
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Canada's Parliament on Thursday upheld a 2005 law allowing same-sex marriage, throwing out a bid by the minority Conservative government to revisit the contentious issue.
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Ohio, Georgia and five other states approved constitutional amendments to define marriage as a union of a man and a woman, banning legal sanction of unions between same-sex couples, the Associated Press reported.
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A divided Montana Supreme Court declared Thursday that the state constitution's guarantee of equal protection extends to gays, and ruled that the state university system must offer same-sex couples the same health benefits available to heterosexual ones.
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The Spanish government approved a bill to legalize homosexual marriages, which will make it only the third country in Europe to condone same sex marriages, cabinet spokeswoman Maria Teresa Fernandez de la Vega said.
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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 on Monday sidestepped a dispute over same-sex marriages, rejecting a challenge to the nation&#39;s only law sanctioning such unions.
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OTTAWAâNo matter how the Supreme Court of Canada rules today on gay marriage, it will set off an explosive debate, with hints from federal officials that legislation could be introduced as early as before Christmas.