Sentences with phrase «marriage commissioners»

What I understood is that it is an unofficial system put in place to accommodate marriage commissioners based on their religious beliefs.

I think of marriage commissioners who refuse on religious principles to marry same - sex couples, a refusal that has been debated in Saskatchewan and England.

Although a person can object to the act based on religious beliefs, if they are employed as marriage commissioners, they are civil servants performing a government service and must serve the public equally.

Here is Yosie's comment in January 2011 about marriage commissioners in SK being compelled by the courts to marry same - sex couples: «All the same, I'm sure that if my employer required me to act contrary to my beliefs, I would protest and either demand accommodation or leave the job.

In addition, the Vital Statistics office is responsible for the registration of religious organizations and clergy who perform marriages, marriage commissioner appointments and providing burial permits.

The Court claimed that allowing marriage commissioners to withhold their services because of personal religious convictions would undercut the fundamental principle of equality in a democratic society and that government services must be provided to all members of the public on an impartial and non-discriminatory basis.

Permitting marriage commissioners appointed before November 5, 2004, to refuse to solemnize a marriage contrary to their religious beliefs, or

In a previous blog post I discussed the recent Saskatchewan Court of Appeal decision on whether marriage commissioners — as civil servants — can opt out of performing same - sex marriages.

The discussion is at the opposite end of the debate about whether public officials should be able to refuse service because of the religious views of the officials themselves (such as the SK marriage commissioners — and the British ones — who do not want to perform same - sex marriages.)

Marriage commissioners perform civil ceremonies.

Justice Robert Richards expressed concern that the proposed amendments are also broad enough that if marriage commissioners were allowed to opt out of services, they might also do so because they object to interfaith marriages or interracial marriages based on their religious beliefs.

To accommodate the religious beliefs of marriage commissioners, the province is considering implementing a system similar to the one in Ontario where couples go to a central office instead of contacting an individual commissioner.

The presiding judge in each judicial district may, if the public interest requires, appoint one or more suitable persons as marriage commissioners.

This decision is contrary to proposed legislation by the Saskatchewan government which would allow marriage commissioners to decline to perform wedding ceremonies for gay couples.

Governments can almost certainly find a creative solution to accommodate marriage commissioners and gay couples, while preventing commissioners» from extending their protests to other groups, such as interfaith or interracial couples.

The Saskatchewan Court of Appeal recently released its decision as to whether marriage commissioners — as civil servants — can opt out of performing same - sex marriages.

Marriage commissioners are public servants, i.e. performing a statutory function according to the criteria in the legislation.

On January 10, 2011, the Saskatchewan Court of Appeal declared the proposed legislative amendments, which would have allowed Saskatchewan's marriage commissioners to refuse to perform same - sex marriages on religious grounds, unconstitutional and discriminatory.

But Ontario has no marriage commissioners to accommodate.

A marriage commissioner can not do his or her job if he or she refuses to perform a marriage.

This led some marriage commissioners in Saskatchewan to refuse to solemnize same - sex marriages on the basis that they could not provide services in this regard without acting in violation of their personal religious beliefs.

I'm not sure why you've used the term «civil servant» to refer to marriage commissioners, it seems to imply that they're government employees, which is clearly not the case.

Marriage commissioners must be registered with the Marriage Unit, Family Justice Services, Saskatchewan Justice according to The Marriage Act, 1995.

Since many religions do not approve of same - sex marriages, many gay and lesbian couples would not have access to the institution of marriage unless they were able to call on a marriage commissioner to perform the required ceremony.

Marriage commissioners are defacto civil servants when they perform a civil (public) service... they are government officials when they perform their duties.

Can a marriage commissioner or registrar refuse to perform or recognize a marriage between a member of his or her religion and someone not of that belief, though the church would refuse to perform it?

Dichmont v. Newfoundland and Labrador (Minister of Government Services and Lands) et al. 2015 NLTD (G.) 14 Administrative Law — Civil Rights Summary: Dichmont, for reasons of her religious convictions, resigned as a marriage commissioner when the Government of Newfoundland and Labrador insisted that same sex marriages had to be performed.

Saskatchewan human rights case of interest is Nichols v M.J., which deals with the right of a marriage commissioner to refuse to marry people whose marriage offends the commissioner's religious beliefs.

The proposed change comes shortly after a Tribunal decision that found that a marriage commissioner had discriminated against a same - sex couple by declining to marry them.

A marriage commissioner may, within that jurisdiction, solemnize marriages in the same manner as a district judge or magistrate judge and may exercise any power, other than the power to issue marriage licenses, necessarily incident to the duties of a marriage commissioner.

The clerk of court shall issue to the marriage commissioner a certified copy of the order of appointment and send a copy of it to the bureau.

The presiding judge shall describe the marriage commissioner's area of jurisdiction in the order of appointment.

The Court found that legislative amendments, which would have allowed Saskatchewan's marriage commissioners to refuse to perform same - sex marriages on religious grounds, were discriminatory and unconstitutional.

Clause 8 of the affidavit deals with Ontario stating, «while there is no class of persons known as «marriage commissioners», marriages may be solemnized by religious officials, judges, justices of the peace and municipal clerks and any person authorized to perform a marriage in Ontario is under no obligation to perform any marriage and can refuse to do so without disclosing their reason».

Thus, my comment on my previous post referring to Ontario as having marriage commissioners or an established single - entry system is not quite accurate.

But consider the marriage commissioner who refuses to marry a couple because one of them is divorced, or because they are of different religions.

A friend or relative can perform your marriage ceremony if they receive a marriage commissioner appointment.