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	Same-sex marriage in Alberta - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Alberta has historically been Canada's most conservative province on social and religious matters, although some the recent EKOS/CBC poll indicates that attitudes towards same-sex marriage may be more supportive in Alberta then they are in the provinces of Manitoba and Saskatchewan, both of which already recognize same-sex marriage.
		The position of Klein and the conservative government was to attempt to block same-sex marriages in Alberta should a court case require it or federal legislation pass it nationwide.
		Same-sex marriage in Alberta: The province of Alberta began granting marriage licences to same-sex couples on July 20, 2005 upon the granting of Royal Assent to the Civil Marriage Act.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Same-sex_marriage_in_Alberta

	HOMOSEXUAL (SAME-SEX) MARRIAGES - All sides to the issue
		Marriage has been available for both opposite-sex and same-sex couples since mid-2004-MAY. However, the state has an ancient miscegenation law on the books that was passed to prevent out of state inter-racial couples from coming to Massachusetts and marrying.
		The status of same-sex marriage in the U.S.:
		"Because marriage is a basic human right and an individual personal choice, RESOLVED, the State should not interfere with same-gender couples who choose to marry and share fully an equally in the rights, responsibilities, and commitment of civil marriage.
	www.religioustolerance.org /hom_marr.htm

	Canada - More Civil
		Many MPs and almost half of Canadians polled in recent surveys are against same-sex marriage, and Alberta's Conservative government has vowed to fight to the end.
		OTTAWA (CP) - Canada's top court says Ottawa has the authority to redefine marriage to include same-sex couples, but religious officials cannot be forced to perform unions against their beliefs.
		Same-sex marriage could become legal across the country next year if the minority Liberals win enough support in the divided House of Commons.
	democrats.com /node/1861/print

	Same Sex Marriage: A Selective Bibliography
		The Circuit Court decision held that the sex-based classification in the Hawaii marriage statute was unconstitutional, and enjoined the state from denying a marriage license solely because the applicants were of the same sex.
		The movement to open civil marriage to same-sex couples achieved its first temporary success in 1993 with the decision of the Hawaii Supreme Court that the restriction of marriage to opposite-sex couples would be presumed unconstitutional unless the state could demonstrate that it furthered a compelling state interest.
		Declares that the recognition or extension by the state of the specific statutory benefits of legal marriage to nonmarital relationships between persons of the same sex or different sexes is against the strong public policy of the state of Ohio.
	law-library.rutgers.edu /SSM.html

	AcuraZine Community - Queen Begged to Halt Canadian Gay Marriage
		Mainse in 2003 turned the TV business over to his son to devote all of his efforts to defeating same-sex marriage legislation, but is still a regular on the program where he denounces gays.
		The new provincial law will enshrine the freedom to express opposition to same-sex marriage, Klein said, so that ministers or marriage commissioners would not be required to perform the ceremonies if they don't want to.
		It would prevent a situation like that in Manitoba, where at least 12 marriage commissioners have quit because they refused to perform same-sex marriages as required by the province.
	ot.acurazine.com /forums/showthread.php?t=312749

	cric.ca - Canada's Portal - Quick Guide
		Same-sex marriage became legal in Septembre 2004 in Manitoba and Nova Scotia respectively, after a judge declared that the one-man one-woman definition of marriage was unconstitutional.
		While federal recognition of same-sex marriage would have an impact in the provincial sphere, the effects are incidental and do not relate to the core of the power in respect of "solemnization of marriage" under s.
		draft legislation to recognize same-sex marriage and acknowledge religious organizations’ authority to abide by the precepts of their faith in relation to marriage, an immediate reference of the draft legislation to the Supreme Court of Canada for a non-binding opinion as to its constitutionality and a free vote in the House of Commons.
	www.cric.ca /en_html/guide/gay_wedding/gay_wedding.html

	Same-sex marriage and homophobia - ExpressNews - University of Alberta
		Those opposing same-sex marriage claim that they offer rational, well-composed arguments, as evidenced by the favoured mantra that they “aren’t against gay people as individuals.” The trouble is that such arguments are conspicuously lacking from the entire public discourse in Alberta.
		February 18, 2005 - In the hoopla over same-sex marriage in Alberta, I've noticed that the charge leveled against its opponents that they are “homophobic” seems to carry a particular sting.
		That almost no one in Alberta brings these qualities to bear in public conversation I think speaks volumes about the extent to which hostility to same-sex marriage is in fact dependent on latent homophobia.
	www.expressnews.ualberta.ca /article.cfm?id=6383

