James Murray reports from Toronto that a local church is leading a campaign to perform marriages of gay couples that would be recognized under civil law. The church has begun the process of posting marriage banns for two homosexual couples before the congregation on three consecutive Sundays. Because of a loophole in provincial law in Ontario, the old Christian rite of posting marriage banns is the equivalent of obtaining a marriage license. Legal experts say this case and others like it eventually will force a ruling by Canada's Supreme Court.
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