Sask. court rules gay marriage refusal law unconstitutional

[Sha-Rok]

Just an update, as I think most people would be interested in this, but I'd hate to say I told you so on this...

But our 'Justice Minister' Don Morgan is not letting go of the issue, as he's announced that the government is looking into the creation of separate marriage commissioner lists.

This is similar to a practice in Ontario, where a couple applying for their marriage license indicates the sexual orientation of themselves and their partner; heterosexuals and homosexuals then receive different marriage commissioner lists based on the commissioners who have agreed to perform all weddings and those who have refused.

Essentially, they claim this is 'constitutional' because service isn't being denied...Though one of the judges has said that a separate list system likely wouldn't survive a constitutional challenge if someone brought a case forward.

I'd also like to go on the record and say that Ontario and Saskatchewan are quite different; primarily in size.

I wasn't able to find direct numbers, but it seems to me that Ontario often has more than 1 marriage commissioner representing a region in that province; whereas Saskatchewan (which has dozens of small towns and communities) might not have the same luxury.

As such, since marriage commissioners tend to only have authority in the jurisdiction in which they were appointed (say Saskatoon, for example, and provided I'm reading this correctly); gay couples in small-town Saskatchewan could still be refused service by their local marriage commissioners, though indirectly, through this list system.

So, why should gay couples have to shell out 'gas money' and other extra charges to drive to an area where a marriage commissioner will marry them?

Like I said, I doubted the government would let go of this, and hopefully, someone shoots down this idea quickly.

The separate but equal crap?

 

[Ninja108]

Just an update, as I think most people would be interested in this, but I'd hate to say I told you so on this...

But our 'Justice Minister' Don Morgan is not letting go of the issue, as he's announced that the government is looking into the creation of separate marriage commissioner lists.

This is similar to a practice in Ontario, where a couple applying for their marriage license indicates the sexual orientation of themselves and their partner; heterosexuals and homosexuals then receive different marriage commissioner lists based on the commissioners who have agreed to perform all weddings and those who have refused.

Essentially, they claim this is 'constitutional' because service isn't being denied...Though one of the judges has said that a separate list system likely wouldn't survive a constitutional challenge if someone brought a case forward.

I'd also like to go on the record and say that Ontario and Saskatchewan are quite different; primarily in size.

I wasn't able to find direct numbers, but it seems to me that Ontario often has more than 1 marriage commissioner representing a region in that province; whereas Saskatchewan (which has dozens of small towns and communities) might not have the same luxury.

As such, since marriage commissioners tend to only have authority in the jurisdiction in which they were appointed (say Saskatoon, for example, and provided I'm reading this correctly); gay couples in small-town Saskatchewan could still be refused service by their local marriage commissioners, though indirectly, through this list system.

So, why should gay couples have to shell out 'gas money' and other extra charges to drive to an area where a marriage commissioner will marry them?

Like I said, I doubted the government would let go of this, and hopefully, someone shoots down this idea quickly.

It will fall flat the minute someone files a lawsuit. They work in the public sector, they don't get to pick and choose which marriage cases they want.

 

[SLOPPYSECONDS]

separaaaaate ans equal is a play largeeeeee ins many thangys

but head fall off anyway real world knows al this so cut ta da butt OOH no butt

anyway separate but equal< most a Kool expression whens super electron thing do it great care

who let da jenie out da bottle?