Relationship Recognition
is more than
"Spousal Benefits"
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All people, regardless of sexual orientation have the right ot determine
for themselves their primary personal
relationships and to have these relationships
supported and recognized in law and by social institutions.
Coalition for Lesbian and Gay Rights in Ontario (CLGRO)
Statement of Principle adopted
On Our Own Terms Conference, Guelph 1989
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Relationship Recognition
is no less than
ensuring
equity and equality
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CLGRO believes that,
while our preference would be that
benefits be made available on an individual basis
(with allowances for the dependence
of children, the aged and the disabled), whenever benefits are made
available to heterosexuals living in couples,
these same benefits must also be made available
to same-sex couples on the same footing.
CLGRO Statement of Principle 1990
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Relationship Recognition
is about
elminating
systemic discrimination
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Gay men and lesbians pay tax dollars to
support legislative and judicial systems [...]
yet the preamble to the Family Law Act
reflects a traditional conception of the nuclear
family. It addresses the encouragement and strenghtening
of the family, but that family is obviously heterosexual.
Happy Families (p. 33)
a CLGRO brief, April 1992
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Relationship Recognition
touches
more than
lesbians and gay men
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This will never was nor will be only a sexual
orientation issue. It's about marital status
discrimination. The system penalizes single people,
especially single people with dependants
unrelated by blood ties, and favours
only a restricted type of couple.
Gay man in Radio-Canada interview, 1994
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