OTTAWA — In one of three legal cases challenging the traditional definition of marriage, the Interfaith Coalition on Marriage and Family told Ontario’s Court of Appeal last week that the world’s largest faith groups “do not and cannot accept a fundamental redefinition of marriage to include same-sex partnerships.”
In its factum (brief) to the court, the coalition, which includes evangelical Protestant, Catholic, Sikh and Muslim representatives, said clergy in nearly all denominations would be unwilling or unable to solemnize same-sex marriages.
The court is hearing an appeal of a lower court ruling last summer that held the traditional definition of marriage as being between a man and a woman was unconstitutional. A Quebec court arrived at the same conclusion last year, while a British Columbia court last year upheld the traditional nature of marriage and said Parliament could not redefine marriage. All three rulings are under appeal. (TAB)
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