Gay Canadian Trivia
Dec. 18th, 2018 01:03 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
sensiblecrowDid you know:
1. Canada was the fourth country in the world to legalize same-sex marriage on July 20, 2004 (first was the Netherlands in April 2001, Belgium was second on June 1, 2003, Spain third on July 3,2004).
2. The first legal same-sex marriages in modern times were performed in Toronto on January 14, 2001.
Isn't that a time paradox, you ask? No, it's the Canadian legal system!
Those two marriages triggered a court challenge that was resolved on June 10,2003, retroactively making both marriages legal. Canada, winning the same-sex marriage race on a technicality, but we happily take the 4th place :)
1. Canada was the fourth country in the world to legalize same-sex marriage on July 20, 2004 (first was the Netherlands in April 2001, Belgium was second on June 1, 2003, Spain third on July 3,2004).
2. The first legal same-sex marriages in modern times were performed in Toronto on January 14, 2001.
Isn't that a time paradox, you ask? No, it's the Canadian legal system!
Those two marriages triggered a court challenge that was resolved on June 10,2003, retroactively making both marriages legal. Canada, winning the same-sex marriage race on a technicality, but we happily take the 4th place :)
