The Pioneers of Same-Sex Marriage

While the Netherlands and Belgium were first, Canada's gay marriage law is the least restrictive

Published June 29, 2005

The Tuesday night vote to give same-sex couples the right to marry makes Canada one of only three countries in the world to permit conventional marriage for gay and lesbian couples along with Belgium and the Netherlands. While numerous countries around the globe have varying degrees of recognition for same sex relationships, only the Netherlands and Belgium use the definition of marriage. However, Canada's Bill C-38...

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