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The same language that had been handed in 1999 was delivered to a conscience vote, with members requested to vote for or against the 1999 definition of marriage as "the union of one man and one woman to the exclusion of all others". In 1999, the House of Commons overwhelmingly handed a decision to re-affirm the definition of marriage as "the union of 1 man and one woman to the exclusion of all others". Marriage, for civil purposes, is the lawful union of two individuals to the exclusion of all others. In early 2003, the issue once again resurfaced, and the House of Commons Standing Committee on Justice and Human Rights proceeded to undertake a formal research of similar-sex marriage, together with a cross-nation series of public hearings. The primary bill to legalize identical-sex marriage was a personal member's bill tabled within the House of Commons by New Democratic MP Svend Robinson on March 25, 1998. Like most personal members' bills, it didn't progress previous first studying, and was reintroduced in several subsequent parliaments. On September 18, 1995, the House of Commons voted 124 to fifty two to reject a motion introduced by openly gay member of Parliament R閍l M閚ard calling for the authorized recognition of identical-intercourse relationships. |
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