MORE CANADIAN SSM IN COURT: From the Globe and Mail

Lawyers for the federal government launched their argument before the Supreme Court of Canada on Wednesday that same-sex marriage is a justice issue --the beginning of a process that may forever change the institution of marriage in Canada.

The country's highest court began hearing arguments Wednesday morning in Ottawa on the federal government's proposal to allow same-sex marriages. ...

So far, courts in several provinces have allowed such unions, including British Columbia, Ontario, Manitoba, Saskatchewan, Quebec, Nova Scotia and the Yukon.

In British Columbia, Ontario and Quebec, lawyers for the federal government unsuccessfully argued that it had sole jurisdiction over the definition of marriage. Ottawa did not intervene in either the Manitoba or the Nova Scotia case.

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