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Homosexual rights in Canada are the most obvious in the Americas. Homosexual Canadians have all of the same rights as  heterosexual citizens, a right granted under the [[Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms]]. Since 2005, Canada has offered civil marriage rights nationwide to same-sex couples. Canada was the third nation in the world where same-sex marriages were legally performed (commencing in 2003 in the province of Ontario), the fourth nation in the world to perform homosexual "marriages" nationwide, and it was the first nation in the Americas to perform such "marriages" nationwide.<ref>[http://www.bpnews.net/bpnews.asp?ID=20871 On views of homosexuality, U.S. differs from Canada, Britain] by Baptist Press

[[Homosexual]] rights in [[Canada]] are the most obvious in the [[Americas]]. Homosexual Canadians have all of the same rights as  heterosexual citizens, a right granted under the [[Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms]]. Since 2005, Canada has offered civil marriage rights nationwide to same-sex couples. Canada was the third nation in the world where same-sex marriages were legally performed (commencing in 2003 in the province of Ontario), the fourth nation in the world to perform homosexual "marriages" nationwide, and it was the first nation in the Americas to perform such "marriages" nationwide.<ref>[http://www.bpnews.net/bpnews.asp?ID=20871 On views of homosexuality, U.S. differs from Canada, Britain] by Baptist Press

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