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mystical_valley
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I heard that the only way to get a legal gay marriage is to go to Canada. is this true?
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Laughs_Wisely
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Nope. They're clse to being legal, but gay marriages are not yet completely legal in Canada (not through the whole country, anyway).
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If only people could understand that love is valid no matter who it involvves. I feel like going out and massacring poloticians until they agree to change the laws!!!!!!

(Ignore me, I'm psycho)

Winnie :0)

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bettie
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At this time same sex marriages are not recognized in Canadian law. Cases arguing for the rights to such marriages are in the courts at this time in three provinces.

In the case of marriages it also about whether they are recognized in your place of residence. Say, if marriages between people of the same sex becomes legal in one state it does not mean it will be recognized in other states. The same goes from country to country.

For a sense of what is going in Canada regarding same-sex marriage, civil unions and common-law partners, click here:
http://cbc.ca/news/indepth/background/gayrights.html

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