# First Same-Sex Divorce in Canada ( & likely in the world)

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**Created:** [September 14, 2004, 7:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/first-same-sex-divorce-in-canada-likely-in-the-world/264452 "2004-09-14T19:11:14Z")\
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**Author:** ![Northern\_Piper](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/northern_piper/32/5304_2.png) [@Northern\_Piper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Northern_Piper)\
**Post date:** [September 14, 2004, 7:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/first-same-sex-divorce-in-canada-likely-in-the-world/264452/1 "2004-09-14T19:11:14Z")

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[Court](http://www.thestar.com/NASApp/cs/ContentServer?pagename=thestar/Layout/Article_Type1&c=Article&cid=1095113408425&call_pageid=968332188492&col=968705899037)

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> **Court approves first same-sex divorce in Canada**
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> An Ontario court approved Canada’s first same-sex divorce today after a judge ruled that the definition of spouses in the Divorce Act is unconstitutional.

There was a thread about this a while ago, with some speculation in the media from groups opposed to same-sex marriage that it was a put-up job, because the couple separated five days after getting married last year. Nothing in this or any of the other articles I’ve seen so far that supports that argument. Just looks like a couple who broke up after ten years together.