On the nature of marriage: Somerville on same-sex marriage

Monist

Volumn 91, Issue 3-4, 2008, Pages 407-421

  Mercier, Adèle ^a,b  

^a QUEEN S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

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EID: 62449161658     PISSN: 00269662     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5840/monist2008913/422     Document Type: Article

References (4)

1. Same-sex marriage was legalized through the courts in the provinces of Ontario (10/06/03), British Columbia (8/07/03), Québec (19/03/04), Yukon Territory (14/07/04), Manitoba (16/09/04), Nova Scotia (24/09/04), Saskatchewan (5/11/04), Newfoundland (21/12/04), and New Brunswick (23/06/05). The Civil Marriage Act passed by the Parliament of Canada made same-sex marriage legal elsewhere in Canada effective July 20, 2005
2. Mercier (2007). "Meaning and Necessity: Can Semantics Stop Same-Sex Marriage?" in Essays in Philosophy, vol. 8, No 1, available at: http://www.humboldt.edu/essavs/mercier.html
3. Margaret Somerville (2006). The Ethical Imagination: Journeys of the Human Spirit, Anansi Press. From the Massey Lectures, broadcast November 2006, CBC Radio Ideas series
4. Katherine Young (Dept of Religious Studies, McGill University), affidavit filed in the stated courts. The argument was reiterated on the eve of the Ontario appeal in a commentary to The Globe & Mail (May 3, 2003)