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26 J*»** M it • October 3. 2003 pin ;ii'm ew s CANADA Help us Prevent canceri lb find out if you or someone you know mav qualify call: We need m e n to take part in a prostate cancer preven tion stu d y 503-216-6267 800-677-6752 that is su pported b y the National C ancer Institute. (x-66267) www.crapor.org This im portant study is testing the he House of Commons narrowly approved of same-sex marriage Sept. 16 in a non- hindtng test vote engineered hy conservatives who wanted to gauge opposition to the concept. Members of Parliament voted 137-132 to reject a Canadian Alliance Party motion that read, “That, in the opinion of this House, it is neces sary, in light of public debate around recent court decisions, to reaffirm that marriage is and should remain the union of one man and one woman to the exclusion of all others, and that Parliament take all necessary steps within the jurisdiction of the Parliament of Canada to pre serve this definition ot marriage in Canada." “All necessary steps" refers to a very rarely invoked measure called the “notwithstanding clause" that allows provinces or the federal govern ment to override the protections of Canada's Char ter of Rights and Freedoms for up to five years. The federal Parliament has never used the law. This summer, courts in Ontario and British Columbia declared the federal definition of mar riage in violation of the charter, and same-sex weddings began taking place immediately. The federal government later announced its agreement with the court mlings and has begun the process of legalizing same-sex marriage nationwide. There is no residency requirement to get mar ried in Ontario and British Columbia. Foreign gay couples can buy a license and marry the same day. Wayne Toole (left) and Art Vautour-Toole The protest caused service center officials to push a “panic” button, which let! to the building being evacuated. Vautour-Tixile was then taken into custixly for creating a disturbance. “The province of New Brunswick and the rest of the country have to wake up,” Wayne T(X)le told the Canadian Broadcasting Corp. “We’re not going to he oppressed and pushed down and called names anymore. This is stop ping, and this is just the beginning.” effectiveness and safety o f certain vitam in and m ineral supplem ents in T the prevention o f prostate cancer. We Need Your Help! 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The incident occurred at the Toron to airport, where the Department of Homeland Security clears U.S.-bound passengers in order to avoid operating customs and immigration facili ties in smaller U.S. cities where the only interna tional flights arrive from Canada. “We were not going to divorce ourselves in order to enter a country,” Bourassa told The New York Times. The couple were headed to speak at a human rights conference in Georgia. They might take legal action over the matter once their lawyer determines who and how to sue. gay activist in Moncton, New Bninswick, was arrested Sept. 4 after he chained him self to a chair at the Service New Brunswick center because provincial officials wouldn’t let him change his name. Art Vautour-Tixde married his husband, Wayne Toole, in Ontario, wheré same-sex mar riage was legalized this summer, and later changed his name on his federal Social Insur ance card. But the province has refused to alter his driver’s license and Medicare card. A UNITED KINGDOM ame-sex partners of British military person nel killed in the line of duty will receive a widows pension, the Ministry of Defense announced Sept. 15. The survivor will have to prove the relationship was “substantial” to qual ify for the benefit. •:* he anti-gay British law Section 28 will he officially dead Nov. 18 when legislation passed recently hy the House of Lords and the House of Commons takes effect. Enacted hy the Tory government in 1988, the section states, “A local authority shall not (a) intentionally promote homosexuality or publish material with the intention of promoting homo sexuality; (b) promote the teaching in any main tained schtxkl of the acceptability of homosexu ality as a pretended family relationship.” The section was repealed in Scotland three years ago. T AUSTRALIA L esfest 2004 has received an exemption from human rights laws in the state of Victoria so the January event can limit attendees to female- horn lesbians and hire only lesbian service providers, The Age reported. The Victorian Civil and Administrative Tri bunal said that allowing organizers to violate the law would give “a sense of security and well being for those attending and participating in
