VANCOUVER, May 29 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Following a request by a homosexual-activist lesbian couple for a marriage licence, the British Columbia provincial government has come out in support of same-sex marriage. B.C. Attorney General Andrew Petter issued a statement on behalf of the government which says: “In a modern society there is no justification for denying same sex couples the same option to form marital bonds as are afforded to opposite sex couples.”
The BC government also called upon the federal government, which is constitutionally responsible for questions of capacity to marry, to “resolve the matter by clarifying its legislation and offering same-sex couples the same opportunity to marry as is available to heterosexual couples.” The written statement says, “rather than waiting for the courts to determine this issue, the federal government should change the federal law to allow for equality for all couples who are in a committed relationship.”