re: #376 Simply Sarah

That is incorrect. From the linked article:

Harper’s comments came in response to a Globe and Mail report, which cited a Department of Justice document filed in a Toronto test case that stated a lesbian couple, who wed in Toronto in 2005, cannot file for divorce as they were never legally married. The document reportedly cited a Department of Justice lawyer who said the couple’s marriage is not considered legal in Canada because they would not have been lawfully wed in Florida or England, their respective homes.

They DON’T have to file for divorce. Anyway, this was an opinion about a couple who never lived in Canada. The question was if the Canadian Judge had the authority to grant a divorce for someone who didn’t live in the jurisdiction. How could the Canadian judge enforce the decree in Florida? Where the marriage is not recognized, and therefore the divorce would also not be recognized. If they lived in Canada their marriage would be recognized by Canada.

SSM is legal in Canada. And became legal under a Conservative government.