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The Conservative government is reportedly arguing that thousands of same-sex couples who got married in Canada are not legally wed.

However, while speaking in Halifax on Thursday, Prime Minister Stephen Harper said his government has no plans of revisiting the issue of same-sex marriage.

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“We have no intention of further opening or reopening this issue,” he said.

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The Globe and Mail reported Thursday that the government is contending in a Toronto court case that non-Canadian gays and lesbians who have been married here since 2004 are only considered married under this country’s laws if gay marriage is also recognized in their home country or state.

Harper admitted he was unaware of the details of the case currently before the courts. “I will be asking officials to provide me with more details on this particular case.”

The paper is basing its report on court documents filed in a Toronto test case. It was launched by a lesbian couple seeking a divorce. They were wed in Toronto in 2005, and cannot be identified under a court order.