Gay marriage isn't news?
A three-member Ontario court ruled Tuesday that Canadian federal law that only allows marriage between a man and woman is unconstitutional. The Ontario government has one more chance to appeal it, and if that appeal is not granted, gay marriage will be legal in Canada. Appeal or not, the court also ordered that several gay couples involved in the case be granted marriage licenses, and one couple tied the knot hours later.This is significant, if you ask me. It's the first time gay marriage in North America has become truly legal (some states are getting closer to it, but not quite) and it will likely cause sweeping changes across Canada, and even the United States. Of course, an appeal could change that, but it's still significant.
I want to know why I did not hear about this on cnn.com, or on news.yahoo.com, or on news.google.com until I heard of it elsewhere and then performed a search on the various news Web sites. Am I living in a fantasy world, or is this not a big deal? I am very much in favor of this court decision, but I spent most of my life seeing it from the other side. Either way, it's news. Period.
Posted by Layla at 8:52 PM, June 10, 2003
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