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Same - Sex spouses in Canada
Graff, E.J. | July 12, 1999 issue

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The article discusses the issue of lesbian and gay rights in Canada. In what one advocate calls a "monumental" decision, Canada's Supreme Court declared 8 to 1 that for the purposes of family law, same-sex partners must be considered "spouses." The decision, which confers common-law status on cohabiting same-sex couples, is the culmination of Canadian activists' decade long strategy of appealing to Canada's young Constitution and Equality Charter-which guarantees the right to "human dignity," to win, one after another, "common law" responsibility and benefits for same-sex pairs.

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SAME-sex marriage -- Law & legislation; GAY rights; GAY couples; CANADA. Supreme Court; GAY activists; CANADA
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