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Reference Re Same-Sex Marriage | |
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Hearing: October 6–7, 2004 Judgment: December 9, 2004 | |
Citations | [2004] 3 S.C.R. 698; 2004 SCC 79 (CanLII) |
Docket No. | 29866 [1] |
Holding | |
Parliament has the authority to legislate in regard to same-sex marriage. | |
Court membership | |
Chief Justice: Beverley McLachlin Puisne Justices: John C. Major, Michel Bastarache, Ian Binnie, Louis LeBel, Marie Deschamps, Morris Fish, Rosalie Abella, Louise Charron | |
Reasons given | |
Unanimous reasons by | The Court |
Reference Re Same-Sex Marriage [2004] 3 S.C.R. 698, 2004 SCC 79, was a reference question to the Supreme Court of Canada regarding the constitutional validity of same-sex marriage in Canada. The ruling was announced December 2004, following arguments made two months prior.