Posted on 07/12/2002 8:55:25 AM PDT by jalisco555
The Ontario Supreme Court said in a landmark decision Friday that same-sex marriages between couples must be registered by the provincial government.
A three-judge panel made the ruling Friday morning in the decision, expected to have ramifications across Canada.
In January, 2001, Rev. Brent Hawkes of the Metropolitan Community Church married two gay couples in front of an audience of 600 people.
However, the city refused to register the two marriages.
Friday's court ruling as a result of a challenge by the Metropolitan Community Church was joined with another constitutional challenge by eight gay couples who have been unable to obtain marriage licences despite going through religious marriage ceremonies.
The couples asked the court to find that governments' refusal to register their marriages violates several provisions of the Charter of Rights and Freedoms, including equality rights, freedom of expression, freedom of conscience and religion and security of the person, defined as psychological well-being.
Gay couples say they desire to have their marriages made official by certificates.
"We're no longer second-class citizens in this country and the time has come for change. My relationship is validated and nobody can say we're not a real family any more," said Joe Varnell, who sued the provincial government for the right to marry another man after the decision.
As soon as the decision was released, Mr. Varnell and his partner, Kevin Bourassa, shared a celebratory kiss and cried tears of joy.
Mr. Hawkes is expected to speak to the decision around noon along with a number of gay and lesbian rights groups and his lead counsel.
Really? And what happes to Adam and Spot? Or Adam and child? Or Adam and his favorite car?
Bingo.
Sodomites have been killed off all throughout history. When a nation adopts Sodomy, you know the end is near.
Their behavior is the problem. It's acceptance is being forced on everyone else, whether they like it or not. Neighbors have to live near them who have impressionable kids who might see them.
It's a form of human mental mutation, and the world should see it like it is. No more Marxist propaganda.
I feel they should have left them in the mental institutions until they were completely healed of their mental illness. They've got their wires seriously crossed.
The chickens are coming hone to roost as a result of Canadian conservatives' failure to unite behind one party and instead bicker among themselves.
And isn't that shocking? Why can't these people celebrate their marriages in secret, like heterosexual couples?
The need to be "validated" is common to all humans. When you meet someone who doesn't have that need, watch out. He's a psychopath.
A couple years ago, I mentioned to my hair dresser that I had gotten my two new kittens fixed. My kittens are a brother and sister.
My hair dresser asked me why I did that as all my others cats were already fixed. I said well having an unfixed male and female would assure me more kittens.
She said "They wouldn't, would they?".
I nearly fell out of the chair, I was so startled. Apparently the animal rightist have assigned so many attributes to animal that she thought they could think and reason and say "Well your my sister, so no sex".
My only response was "Well they are dumb animals."
Because people think like this, Marraige to an animal is not an unlikely scenario, given the level of non-education in this country.
Where did you get the idea I was banned? I just haven't felt like posting in a while. Grlfrnd, I must say, you have a tendency to leap to conclusions.
Umm, right. And all Jews are shysters, all blacks carry knives, all Irish are drunken bums and all Italians are mafioso. No room for individuality here, I suppose.
I tend to reserve the term evil for people who do things like rape, murder and fly airplanes into skyscrapers.
Absolutely couldn't agree more. The problem is that politicians tend to shy away from anything that smacks of controversy and lob the ball to the courts so they can then shrug their shoulders and say "Well, what are we supposed to do now?" It's frustrating and maddening, to be sure.
It looks like nothing but a sick quest for power! Who in Canada even CARES who shacks up together nowadays? And with the generous socialist dole ladled out by that government, partner benefits are a moot point.
......teach tolerance along with their fisting "internal anal probing" classes in public schools, start friendly little clubs like NAMBLA, try to adopt because their unatural lifestyle can't breed , like dogs can't breed with goats, fecies injestion, AIDs..........
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