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Rudd undecided on gay unions veto
Sydney :: Australia | about 2 hours ago
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The ACT allows same-sex couples to recognise their relationship with a legally binding ceremony. But it is similar to a bill the Government blocked last year because it was too similar to marriage. Mr Rudd says the Government is still deciding what to...
Tags: Mr Rudd, legally advice, Kevin Rudd, Australia, Sydney, Same-sex marriage, Veto, Recognition of same-sex unions in the Australian Capital Territory, Rudd Government, Bob Brown, Civil union, Politics, Law Crime
Married in Texas? Check again, a political challenger says
Plano :: TX :: USA | about 8 hours ago
Credibility Barbara Ann Radnofsky, a Houston lawyer and Democratic candidate for state attorney general, says a 22-word clause in a 2005 constitutional amendment designed to ban gay marriages erroneously endangers the legal status of all marriages in the state. The...
Tags: Texas, Barbara Ann Radnofsky, attorney general, Greg Abbott, Plano, Same-sex marriage, Politics, Same-sex marriage in the United States, Civil union, Social Issues
Victorian ALP supports gay marriages
Melbourne :: Australia | 1 day ago
Credibility A meeting of the party faithful in Melbourne on Saturday called for the federal government to change the Marriage Act to allow gay couples to marry. A similar motion was passed at Tasmania's state Labor conference in July. The state conference also called...
Tags: Australia, Melbourne, Recognition of same-sex unions in the Australian Capital Territory, Kevin Rudd, Same-sex marriage, Politics of Australia, Politics, Social Issues, Rudd Government, Australian Labor Party, Civil union, Marriage Equality USA, Recognition of same-sex unions in Australia, Australian Coalition for Equality
Austrian government approves same-sex partnership rights
Stockholm :: Sweden | 4 days ago
Credibility However, those who register will not be allowed to adopt children, and lesbian couples will not be able to have children through in-vitro fertilisation...But she said her group would keep fighting for equal rights, not only in terms of family law, but...
Tags: Sweden, Stockholm, Registered partnership in Switzerland, Registered partnership in Sweden, Same-sex marriage, Civil union, Registered partnership, Social Issues
Buenos Aires grants first marriage license to gays
Buenos Aires :: Argentina | 5 days ago
Credibility Argentina (AP) Two men were granted a marriage license in Argentina 's capital on Monday, breaking ground in a country and region where laws ban gay marriage. Foundation and Di Bello, 41, an executive with the Argentine Red Cross, sued after being denied...
Tags: Argentina, Buenos Aires, Defense of Marriage Act, Same-sex marriage in the United States, United States federal legislation, Social Issues, Law Crime, Labor, Mauricio Macri, Status of same-sex marriage, LGBT rights in Argentina, LGBT rights, Same-sex marriage, Civil union
Buenos Aires OKs first gay marriage in Latin America
Buenos Aires :: Argentina | 8 days ago
Credibility An Argentine judge paved the way for gay marriage Friday when she granted a homosexual couple permission to marry in a first for Latin America, the world's biggest Catholic region. Buenos Aires, known for its active if low-key gay movement, became the...
Tags: Latin America, gay marriage, Buenos Aires, argentine judge, Argentina, Brazilian law, LGBT rights in Argentina, LGBT rights in Brazil, LGBT rights, Civil union, Same-sex marriage, Social Issues, Recognition of same-sex unions in Argentina
RI gov opens door to domestic partnerships
Providence :: RI :: USA | 8 days ago
Credibility The Republican governor still opposes gay marriage and said during the 2006 election that he opposed civil unions for same-sex couples. But after a closed-door meeting with a gay rights group, Carcieri told reporters Thursday he would consider creating...
Tags: Providence, Pharyngula, Funeral, PZ Myers, Human Interest, Civil union, Same-sex marriage, Same-sex marriage in the United States, United States law, Politics, Donald Carcieri, Domestic partnership, Same-sex relationship, Social Issues
Record submissions for gay marriage Bill
Sydney :: Australia | 10 days ago
Credibility The Senate's legal and constitutional affairs committee is examining a private Bill, introduced by Australian Greens Senator Sarah Hanson-Young, which aims to alter the Marriage Act and give same-sex couples marriage rights.
Tags: Australia, Sydney, Gary Humphries, Marriage law, Rudd Government, Civil union, Howard Government, Politics of Australia, Chief Ministers of the Australian Capital Territory, Members of the Australian Capital Territory Legislative Assembly, Politics, Same-sex marriage, Social Issues
Gay Marriage in the discrimiNation
I hate to break it to you all, but the law actually brought more to marriage than God did: one-thousand, one-hundred-thirty-eight benefits. Strangely, the law didn’t bring the same benefits to alternative forms of partnership such...
Tags: gay marriage, civil union, domestic partnership, partner, civil, marriage, cohabitation, love, family, straight, taxes, benefits, religion, first amendment, amendment, 1st amendment, atheist, agnostic, christian, medical, health insurance, devotion, immigration, child custody, children, adoption
Historic vote on same-sex unions in Maine
Bangor :: ME :: USA | 26 days ago
Credibility Maine voters will make history next month when they cast their ballots on whether to legalize same-sex marriage in the state — one way or another. If they approve Question 1, the gay-marriage veto, it will mark the first time voters in a state have rejected...
Tags: gay marriage, Maine Maine, Mainers, marriage law, sex marriage, John Baldacci, civil union
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