Same-sex marriage in Prince Edward Island: The Canadian province of Prince Edward Island began the process of updating its laws to recognize same-sex marriage after the passage in the House of Commons of Bill C-38, the Civil Marriage Act, the federal law recognizing same-sex marriage. On December 10, 2004, Premier Pat Binns stated that his government would wait for federal legislation to resolve the issue. It is unclear how Binns would have reacted if a provincial court had found the traditional definition of marriage in violation of the Charter rights of gays and lesbians. [1]