February 1e- Same-Sex Marriage in Canada (1)

Same-Sex Marriage

The legal union of two individuals of the same sex.

Contractual Business Relationship

In earlier historic periods, marriage was viewed as a partnership for the purpose of creating a family unit.

Psychological Relationships

In industrial and post-industrial periods, marriage focused more on emotional connections and the importance of feelings.

Sexual Citizenship

The rights and recognition of individuals based on their sexual orientation.

Deviant Behavior

In the early 1900s, homosexuality was considered abnormal or deviant.

The Cold War

A period of political tension between the United States and the Soviet Union from the late 1940s to the early 1990s.

The Fruit Machine

A device used in the 1950s-1960s to detect homosexuality in individuals.

Decriminalized

The act of removing criminal penalties or legal restrictions on certain behaviors.

Canadian Human Rights Act

A law passed in 1969 that added sexual orientation as a protected ground against discrimination.

Modernization of Benefits and Obligations Act

A law passed in 2000 that extended benefits and obligations to same-sex couples.

Reverend Brent Hawkes

A reverend who performed same-sex marriages in his Toronto Church in 2001.

Ontario Appeals Court

The court that ruled in 2002 that same-sex marriages performed by Reverend Brent Hawkes were legal.

Ontario Court

The court that ruled in 2003 that the definition of marriage as "one man and one woman" was invalid.