Sex and fire: Religion, homosexuality, and authority in Canada and the United States

February 28, 2005In Insight

Michael Adams. VUE Magazine. February 28, 2005. View Full PDF.

Canada’s Supreme Court recently declared that, should the federal govern-ment wish to proceed with same-sex marriage legislation, it should be encumbered only by its own fear of controversy–not by any constitutional constraints. This step toward same-sex marriage in Canada stands in sharp contrast to recent developments on the same issue in the United States, where constitutional bans on same-sex unions were favoured on November 2 by voters in 11 states (including two blue ones, Michigan and Oregon).

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