CANADIAN SSM IN COURT: From the Toronto Star

Justice Minister Irwin Cotler says the bill to legalize gay marriage that the Supreme Court of Canada examines today may look different when it goes to Parliament but it will be "similar in principle." ...

The federal government has said it would adjust the bill if necessary to account for changes urged by the court.

But it argues that its draft contains all the safeguards necessary to extend equality rights to same-sex couples while protecting religious groups against being forced to act contrary to their beliefs. ...

Some lawyers for same-sex couples plan to argue in court today that the government does not have the political will or muscle in a minority Parliament to win a vote on gay marriage rights in the Commons, so it prefers that the Supreme Court of Canada take the lead.

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