Canada's highest court approves gay marriage

Canada’s highest court Thursday said that allowing same-sex marriage would be consistent with the Canadian Constitution, clearing the way for an expected vote in parliament on whether to permit gay marriages throughout the country.

In the United States, legal experts and advocates on both sides of the issue said the ruling would have only a limited effect.

In sweeping language, the unanimous opinion brushed aside objections that allowing same-sex couples to marry would violate the traditional definition of marriage stretching back several centuries. Such a view was valid at one time, the court said, in “a society of shared social values where marriage and religion were thought to be inseparable.” (source)

Awesome news! I expected it to happen, but it is nice that it’s finally formalized. Now if the United States would endorse equality...