More "gay" "rights".Toronto -- The Ontario Court of Appeal The Court of Appeal for Ontario (frequently referred to as Ontario Court of Appeal) is headquartered in downtown Toronto, in historic Osgoode Hall. The Court is composed of 22 judges who hear over 1 500 appeals each year, on issues of private law, constitutional ruled on November 26, 2004, that the "federal government violated the rights of "gays" and lesbians by depriving them of more than $100 million in survivor pension benefits." {Editor: The original judgment had been delivered by Judge Ellen M. McDonald, another Catholic who refuses to take note of the teaching of Christian natural moral law.} As a result, limitations that denied benefits to those whose partners died before 1998 and pay benefits only for the period after July 2000, were "arbitrary" and "harmed the survivors both emotionally and financially." The three female judges, Louise Charron Louise Charron (born March 2, 1951 in Sturgeon Falls, Ontario) is a Canadian jurist. She was appointed to the Supreme Court of Canada in October, 2004, and is the first native-born Franco-Ontarian Supreme Court judge (This distinction has sometimes been attributed to Louise , Kathryn Feldman and Susan Lang {Editor: remember Charron, now on the Supreme Court and soon to rule on homogamy ho·mog·a·my n. Reproduction within a group that perpetuates qualities or traits that distinguish the group from a larger group of which it is part. Also called inbreeding. (same-sex "marriages")?} agreed that "the denial of equal access to such a fundamental social institution [Canada Pension Plan The Canada Pension Plan (CPP) is a contributory, earnings-related social insurance program. It forms one of the two major components of Canada's public retirement income system, the other component being Old Age Security (OAS). ] constituted a complete non-recognition of these same-sex survivors as full members of Canadian society" (Globe and Mail, Nov. 27). The Crown had argued that the courts had not recognizedsame-sex relationship entitlements until the mid-tolate 1990s. The five plaintiffs challenged this provision, and argued that they should be eligible for benefits beginning on the day the Charter's equality clause came into effect--April 15, 1985. The Court agreed with the plaintiffs. This Charter challenge to the four sections of the Canada Pension Plan marked the first class-action lawsuit in the world to lead to the recognition of gay and lesbian rights The goal of full legal and social equality for gay men and lesbians sought by the gay movement in the United States and other Western countries. The term gay originally derived from slang, but it has gained wide acceptance in recent years, and many people who are . The ruling will cost a minimum of $80 million! Comment Some newspapers headed the story, "Gay widows win pension case." Stephen Gray Stephen Gray can refer to:
"And where in the Charter of Rights was this "intended" nonsense written or described? The truth is, it was never in the Charter, until hallucinating hal·lu·ci·nate v. hal·lu·ci·nat·ed, hal·lu·ci·nat·ing, hal·lu·ci·nates v.intr. To undergo hallucination. v.tr. To cause to have hallucinations. judges "read in" imaginary "rights." |
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