The battle over "I do". (Marriage).Although the superior court in Ontario, Canada, ruled on July 12 that the province must recognize gay marriage, the Canadian Canadian (kənā`dēən), river, 906 mi (1,458 km) long, rising in NE New Mexico. and flowing E across N Texas and central Oklahoma into the Arkansas River in E Oklahoma. government isn't quite ready to let gay people go down the aisle. The feds said July 29 that they would appeal the provincial court's ruling because, as Canada's attorney general, Martin Cauchon Martin Cauchon, PC , LL.B , LL.M (born August 23 1962) is a Canadian politician and former Liberal Party of Canada cabinet minister. Cauchon was born in La Malbaie, Quebec and studied law at the University of Ottawa and the University of Exeter. , explained, "there is no consensus, either from the courts or among Canadians, on whether or how [the country's marriage] laws require change." Meanwhile, a court in Germany reinforced that country's same-sex partnership law on July 17. Germany's supreme court dismissed a complaint brought by conservatives that the law violated vi·o·late tr.v. vi·o·lat·ed, vi·o·lat·ing, vi·o·lates 1. To break or disregard (a law or promise, for example). 2. To assault (a person) sexually. 3. constitutional provisions protecting marriage. In effect since August, the partnership law gives legally registered 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. most of the rights given to married couples and requires a court decision for divorce. "I'm enormously relieved," said openly gay lawmaker Volker Beck
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