Appeals Court rules that the law restricting Marriage to heterosexual couples contravenes the equality provisions in the Canadian Charter Of Rights And Freedoms . The court does not permit the province any grace time to bring its law in conformity with the ruling. This appears to mean that Ontario has become the first jurisdiction in North America to recognize Same-sex Marriage s. Toronto announces that its city clerk will begin to issue marriage licences to same-sex couples, and two same-sex couples who filed suit have their marriages retroactively recognized. {Link without Title}
