SOSC 1350 Lecture Notes - Lecture 5: Psychopathy, Masculinity, Civil Marriage Act
14 Oct 2016
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Gay rights were not the same for heterosexual couples (ex. You can be fired: mossop v/ canada (1993, section 15 charter equality litigation has been (reasonably successful) Gay couple (joanne egana and john naris nesbit) Case fighting on the base of section 15 of the charter for equality rights. Denied them because their relationship wasn"t seem to be legit. Fired from a police job because he is gay. Gay rights were written in the charter just 3 years" prior. Decided that jennifer would be the one to bear the child, (while in labor there was an issue with her heart. Died while giving birth to their child. Kristie had no claim on the child, as jennifer was the mother and didn"t give) if. Problems with not having any claim/rights to gay couples who have children which led to them introducing the act as something that should be implemented: yet contemporary law remains heteronormative.
