In January 2001 Kevin Bourassa and Joe Varnell became one of the first gay couples in the world to receive a government marriage certificate, but the Ontario government refused to register the marriage, and they and their church went to court. Just Married tells how the Metropolitan Community Church of Toronto decided to test Canadian marriage law by reading the banns on three Sundays before the wedding, as the Ontario Marriage Act allowed, and how the two men and a lesbian couple agreed to be the ones to try. Amid international media coverage, legal and political wrangling, and disputes among religious denominations, it remains the story of two people who chose a life together and sought the support of both church and state.
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| Title: Just Married |
| Author: Kevin Bourassa; Joe Varnell |
| ISBN: 9780300000000 |
| Subtitle: Gay Marriage and the Expansion of Human Rights |
| Genre: Canadian Eh; Law & Government; Memoir |
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| Publication Date: 37408 |
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| Publisher: Univ of Wisconsin Press |
| Language: English |
| Format: Hardcover |
| Pages: 280 |
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| Notes: Co-published with Doubleday Canada. The same double wedding at the Metropolitan Community Church of Toronto, January 14, 2001, married Elaine and Anne Vautour. Setting: Toronto, Ontario. |
| Book_ID: 118824 |