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Originally posted by Bleeding Red@Dec 9 2004, 12:19 PM
And this is not a ruling - if it were then there would be no need for a vote in Parliment- it is an opinion, a strong one, yes, but still not a ruling.
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They have to vote on it because the SCC didn't say gays have the right to marry, they said
"the word "marriage" in s. 91(26) does not exclude same-sex marriage", and that the fed gov't has the power to legislate over marriage laws