Just Married: Gay Marriage and the Expansion of Human Rights
Bourassa, Kevin & Joe Varnell (INSCRIBED)
Language: English
Published by University of Wisconsin Press, Madison, Wisconsin, 2002
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- Title
- Just Married: Gay Marriage and the Expansion of Human Rights
- Author
- Bourassa, Kevin & Joe Varnell (INSCRIBED)
- Publisher
- University of Wisconsin Press, Madison, Wisconsin
- Publication year
- 2002
- Condition
- Near Fine +
- Dust jacket
- Near Fine +
- Binding
- Cloth
- Language
- English
- ISBN 10
- 0299178803
- ISBN 13
- 9780299178802
- Edition
- First Edition
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- Canadian Law
Just Married is an account by Bourassa and Varnell of how their church, the Metropolitan Community Church of Toronto, decided to test the Canadian marriage laws, and how they and a lesbian couple agreed to be the ones to make the attempt. Under the Ontario Marriage Act, any adult couple can be granted a marriage license if a church, following ancient tradition, reads the marriage banns on the three Sundays prior to the wedding. Joe and Kevin had long wished to be legally married in their church. They expected controversy, but little expected the massive scale of the international coverage that occurred, as reporting on their intentions and their wedding of them shot across the Internet and their photographs appeared in newspapers not only across North America but also in Europe, Asia, and South America.
Despite the legal and political wrangling, the opposition and support they received, the disputes among religious denominations and organizations, and the glare of the media lights, this remains a story of two people who chose to make a life together and sought the support of both church and state for their marriage. They believe they have taken part in an incredible event―one that will change the world, not just for Canadians, but for citizens, families, and communities everywhere.
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