While states are busily outlawing same-sex marriages south of the 49th parallel,
this news item refers to a ruling today from Canada.
HALIFAX - Same-sex marriages will be allowed in Nova Scotia following a ruling Friday morning that said banning them is unconstitutional...
Applause broke out in the Halifax courtroom as the Nova Scotia Supreme Court ruling made the province the sixth jurisdiction in Canada to allow same-sex couples to marry.
Nova Scotia is the first Atlantic province to allow the marriages.
Justice Heather Robertson's ruling effectively changes the definition of marriage in Nova Scotia to "the lawful union of two persons to the exclusion of all others." ...
Neither the federal or Nova Scotia governments opposed the challenge.
"We certainly did not want to waste taxpayers' money," said Nova Scotia Justice Minister Michael Baker.