In the USA and Canada, all citizens are given equal rights by the very documents that make these countries what they are. ... When a country basis their law making decisions on a religious group's opinions of how things should be, what things are right, and what things should be deemed wrong, they are in its simplest forms violating the constitution. ... Many other movements are taking place in both the US and Canada that will have a large effect on the gay and lesbian movement for equality. ...

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The main argument here is if under the constitution all people are allowed to marry or only men and women. ... Many will argue that because same sex marriage was not originally written into the constitution that it has no place to be disputed. ... I also have and uncle who decided to move to Canada because the government is much more accepting there. ... They first point to the constitution and say that it does not explicitly state gay marriage is legal knowing full well that amendments are made to laws all the time. ...

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