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	Gay News From 365Gay.com
		Posted: June 29, 2005 5:00 pm ET (Edmonton, Alberta) The list of ways to keep same-sex marriage out of Alberta is steadily shrinking, but that hasn't deterred provincial politicians who are determined to try.
		Alberta also passed its own law defining marriage as a union between a man and a woman, but later had to concede it was pretty well toothless since the definition of marriage fell under federal jurisdiction.
		Alberta Justice Minister Ron Stevens will discuss what's left in the way of alternatives with some of his colleagues at a policy committee meeting on Wednesday.
	www.365gay.com /newscon05/06/062905alberta.htm

	Rite Turn Only: Same-Sex Marriage
		The issue of same-sex marriage is an emotional and potentially explosive one.
		The fact he wishes to marry a member of his own sex is his choice and as such has nothing to do with equal rights and everything to do with preferential treatment or status.
		The Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms refers to marriage as a "fundamental institution" to which access may be granted by the observance of various rules - it is not an inherent right.
	riteturnonly.blogspot.com /2005/02/same-sex-marriage.html

	News & Politics
		One fear spread by opponents of same-sex marriage is that churches would be forced to marry couples against their beliefs.
		Although the government had fought marriage rights for same-sex couples, then-prime minister Jean Chretien announced in June 2003 that he would not appeal the Ontario ruling and that he would support legislation favoring same-sex couples.
		In 2003, the Ontario Court of Appeal ruled that the exclusion of same-sex couples from marriage was unconstitutional.
	www.planetout.com /news/article.html?date=2005/07/20/2

	CANOE -- CNEWS - Canada: Klein laments same-sex marriage
		The Alberta cabinet will pass a regulation to ensure that marriage commissioners are not forced into officiating at same-sex weddings if they don't want to for moral or religious reasons, he said.
		Klein said he's not opposed to protecting the rights of gays on other fronts, but his Conservative government has been steadfastly against creating a law that allows same-sex marriages.
		Klein's words also drew an immediate rebuke from one of the gay people who obtained a marriage licence Wednesday after the proclamation of federal legislation to allow same-sex marriages across Canada.
	cnews.canoe.ca /CNEWS/Canada/2005/03/15/961962-cp.html

	Watching the World Go By
		I have heard that same sex marriage will add costs to the 'social safety net'.
		I don't understand how bestowing all the rights and privilidges of marriage on several thousand couples will so damage the safety net that we will all be at risk...
		The caucaus of the governing party in Alberta has decided (with only one dissenting vote: Yay!
	watchingit.blogspot.com

	The Guardian
		The comptroller told Daigneault, "Based on current law, the Retirement System will recognise a same-sex Canadian marriage in the same manner as an opposite-sex marriage, under the principle of comity.
		Alberta, New Brunswick, Prince Edward Island, Newfoundland and the Northwest Territories are the only remaining provinces that retain discriminatory marriage laws.
		Refusing a marriage licence to gay and lesbian couples would violate the Charter of Rights and Freedoms, she said.
	www.cpa.org.au /garchve04/1207canada.html

	CTV.ca Campaigning Klein unmoved on same-sex marriage
		Alberta's New Democrats say they wouldn't hesitate to push for legal same-sex marriage in Alberta.
		When the prospect of a federal same-sex marriage law was raised last year, Klein said his government has sole jurisdiction over marriage licensing.
		At the federal level, the government has referred four questions on same-sex marriage to the Supreme Court of Canada, which is looking at a draft federal law that could make gay weddings legal across the country.
	www.ctv.ca /servlet/ArticleNews/story/CTVNews/1100049400931_100?hub=Canada

