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KAMPALA, Uganda — By a significant majority, the Ugandan parliament last week voted to amend the nation’s constitution to ban gay marriage and establish criminal penalties for same-sex couples who marry, a legislature spokesperson said, the Mail & Guardian Online reported. “Parliament has adopted a proposal to amend the constitution so as to criminalize same-sex marriages,” spokesperson Bernard Eceru told the online news source. In the vote, 111 MPs favored the amendment, 17 were against and three abstained. “Marriage is lawful only if entered into between a man and a woman,” the amendment states, adding, “It is unlawful for same-sex couples to marry, Eceru said. Criminal penalties for those who violate the amendment are to be provided for via revisions to the Ugandan penal code at a later time, the Mail & Guardian Online reported. The proposal is part of a package of amendments expected to win easy approval in parliament after a third reading.
july 20, 2005:
royal assent given to Bill C-38, the Civil Marriage Act, thereby legalizing same-sex marriage throughout Canada, regardless of provincial or territorial laws.
july 19, 2005:
bill passed third (and final) reading in Senate at 11:25 pm, 47 to 21.
july 6, 2005:
bill passed second reading in Senate, 43 to 12.
july 4, 2005:
bill went to Liberal-dominated Senate for first reading.
june 28, 2005:
bill passed third (and final) reading in House of Commons, 158 to 133.
may 4, 2005:
bill passed second reading in House of Commons.
feb 1, 2005:
Liberal government introduced Bill C-38, the Civil Marriage Act, which declares that "marriage, for civil purposes, is the lawful union of two persons to the exclusion of all others," to House of Commons for first reading.
dec 9, 2004:
Supreme Court of Canada ruled that federal government has exclusive jurisdiction to decide who has the right to marry in Canada.
At the time the Civil Marriage Act became law throughout Canada on july 20, 2005, 10 out of 10 provinces and 1 out of 3 territories had acknowledged same-sex marriage (the majority by court rulings that decided that prohibiting same-sex marriage is against the Canadian Charter of Rights & Freedoms), as follows:
Equal marriage timeline