RULING LOOMING ON YUKON SSM: From CBC North

A Yukon gay couple will find out tomorrow if their weekend wedding will be legally recognized by the government.

Visiting Supreme Court Justice Peter McIntyre says he will give his decision Wednesday morning. Despite pleas from the Crown, McIntyre refused to dismiss the case.

The government says the men can marry legally through church proclamations, or banns. Lawyers for the two men argued the governments refusal to license their marriage is discriminatory.

Jim Tucker likened their situation to a famous American civil rights case. "Telling [them] that they could get married by the use of banns in their church is analogous to telling Rosa Parks that she could take a cab," he says.

"It would ignore the discrimination that is going on now. Saying that there is an alternative means available ignores the fact that they requested a marriage license and were denied it solely because they are a same-sex couple."

Stephen Dunbar and Robb Edge have a big wedding party set for Saturday. Federal and territorial lawyers say the issue should wait until it's decided for all of Canada this fall by the Supreme Court of Canada.

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