And then there were eight…

Newfoundland has legalized gay marriage, making it the eighth Canadian province or territory to do so:

The province of Newfoundland and Labrador became the eighth of Canada’s provinces and territories to legalize same-sex marriage after its high court authorized such unions.

The provincial court’s decision came 12 days after Canada’s Supreme Court gave the federal government authorization to change the definition of marriage. The government will introduce the legislation in the House of Commons early next year.

Of the holdouts, most will probably quickly fall in line once Canada passes federal legislation on the subject, as is expected early next year. Most likely, there were simply no cases for them to rule on yet.

Alberta, however, is a question mark. The conservative province has vowed to fight, thoughit’s unclear what recourse they would have against a federal law. Albertans, like many Americans, seem to maintain an irrational fear that gay marriage will somehow destory their lives. Then again, maybe all the men in Alberta are just terrified that they’ll somehow be forced to marry Ralph Klein…