Canada Says Couples Are Married or Will Be Soon
The marriages of same-sex couples wed in Canada are safe, the justice minister reassured them today amid growing outrage.
Anxiety arose when two women who don't live in Canada sought to get divorced in Canada, where they were married. The Globe and Mail reported on Thursday that a government lawyer had made the argument that their marriage was never legal and thus a divorce would be moot. The argument had far-reaching consequences, potentially invalidating thousands of marriages between same-sex couples who had traveled to Canada because their unions weren’t legally recognized in their home states or countries.
But Justice Minister Rob Nicholson said today that the couples are married — or, at least, they will be.
“I want to make it clear that in our government’s view, these marriages are valid,” he said, according to the Globe and Mail.
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