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Politics : Impeach George W. Bush

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To: jttmab who wrote (4482)7/10/2001 8:25:39 AM
From: jttmab   of 93284
 
While the Bush Administration is working with the Salvation Army to discriminate against gays...

What a contrast with what's going on to the North in Canada!...

Monday's Canada News Briefs
By The Associated Press

Note: All dollars are Canadian unless otherwise noted

Judge: Law Preventing Gay Couples From Adopting Is Unconstitutional

HALIFAX, Nova Scotia (AP) -- Gay and lesbian couples in Nova Scotia were praising a landmark court ruling Monday that gives them the right to adopt children and makes the province one of few that legally recognizes homosexual parents.

A provincial Supreme Court judge handed down a decision that stated the law preventing same-sex couples from adopting was unconstitutional and discriminated against all unmarried couples.

The case was launched by a lesbian couple who already have children but argued that they were being discriminated against because the province wouldn't recodgnize as parents for adoption purposes.

The ruling means the children of unmarried common-law couples will now be able to register their relationships with both parents, inherit under the Intestate Succession Act and receive maintenance from both parents....
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