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Singer-songwriter Janis JANIS Joint Army Navy Intelligence Studies  Ian finally found "Finally Found" was the debut single from the Honeyz. This was their most successful single in the UK and worldwide, securing a number 4 position in the UK singles chart and achieved platinum status in Australia [1] Tracklisting

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 the reason she needed in order to get married--Canada. Before the northern country's Ontario province began offering marriage licenses to 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.
 earlier this year, Ian said she had no desire to marry her partner of 14 years, Nashville attorney Patricia Snyder, if it afforded them no rights.

But on August 27, in a modest ceremony at Toronto City Hall The City Hall of Toronto, Ontario, Canada is one of the most distinctive landmarks of the city. Designed by Finnish architect Viljo Revell and engineered by Hannskarl Bandel, the building opened in 1965; its modernist architecture still impresses today. , Ian got the legal recognition she wanted while becoming the first lesbian celebrity from the United States United States, officially United States of America, republic (2005 est. pop. 295,734,000), 3,539,227 sq mi (9,166,598 sq km), North America. The United States is the world's third largest country in population and the fourth largest country in area.  to get married in Canada. "If it had been available in our own country, we'd have done it here first," she told The Advocate.

Ian, who wrote her first hit at age 14, became famous for the Grammy-winning song "At Seventeen" in 1975 and later became a regular contributor to The Advocote. When asked about the growing battle for gay marriage rights in the United States, she said only that she hoped people would "have better things to do with their time than worrying about who someone else marries."
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Title Annotation:Marriage
Publication:The Advocate (The national gay & lesbian newsmagazine)
Article Type:Brief Article
Geographic Code:1CANA
Date:Oct 14, 2003
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