Canada recognizes gay adultery.Same-sex couples A same-sex couple is a pair of people of the same gender who pursue a romantic or sexual relationship together. The term "same-sex relationship" may be used when the sexual orientation of participants in a same-sex relationship is not known. could marry in Canada years before they could commit adultery adultery Sexual relations between a married person and someone other than his or her spouse. Prohibitions against adultery are found in virtually every society; Jewish, Christian, and Islamic traditions all condemn it, and in some Islamic countries it is still punishable by . The law limited adultery to male-female sex until August 30, when a British Columbia British Columbia, province (2001 pop. 3,907,738), 366,255 sq mi (948,600 sq km), including 6,976 sq mi (18,068 sq km) of water surface, W Canada. Geography supreme court judge threw it out. The landmark case landmark case Law & medicine A civil or, far less commonly, criminal action that has had an impact on a particular area of medicine. 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." |
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