Congratulations, Canada!

[purpletigron]

I'd just like to send my warm congratulations and hearty best wishes to all the gay couples in Canada who are getting married since yesterday!

Canadians: How does this ruling in Ontario affect the law in other Canadian provinces? Are there any reciprocal treaties with other countries which would require that gay marriages in Canada be recognised abroad? Does the answer to that last question depend upon whether the spouses are Canadian citizens or not? Is there any mechanism by which marriages legally solemnised in Ontario since the ruling could be retrospectively made invalid and illegal by Ontario provincial, Canada federal or other law?

Is anyone reading intending to use this legal breakthrough to get married themselves? :-)

Comments

[handslive.livejournal.com]

Well, it makes King Ralph all twitchy and reactionary. There's entertainment value in that. If we could just get him to foam rabidly during a press conference, maybe it would wake people up. But I don't have much hope.

[greenjavatroll.livejournal.com]

Ralph Clown has already threatened to use the "Notwithstanding" clause on this issue (see the Delwin Vriend case) not with regard to gay and lesbian marriages, but because the Alberta Human Rights Act was found by the Alberta Supreme Court to be deficient for not naming sexual orientation as an attribute to be protected from prejudice. King Ralph will do whatever dance he deems appropriate to keep him "in" with most of the red neck voters in this province :-(

[nlindq.livejournal.com]

And he's now explicitly stated that the policy of the government of Alberta will be to use the notwithstanding clause in the event of federal gay marriage legislation.