A gay marriage loophole.After finding what they called a loophole An omission or Ambiguity in a legal document that allows the intent of the document to be evaded. Loopholes come into being through the passage of statutes, the enactment of regulations, the drafting of contracts or the decisions of courts. in Canadian law, two same-sex couples--one lesbian, one gay--tied the knot knot In cording, the interlacement of parts of one or more ropes, cords, or other pliable materials, commonly used to bind objects together. Knots have existed from the time humans first used vines and cordlike fibers to bind stone heads to wood in primitive axes, and were at a Toronto Metropolitan Community Church on January 14. Elaine and Anne Vautour and Joe Varnell and Kevin Bourassa are relying on a rarely used piece of Ontario provincial legislation regarding marriage: Simply put, if a minister announces a couple's intention to marry to that couple's religious congregation on three Sundays, the couple is eligible for a marriage license (there is no specification in the law that the pair must be of different genders). It's unlikely, however, that these couples' requests for marriage certificates will be granted. Ontario's minister of consumer and commercial relations, Bob Runciman Robert William "Bob" Runciman (born in Brockville, Ontario) is a veteran Canadian politician. He was first elected to the Legislative Assembly of Ontario in the 1981 provincial election as a Progressive Conservative Member of Provincial Parliament (MPP) for Leeds in eastern , has already announced that the government will refuse to rubber-stamp the requests. But that gives the couples an opening for a legal challenge, which will almost certainly wind its way up to the Canadian supreme court. It could take years to get there, but many Canadian gay activists and legal scholars predict that when it does, the liberal-leaning court will endorse To sign a paper or document, thereby making it possible for the rights represented therein to pass to another individual. Also spelled indorse. endorse (indorse) v. the option of same-sex marriages Noun 1. same-sex marriage - two people of the same sex who live together as a family; "the legal status of same-sex marriages has been hotly debated" couple, twosome, duet, duo - a pair who associate with one another; "the engaged couple"; "an inseparable in Canada. |
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