	Gay News From 365Gay.com
		Saskatchewan and Manitoba allow same-sex marriage, but Alberta has vowed to fight any attempt to force it permit gays to wed.
		The highest level of support for same-sex marriage is found among residents of Quebec (61%), followed by those in British Columbia (56%) and Ontario (50%).
		The Pollara survey, taken for Rogers Media, shows that if a direct vote by all Canadians were held regarding same-sex marriage, 52% would allow gay couples to officially marry and to register their marriage with their province like other couples.
	www.365gay.com /newscon04/11/112304canPoll.htm

	Marriage and Legal Recognition of Same-sex Unions - A Discussion Paper
		[11] For example, some of the other rules on legal capacity for marriage set out their requirements in opposite-sex terms, such as laws which prohibit marriages where two individuals are too closely related (prohibited degrees of consanguinity) and would have to be adjusted.
		[5] Legal capacity has several branches, including the opposite-sex requirement (identity of gender), prohibitions on marriages between individuals who are too closely related (prohibited degrees of consanguinity), prohibitions on marriages where one or both are already married to someone else (bigamy and polygamy), and other requirements for minimum age, voluntary consent and impotence.
		In other instances, the religious official may make the arrangements to obtain the marriage licence, so that the couple may be unaware of this part of the process.
	canada.justice.gc.ca /en/dept/pub/mar/notes.html

	Canada to permit same-sex 'marriage' in declining to challenge court ruling - (BP)
		In addition, The Times noted that critics of same-sex "marriage" say that Canada's move should be viewed as an assault on the traditional nuclear family.
		The Alberta government plans to use a clause in Canada's constitution to protect it against challenges to provincial responsibility to recognize marriages, he added.
		Homosexual "marriage" is not recognized within the United States, although court cases seeking recognition of Canadian licenses could follow.
	www.bpnews.net /printerfriendly.asp?ID=16172

	CBC News:Gay couple denied marriage licence in Alberta
		But Alberta Premier Ralph Klein says gay marriage won't happen in his province, and has threatened to use the Constitution's notwithstanding clause to block the new law.
		CBC News:Gay couple denied marriage licence in Alberta
		CALGARY - A gay couple in Calgary was refused a marriage licence at the registry office, just days after Ottawa opened the doors to gay marriage in Canada.
	www.cbc.ca /stories/2003/06/20/gay_alberta030620

	Homosexual (Same-Sex) Marriages in Canada
		Consider the legalization of same-sex marriages in Canada in 2003 onwards; same-sex marriages in Massachusetts in 2004; inter-racial marriages in 1967 and marriage by African Americans in the 19th century.
		Many feel that granting marriage rights to same-sex couples would damage and perhaps destroy the institution of opposite-sex marriage, and perhaps harm the culture of Canada beyond repair.
		There are many bisexuals in the country who enter committed, loving relationships with members of the same sex and who wish to be married.
	www.religioustolerance.org /hom_marb.htm

	News Article : Out in Concord
		Many viewed the case to be a mere technicality, as no court has ruled against same-sex marriage rights in Canada since the beginning of the current tide of opinions in the 1990s.
		Conservatives are trying to derail the bill with amendments to keep marriage as an opposite-sex institution while creating nationwide civil unions for same-sex couples.
		The court found Dec. 9 that it passed constitutional muster, including a clause exempting religious organizations opposed to same-sex marriage from performing them.
	www.outinconcord.com /home/news.asp?articleid=7717

	ipedia.com: Canada Article
		The Yukon has a unicameral legislature operated the same as the provincial legislatures, but the other two territories use a consensus government system with no parties, in which each member runs as an independent, and the premier is elected by and from the members.
		The 10 provinces have unicameral, elected legislatures with governments headed by a premier who is chosen in the same fashion as the federal prime minister.
		The official language of Quebec is French, as defined by the province's Charter of the French Language; this law lays out various protections for the use of French as a vehicular language, but also provides certain rights for English speakers and speakers of aboriginal languages.
	www.ipedia.com /canada.html

	Canadian current events - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Same-sex marriage in Canada: Federal justice minister Irwin Cotler announces that the bill to legalize same-sex marriage will contain a provision allowing civic officials to refuse to perform such ceremonies.
		Acting on a reference from Parliament, the Canadian Supreme Court states that a bill to legalize same-sex marriage in Canada would be constitutional.
		Newfoundland and Labrador becomes the seventh province and eighth jurisdiction in Canada to legalize Same-sex marriage.
	phatnav.com /wiki/index.php?title=Canadian_current_events

