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  2. Halpern v Canada (AG) - Wikipedia

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    Halpern v Canada (AG), [2003] O.J. No. 2268 is a June 10, 2003 decision of the Court of Appeal for Ontario in which the Court found that the common law definition of marriage, which defined marriage as between one man and one woman, violated section 15 of the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms.

  3. Family Law Act (Ontario) - Wikipedia

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    According to the Preamble, the purpose of the law is "to encourage and strengthen the role of the family; ... to recognize the equal position of spouses as individuals within marriage and to recognize marriage as a form of partnership; ... to provide in law for the orderly and equitable settlement of the affairs of the spouses upon the breakdown of the partnership, and to provide for other ...

  4. List of Christian denominational positions on homosexuality

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    The Metropolitan Community Church was instrumental in the first legal challenges to the heterosexual legal definition of marriage in Ontario (see Same-sex marriage in Ontario). Two couples used an old legal procedure called reading the banns to marry without a licence. When same-sex marriage was legalized in Ontario, their marriages were ...

  5. Covenant (law) - Wikipedia

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    In some cases property owners can petition a court to remove or modify the covenants, and homeowner associations may include procedures for removing the covenants. The covenant may be negative or affirmative. A negative covenant is one in which property owners are unable to perform a specific activity, such as block a scenic view.

  6. 'Marriage is a covenant, not a contract' - AOL

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    A strong foundation in a relationship or marriage must be built with God at the center parishioners were told at the Sunday morning worship service at Open Door Ministries. 'Marriage is a covenant ...

  7. M v H - Wikipedia

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    M v H [1999] 2 S.C.R. 3, is a landmark decision of the Supreme Court of Canada on the rights of cohabiting same-sex couples to equal treatment under the law. The court found that the definition of spouse in section 29 of Ontario's Family Law Act, which extended spousal support rights to unmarried cohabiting opposite-sex couples but not same-sex couples, was discriminatory and therefore ...

  8. Canadian family law - Wikipedia

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    The formal prerequisites of a valid marriage are set out marriage laws of each Canadian province and territory. [6] The parties must have a marriage license, be of proper age, or have parental consent. A marriage will generally be formally valid if it confirms to the laws of the province where the marriage is celebrated (lex loci celebrationis ...

  9. Marriage law - Wikipedia

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    Marriage law is the body of legal specifications and requirements and other laws that regulate the initiation, continuation, and validity of marriages, an aspect of family law, that determine the validity of a marriage, and which vary considerably among countries in terms of what can and cannot be legally recognized by the state.