Canada likely to OK gay marriage

I'm not entirely sure how it has been legalized in some provinces when it contradicts existing federal legislation, but Canada's Supreme Court has given the green light to Parliament to change the definition of marriage to be the union of two people, rather than a man and a woman. It could go up for a vote as early as January, and so far at least, it sounds like it will pass. Even our most right-wing (mainstream) party, the Conservatives, are not taking a stand against it. They, along with the governing Liberal party, are allowing their members to vote their consciences instead of by party policy, and the NDP and Bloc Quebecois are expected to vote in favour of it.

If it passes, Canada will be the third country in the world to make gay marriage legal nationwide.