	CBC News: Newfoundland legalizes same-sex marriage
		Jacqueline Pottle and Noelle French, one of the couples in the Nfld Supreme Court same-sex decision.
		FROM DEC. 9, 2004: Supreme Court OK's same-sex marriage
		The decision comes in the wake of the Supreme Court of Canada ruling that cleared the way for the Liberal government to introduce a bill early in the new year giving gays and lesbians the legal right to marry.
	www.cbc.ca /story/canada/national/2004/12/21/samesex-newfoundland041221.html

	Partners Task Force for Gay & Lesbian Couples - Quaker Support for Legal Recognition of Same-Sex Marriage
		We, therefore, support legal recognition of the marriages of gay and lesbian couples to permit them the same legal rights and responsibilities that pertain to heterosexual married couples.
		Marriage, in the civil sense, conveys a broad array of civil benefits, including access to health insurance for dependents, tax benefits, inheritance rights, parental and custody rights, and next-of-kin status for medical decisions and visitation.
		While the Defense of Marriage Act (DoMA) was being debated in the fall of 1996 in the U.S. Congress, Representative Steve Gunderson (R-Wis) requested a study of what civil marriage means under federal law.
	www.buddybuddy.com /church04.html

	Marriage - Other Side of the Rainbow
		Same-sex couples should have the freedom to marry in a civil ceremony and to have that marriage legally recognised, and religious communities should have the freedom to perform or not perform such marriages.
		However, not too many individuals/groups that are against same-sex marriage have agreed this type of action would merit thought.
		As an example the Catholic Church is against same-sex marriage, the United Church is not...so they are fighting each other.
	f2malberta.topcities.com /samesexmarriage.html

	Canadian Conservatives Vow to Continue Fight Against Same-Sex 'Marriage' -- 06/29/2005
		But Ralph Klein, the Conservative Premier of Alberta - one of just three provinces which has not already legalized same-sex unions - suggested that his government may get out of the marriage business altogether.
		The premier, an outspoken critic of the federal government's drive to legalize same-sex "marriage," admitted to reporters that he was running out of ideas.
		But the political fallout over the same-sex "marriage" issue could have a dramatic effect on individual political constituencies.
	www.cnsnews.com /ForeignBureaus/archive/200506/FOR20050629e.html

	Quebec Opposes Federal Same-Sex "Marriage" Bill
		Pending a Supreme Court decision on the constitutionality of same-sex marriage, expected in two weeks, the new same-sex "marriage" bill would authorize the federal government to determine which churches will be required to perform same-sex "marriage" ceremonies, and which will be exempt.
		The federal bill states that churches will be exempt from solemnizing same-sex "marriage" if they choose not to do them.
		Quebec argues that, because the job of solemnizing marriages -- the issuing of marriage licenses, the ceremony, and the registration, is within the purview of the province, the decision to determine which churches will be required to carry out the ceremonies and which will be exempt should also be left to the individual provinces.
	www.lifesite.net /ldn/2004/sep/04092104.html

	Meridian Magazine :: Daily Send
		The provincial government is searching for ways to bolster its law against gay marriage, with measures that could include banning the registration of same-sex unions and attempting to remove the issue from the purview of the Alberta Human Rights Commission.
		An Arizona appeals court today rejected an attempt by two Phoenix men to overturn the state's ban on same-sex marriage.
		Marriage has its advantages but some think the nation’s laws give married couples too much favorable treatment and the only way to even the playing field is to de-legalize the institution.
	www.meridianmagazine.com /daily/031009.html

	Canada will extend same-sex marriage nationwide
		Once this bill clears the Senate, it will extend marriage to Alberta, whose premier vehemently opposes same-sex marriage; Nunavut, the Northwest Territories and Prince Edward Island.
		However, since courts covering over 90 percent of the Canadian population have ruled in favor of same-sex marriage, it is unclear what, if anything, he could do to reverse the issue’s course.
		The legislation was vetted by the Supreme Court of Canada before being introduced in Parliament to ensure that it passed constitutional muster and provided iron-clad protections for the rights of religious groups opposed to same-sex marriage.
	www.gaypeopleschronicle.com /stories05/July/0701056.htm

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