same-sex marriage is permit
refusal to apologize is indica
ted already encompass 79 per
tive of their unrepentant vio
cent of Canada’s population.
lent homophobia. Incitement
It is not yet permitted in
to murder should never be
Alberta, the Northwest Terri
rewarded.”
tories, New Brunswick, New
OutRage also has targeted
foundland, Nova Scotia,
Beenie Man, Buju Banton,
Nunavut, Prince Edward
T.O.K., Bounty Killer, Caple-
Island and Saskatchewan.
ton and Sizzla.
“We look forward to the
day when all Canadians have
the equal right to marry, when
bout 4,000 people turned
Parliament finally passes leg
out for the first Gay
islation to make that a reali
Pride celebration in Reading,
ty," said Cicely Me William of
England, Sept. 4 at King’s
Canadians for Equal M ar
Meadow.
riage. “Until then, we call on
“It was successful and
all the remaining provinces
absolutely fantastic,” organ
Michelle Ritchot and Stefphany
to accept equal marriage and
izer Laurence O ’Meara said.
Cholakis were the first same-sex
begin issuing marriage licens
“It was not just the gay and
couple to be married in
es to same-sex couples."
lesbian com m unities that
Manitoba, Canada
The federal government is
came along, the people of
expected to enact legislation redefining mar
Reading enjoyed it as well
riage to include same-sex couples in the coming
months. About 57 percent of Canadians sup
port same-sex marriage and 38 percent oppose
ore than half of the queer members of the
it, according to a July survey by Environics
United Kingdom’s and Ireland’s National
Research Group and the C enter for Research
Union of Journalists say they’ve faced workplace
and Information on Canada.
discrimination because of their sexuality, a
union survey has found.
O f the 150 journalists questioned, 35 percent
anada saw its first same-sex divorce
said they’d been refused a promotion, 11 percent
^ Sept. 13.
said they’d been denied work, 13 percent said
Two Toronto women, identified as M.M. and
they’d faced verbal abuse, and 2 percent report
J.H ., got married June 18, 2003, eight days after
ed sexual assault or disciplinary action because
Ontario became the first of the four provinces
of their sexual orientation. A third of the
and one territory that have legalized full mar
respondents cited managers as the perpetrators
riage for gay couples. In granting the divorce,
of the anti-gay activity.
Ontario Superior Court Justice Ruth Meshur
Ireland banned anti-gay discrimination in
declared the section of the federal Divorce Act
the workplace in 1999, and the United King
that defined marriage as between a man and a
dom did so last year.
woman unconstitutional.
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