Canada recognizes gay adultery.

Same-sex couples could marry in Canada years before they could commit adultery. The law limited adultery to male-female sex until August 30, when a British Columbia supreme court judge threw it out.

The landmark case was that of "Ms. P," 44, of Vancouver, who had petitioned for divorce from her husband of 17 years. A previous judge had refused her, ruling that hubby's same-sex affair didn't qualify as adultery. P's lesbian lawyer, Barbara Findlay, appealed, and the second justice overturned the ruling--and the definition of adultery. "As silly as it sounds, it is another important step toward equality," said Canadian gay activist Don Kearney. "Unfaithful is unfaithful, period."