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Boston :: MA :: USA | 5 days ago
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This article was originally published in the October 16, 1984 issue of the Boston Phoenix. On September 10, Boston City Councilor David Scondras wrote a letter to the city’s group-health-insurance director. “We have a non-discrimination policy in...
Tags: Boston City Council, David Scondras, domestic partners, Boston Herald, Boston Phoenix, Boston, Gay community, Homosexuality, Lesbian, Domestic partnership in the United States, LGBT rights in Brazil, Sexual orientation, Domestic partnership, Same-sex marriage, Social Issues, Labor
Phoenix has lost 25% of its information jobs
Phoenix :: AZ :: USA | 7 days ago
Credibility The New York City comptroller's office says the city has lost nearly 60,000 communications jobs since 2000, including in publishing and broadcasting. A comptroller's report said employment in communications peaked in the nation's 20 largest metro areas...
Tags: domestic partners, partners benefits, Phoenix, Domestic partnership, Janet Napolitano, Social Issues, Labor
Gay partnership measure approved by voters
Olympia :: WA :: USA | 20 days ago
Credibility Wash.— Washington voters have approved the state's new "everything but marriage" law, expanding rights for domestic partners and marking the first time any state's voters have approved a gay equality measure at the ballot box. With about 72 percent of...
Tags: sex marriage, Maine, Washington, voters having, having approve, gay rights, gay marriage, domestic partners, ballot box
Referendum Would Extend Protections to Gay Couples
Washington :: DC :: USA | 25 days ago
Credibility Referendum 71, a proposal to extend more legal protections to domestic partners in Washington State, has been nicknamed “everything but marriage.” But its opponents say even that is an understatement. “Although this wouldn’t technically be an outright...
Tags: Washington State, Protect Marriage Washington, domestic partners
US Supreme Court asked to hear R-71 case
Seattle :: WA :: USA | about 1 month ago
Credibility Supreme Court has been asked to rule on whether people who sign a referendum should have their names made public. The Supreme Court has been asked to rule on whether people who signed a referendum on gay rights should have their names made public. Backers...
Tags: US Supreme Court, Washington, appeals court, court asked, domestic partners, gay rights, federal appeals
Reno Gazette-Journal, Nevada: Taxable sales continue to plunge
Reno :: NV :: USA | 2 months ago
Credibility Taxable sales tumbled more than 20 percent in June, the state reported Friday, reflecting the ongoing reluctance of consumers to spend amid recession. Sales on everything from restaurant food to vehicles to clothing fell 20.5 percent statewide from June...
Tags: Nevada Department of Taxation, taxable sales, Reno, domestic partners
Wis. same-sex couples sign up as domestic partners
Madison :: WI :: USA | 3 months ago
Credibility Some gay couples lined up hours before county clerk's offices in Wisconsin opened Monday, their first chance to sign up for the state's domestic partnership registry. First in line at the Dane County Clerk's office in Madison were 56-year-old Janice Czyscon...
Tags: domestic partners, Wisconsin
St. Paul ponders domestic partner registry
Minneapolis :: MN :: USA | 5 months ago
Credibility Paul City Council is considering an ordinance to set up a domestic partner registry. Unmarried couples -- same-sex or not -- who register with the city would receive certificates that could be used as proof of the relationship to employers for benefits...
Clinton: Gay diplomats get key benefits
Mexico City :: Mexico | 5 months ago
Credibility Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton issued an order Thursday granting diplomatic passports, access to medical care and U.S. government jobs overseas to same-sex partners of American diplomats. In a significant change of policy, which officials said...
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Poll finds half oppose law allowing civil unions
Carson City :: MI :: USA | 6 months ago
Credibility Democrats back the plan, incorporated in Senate Bill 283, by a 46 percent to 36 percent margin, while independents support it 47 percent to 42 percent. But Republicans oppose the proposal by a 71 percent to 23 percent margin, more than offsetting the...
Tags: Senate, domestic partners, married couples
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