Does section 15 of the Criminal Code prohibit discrimination on the basis of marriage?
British Columbia, Canada
The following excerpt is from Johnstone v. Wright, 2001 BCSC 838 (CanLII):
I find therefore that s. 15 does not prohibit making distinctions on the basis of marriage. Nor does it prohibit making distinctions between persons or groups of persons: Andrews v. Law Society of British Columbia, 1989 CanLII 2 (SCC), [1989] 1 S.C.R. 143.
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