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Same-sex marriage refers to two people of the same sex living together as a family. Advocates of gay marriage believe gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender families deserve the same respect, recognition and protections as all other families. Other terms for this type of relationship include gay marriage, gender-neutral marriage, equal marriage, lesbian marriage, same-sex civil union, marriage equality, homosexual marriage, single-sex marriage, civil partnership or same-gender marriage.
As of November 2007, same-sex couples in the U.S. could marry only in the state of Massachusetts. There are currently lawsuits seeking marriage for same-sex couples in California, Connecticut, Iowa...
As of November 2007, same-sex couples in the U.S. could marry only in the state of Massachusetts. There are currently lawsuits seeking marriage for same-sex couples in California, Connecticut, Iowa...
Same-sex marriage refers to two people of the same sex living together as a family. Advocates of gay marriage believe gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender families deserve the same respect, recognition and protections as all other families. Other terms for this type of relationship include gay marriage, gender-neutral marriage, equal marriage, lesbian marriage, same-sex civil union, marriage equality, homosexual marriage, single-sex marriage, civil partnership or same-gender marriage.
As of November 2007, same-sex couples in the U.S. could marry only in the state of Massachusetts. There are currently lawsuits seeking marriage for same-sex couples in California, Connecticut, Iowa and Maryland. Other states offer broad family recognition laws. Civil unions, which grant the same legal rights as heterosexual couples, can be granted to same-sex couples in Vermont, Connecticut, New Jersey and New Hampshire. Domestic partnerships also are legal in California and Oregon. In 1996, Congress passed and President Bill Clinton signed into law the Defense of Marriage Act, which says that no state is required to honor same sex marriages performed in other states. It also seeks to restrict how marriage is defined or interpreted under federal law to a legal union between one man and one woman. Many states also have passed both a statue and constitutional amendment banning same-sex marriage or other forms of partner recognition in addition to marriage, like domestic partnership and civil unions. Same-sex couples, even those recognized by their states, are denied as many as 1,138 federal benefits available to or required of married opposite-sex couples.
As of November 2007, same-sex couples in the U.S. could marry only in the state of Massachusetts. There are currently lawsuits seeking marriage for same-sex couples in California, Connecticut, Iowa and Maryland. Other states offer broad family recognition laws. Civil unions, which grant the same legal rights as heterosexual couples, can be granted to same-sex couples in Vermont, Connecticut, New Jersey and New Hampshire. Domestic partnerships also are legal in California and Oregon. In 1996, Congress passed and President Bill Clinton signed into law the Defense of Marriage Act, which says that no state is required to honor same sex marriages performed in other states. It also seeks to restrict how marriage is defined or interpreted under federal law to a legal union between one man and one woman. Many states also have passed both a statue and constitutional amendment banning same-sex marriage or other forms of partner recognition in addition to marriage, like domestic partnership and civil unions. Same-sex couples, even those recognized by their states, are denied as many as 1,138 federal benefits available to or required of married opposite-sex couples.
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Here Arrive the Grooms
Special to CTgetsMarried.comWith same sex marriages legal in Connecticut, many gay male and lesbian couples have been tying the equality knot. After 29 years together, Garrett Stack and John Anderson of Woodbridge had a church wedding in 2009. “There is nothing traditional...Tags: New Britain, Gays and Lesbians, New Haven (New Haven, Connecticut), Colleges and Universities, Family
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Eco-friendly Ridgefield Inn, a Haven for Weddings
Special to CTgetsMarried.comThe two Pakistani brides dressed in traditional native costumes looked lovingly at each other as Justice of the Peace Barbara Simkins pronounced them married. “They looked absolutely magnificent,” says Simkins, who with her fiancé Natacha...Tags: Gays and Lesbians, New Haven (New Haven, Connecticut), Human Interest, Family, Ridgefield
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With House vote, same-sex marriage bill moves to Gregoire's desk
Q13 FOX News reporterThe Washington House of Representatives passed same-sex marriage legislation Wednesday 55 votes to 43. The passage pushes the bill from the Legislature to the desk of Gov. Christine Gregoire, who has promised to sign it into law. "I look forward to...Tags: Gays and Lesbians, Judges, Family, Crime, Law and Justice, Social Issues
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White supremacists revive dream of a homeland in Northwest
Three sanitation workers found it along the route of a Martin Luther King Jr. Day march: a nest of wires in a backpack.
The homemade bomb was equipped with an unusual remote-controlled trigger and stuffed with more than 100 heavy fishing weights coated...Tags: Emergency Incidents, Fishing, Police Investigations, Punishment, U.S. Army
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What others are saying
Members of the Obama administration aren't forcing religious organizations to violate their creeds because they are secular fundamentalists who place no value on religious liberty. They are doing it because they operate in a technocracy. Technocrats are...Tags: Gays and Lesbians, David Brooks, The New York Times, Crime, Law and Justice, Justice and Rights
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White supremacists revive dream of homeland in Northwest
Los Angeles TimesThree sanitation workers found it along the route of a Martin Luther King Jr. Day march: a nest of wires in a backpack. The homemade bomb was equipped with an unusual remote-controlled trigger and stuffed with more than 100 heavy fishing weights coated...Tags: Emergency Incidents, Fishing, Police Investigations, Punishment, U.S. Army
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Gay marriage fight may hinge on Supreme Court's Anthony Kennedy
The Supreme Court has nine justices, but if the constitutional fight over same-sex marriage reaches them this year, the decision will probably come down to just one: a California Republican and Reagan-era conservative who has nonetheless written the...Tags: Gays and Lesbians, Ruth Bader Ginsburg, Judges, Family, University of California, Irvine
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Washington lawmakers pass gay marriage bill
OLYMPIA, Wash. — A bill to legalize gay marriage in Washington state won final legislative approval Wednesday, in a vote that moved the state a step closer to becoming the seventh to recognize same-sex nuptials. Gov. Christine Gregoire, a Democrat,...Tags: Gays and Lesbians, Voting, Democratic Party, Family, Republican Party
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Colorado student charged in "glitter bomb" of Romney
ReutersDENVER (Reuters) - A Colorado student faced misdemeanor charges on Wednesday for flinging glitter toward Republican presidential contender Mitt Romney in an increasingly frequent protest act some commentators say should be subject to prosecution. The...Tags: Gays and Lesbians, Mitt Romney, Newt Gingrich, Rick Santorum, Philosophy
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Prop. 8 ruling could derail an anti-gay marriage referendum in Washington
Q13 FOX News Political AnalystWith same-sex marriage assured in Washington after Wednesday’s vote in the State House, all eyes are on whether the opposition will mount a successful referendum campaign this fall to overturn the law. But a big federal court ruling Tuesday...Tags: Gays and Lesbians, Proposition 8 (California, 2010), Family, Crime, Law and Justice, Social Issues
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Prop. 8 supporters ponder next move
Proposition 8 backers, who have longed to get to the nation's highest court, debated Wednesday whether to go there immediately or delay by seeking another review of a federal appeals court ruling that overturned California's 2008 ban on same-sex marriage....Tags: Gays and Lesbians, U.S. Supreme Court, Judges, Proposition 8 (California, 2010), Crime, Law and Justice
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