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Senate passes same-sex legislation
Last Updated Wed, 20 Jul 2005 08:17:57 EDT
CBC News

Legislation giving same-sex couples the legal right to marry will become law after it receives royal assent as early as Wednesday.

* INDEPTH: Same-sex Rights

Peace Tower lit up in a rainbow of colours Tuesday night, Ottawa.

In a late-night vote on Tuesday, the Senate approved the Liberal government's controversial Bill C-38 by a 47-21 vote. Three senators abstained.

The historic vote comes after gay and lesbian couples launched lawsuits in different provinces demanding the right to marry.

Courts in seven provinces agreed that the traditional definition of marriage violated the Charter of Rights and Freedoms. [/quote:2aba1]

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