Canada says marriages of foreign gays not valid
Canada says marriages of foreign gays not valid
theatreguy
Broadway Legend Joined: 7/31/03
#1Canada says marriages of foreign gays not valid
Posted: 1/12/12 at 4:53pm
"The Canadian government has abruptly started to argue that the same-sex marriages of many foreigners who wed in Canada are not valid, a move that stunned the gay community and could affect thousands of couples.
In 2005, Canada became one of the first nations in the world to formally legalize gay marriage. As a result, same-sex couples have been marrying in their thousands in Canada - with many coming from the United States or overseas.
Ottawa now says many - if not all - these unions are invalid. It made the argument in a submission in a case where two women, one from England and the other from Florida, are now seeking a divorce after getting married in Canada in 2005.
The government's position has also prompted sharp questions about why Ottawa allowed so many foreign same-sex couples to get married for so long before deciding the unions were not valid."
http://www.newsdaily.com/stories/tre80b20u-us-marriage/
#2Canada says marriages of foreign gays not valid
Posted: 1/12/12 at 5:21pm
At the link below is a joint release Freedom To Marry just issued with the National Center for Lesbian Rights, Lambda Legal, the ACLU, and GLAD saying that marriages are just as valid as they were before.
Part of the press release:
No one’s marriage has been invalidated or is likely to be invalidated. The position taken by one government lawyer in a divorce is not itself precedential. No court has accepted this view and there is no reason to believe that either Canada’s courts or its Parliament would agree with this position, which no one has asserted before during the eight years that same-sex couples have had the freedom to marry in Canada.
Canada permits non-residents to marry and thousands of non-resident same-sex couples have married there since Canada first began recognizing the freedom to marry for same-sex couples in 2003. Indeed, Canada’s Parliament codified the equal right to marry for same-sex couples in 2005.
http://www.freedomtomarry.org/blog/entry/canadian-marriages-of-same-sex-couples-are-not-in-jeopardy
#2Canada says marriages of foreign gays not valid
Posted: 1/12/12 at 7:51pm
sabrelady
Broadway Legend Joined: 5/16/03
#3Canada says marriages of foreign gays not valid
Posted: 1/12/12 at 11:23pm
Folks, Harper's got enuf headaches- this isn't on the agenda. ( caevet- at least not now)
something else entirely
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