MANITOBA LEGALIZES SSM: From CTV.ca

Manitoba has become the fifth jurisdiction in Canada to legalize same-sex marriage.

Court of Queen's Bench Justice Douglas Yard ruled Thursday morning that the current definition of marriage in provincial law is unconstitutional.

"The traditional definition of marriage in Manitoba is reformulated to mean a voluntary union for life of two persons at the exclusion of all others," Justice Yard said in his decision. ...

Lawyers for the federal government, which has jurisdiction over the definition of marriage, did not oppose the motion. It's the first time that federal lawyers did not try to fight or adjourn a court battle over same-sex marriage. ...

The Supreme Court of Canada will begin holding hearings on the federal government's draft legislation to legalize same-sex marriage across the country.

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