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- Martin’s minority government drafted Bill C-38 to enshrine same-sex marriage in law after courts in several provinces ruled that gay couples had a right to marry.
- Develop strategies to educate the Canadian public as to the issue of basic human rights with regard to same sex marriage.
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- Stephen Harper believes in the traditional definition of marriage
- Harper vows that he would hold a free vote on the definition of same-sex marriage in the next session of Parliament
- If the resolution is passed, the government will introduce legislation to restore the traditional definition of marriage while respecting existing same-sex marriages
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- The NDP backed legislation for same-sex marriage, while respecting the rights of each religion to determine its own definition of marriage
- Abandon the Liberal Party’s Paul Martin's appeal of the court decision extending retroactive CPP survivor benefits to same-sex couples
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- Majority of Bloc Québécois representatives voted in support of same-sex marriage legislation in 2005
- Primary issue for the Bloc is minority and equality rights
- Leader Gilles Duceppe stated that the government should not force religious groups to perform same-sex marriage ceremonies if such practices contravene the beliefs of a particular faith
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- The Green party supports same-sex marriage
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