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![]() Opponents of gay marriage tried the same tactic here in Massachusetts. It was shortlived and pretty pathetic given the lameless of their rationale. Each state has laws that govern the requirements for obtaining a marriage license and for denying one. "Recognition of a marriage outside of the Commonwealth" is not one of the reasons that can be used to deny a license here. Is there something in Canadian law that allows a marriage license to be denied because the marriage would not be recognized somewhere else? Divorce is trickier. Again, the laws of the state or country of jurisdiction prevail. In Mass, both straight and gay couples have to adhere to certain requirements in filing for divorce. Residency is just one of them. |
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Justice Minister vows to clarify laws on same-sex marriages
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WTF?? Seriously this is fucked up!! I go online and find out some asshat has dissolved my marriage WITHOUT our consent!! WTF???
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Now let's not get too excited about this yet. This is a conservative government. They can't really open up the debate on marriage equality again since it was a decision that went all the way to the Supreme Court that forced all the provinces to recognize the right of same-sex couples to marriage. This is just a back-handed tactic to appease the right-wingers. It will never stand up in court when it's challenged. If there is no residency requirement to get married then they cannot refuse a marriage license. If they refuse the license they are contravening the decision made by the Supreme Court some ten years ago. If they allow the marriage, they cannot refuse the divorce saying that the marriage didn't exist. This is right-wing politics Canadian-style. This decision will. not. stand.
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Our premier at the time was hell bent on not allowing gay marriage. But this is also the premier who got drunk around christmas time, went to a homeless shelter, threw around money and told "those lazy assholes to get a job". Oh the "good ol' boy" days.
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Harper has to show his colours now and again - even if he knows that, in the end, nothing will come of it. I wonder how much of our tax dollars are going towards this frivolity?
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So yeah, Supreme Court will likely reject it, I agree, but they still like to test the boundaries as far as how much they can even temporarily hinder same-sex marriage rights without outright waging war on it as they did before same-sex marriage laws were passed. It's the same as the whole Planned Parenthood fiasco. Harper kept his "PR face on" while Brad Trost and co. ranted and raved about how funding to International Planned Parenthood had already been cut. The application for funding was sitting on Oda's desk for over a year with no response, and they only got their funding after a stink was made about it. Same thing here. If nobody notices they'll passively allow certain rights to fall by the wayside, but as long as people notice they'll claim it was a "mistake" or a "lone" perpetrator and wait for another day to do the same until people believe "they would never do such a thing." But let's not kid ourselves. Shit like this will continue to happen. And as for the Supreme Court. The Harper government's two new appointments so far were right-leaning as expected, and he's got the opportunity to continue to stack the Supreme Court with at least two more appointments by the next federal election. So while it doesn't seem likely now, I sometimes do wonder about the changing face of the Supreme Court under his government. *waits to be accused of being a conspiracy theorist* ![]() But as for this particular fight. Yeah, I agree. This will die in Supreme Court. |
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We don't live in Canada, close but not in it, and it isn't legal in this state. This sucks and is making me ballistic.
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