Same-sex marriage in Saskatchewan: no opting out
The Saskatchewan Court of Appeal has ruled that provincial marriage commissioners may not refuse to perform same-sex marriages, despite their religious beliefs: In its decision, the Appeal Court said...
View ArticleThe right thing
New York State Senator Roy MacDonald, a Republican, on his decision to vote in favor of same-sex marriage: “You get to the point where you evolve in your life where everything isn’t black and white,...
View ArticleIn loco parentis
An Alberta court has awarded custody of a nine year-old child to the biological father’s former same-sex partner: In a precedent-setting case, a Calgary judge has granted custody of an eight-year-old...
View ArticleBook review: “From the Closet to the Altar”
[Originally posted at Canadian Lawyer] In 1957, a prominent American group denounced homosexuality as “socially heretical or deviant,” and determined that laws against it posed no constitutional...
View ArticleThe unlikely champion of same-sex marriage
Ted Olson, the lawyer arguing in favor of marriage equality before the Supreme Court of the United States – the sixtieth time he’s appeared before America’s highest court - has the background you’d...
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