Canadian same-sex couples slow to get ‘married’

NEW YORK — Canadian homosexuals can attain marriage licenses, but they’re not yet flocking to their local courthouses, according to a story in The New York Times. Additionally, some of those who are likely to attain licenses say they have no intention of remaining monogamous. The story in The Times bolsters social conservatives’ claims that legalizing same-sex “marriage” will further corrode the institution of marriage itself.

Courts in the Canadian provinces of Ontario and British Columbia have legalized same-sex “marriage,” and the country’s prime minister is pushing to legalize it nationwide. But in Toronto — an Ontario city with a large homosexual population — same-sex couples are thus far hesitant. In 2001 alone, more than 6,600 same-sex couples in Toronto registered as permanent partners, The Times reports. However, only about 600 couples acquired marriage licenses in Toronto’s city hall between the June 10 court ruling and Aug. 25, The Times says.