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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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Students' views move left during college, but researchers say peers, not profs, are the cause
AP Education WriterOn issues such as abortion, gay marriage and religion, college students shift noticeably to the left from the time they arrive on campus through their junior year, new research shows. The reason, according to UCLA's Higher Education Research Institute,...Tags: Teaching and Learning, Minority Groups, Family, George Mason, Colleges and Universities
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Stand against Prop. 8 costs priest dearly
Los Angeles Times Staff WritersA week ago, Father Geoffrey Farrow stood before his Roman Catholic parishioners in Fresno and delivered a sermon that placed him squarely at odds with his church over gay marriage. With Proposition 8 on the November ballot, and his own bishop urging...Tags: Armed Forces, Minority Groups, Family, Palmdale, Marriage
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Orlando gay-pride festivities underscore serious themes
Sentinel Staff WriterOn the 10th anniversary of the murder of gay University of Wyoming student Matthew Shepard and a few weeks before Floridians vote on an amendment to restrict gay rights, Orlando's "Come Out With Pride" event Sunday was as much about self-preservation as...Tags: Lake Eola, Wyoming, Buddy Dyer, Murder, Fort Lauderdale
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Letters to the editor
Risks of illegal immigration Re "A new land, a roaring fire, and then nowhere to run,"Oct. 5 Once again, The Times spends two days on a sob story about Latinos being injured in a desert fire. The question that is never answered is why they were there in...Tags: North Hollywood (Los Angeles, California), Adolf Hitler, Injuries, Demographics, Espionage and Intelligence
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Connecticut Week In Review: Stocks Drop, Gay Rights Rise
Wall Street was the infernal engine that drove the news in Connecticut last week. At a stultifying debate in Nashville, the presidential candidates blamed one another for failing to recognize warning signs of the greed that has crippled credit markets...Tags: American League, West Hartford, Instrument Engineering, Insurance, Jodi Rell
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Gay Marriage Ruling Ended Long Journey Of Soul
The Hartford CourantFor years, Beth Kerrigan tried to talk herself out of being gay. The daughter of devout Irish Catholics, Kerrigan kept her sexuality a secret from her family. She pretended the boys she windsurfed, skied and biked with were boyfriends. If female...Tags: West Hartford, Discrimination, Burlington, Massachusetts, Homes
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Aiming to stop gay marriage in Conn.
HARTFORD - Now that the Connecticut Supreme Court has ruled same-sex couples have the right to wed, opponents of gay marriage are pinning their hopes on an infrequent ballot question in a longshot bid to block the unions. Every 20 years, voters can force...Tags: Family, Minority Groups, Massachusetts, Local Authority, Marriage
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How Strife Leads To Triumph
One of the nice things about justice in America is the way all the things that were done to keep you down and smack you upside the head start working in your favor once you get into an appellate court. So it went with the case of Kerrigan et al v. the...Tags: Jodi Rell, Minority Groups, Family, Massachusetts, Injuries
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Jacob Zuma of South Africa still a mystery
Los Angeles Times Staff WriterJacob Zuma has a problem: He scares some people. The leader of the ruling African National Congress, now in line to become South Africa's next president, faces unresolved corruption allegations, never tested in court. He has advocated virginity tests,...Tags: Corporate Crime, Organized Crime, Parliament, Depression, Behavioral Conditions
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Excerpts From The Court's Decision
Majority opinion Written by Palmer / Katz, Norcott and Harper concurred. "We also conclude that (1) our state scheme discriminates on the basis of sexual orientation, (2) for the same reasons that classifications predicated on gender are considered...Tags: Family, Minority Groups, Marriage, Court Administration, Trials
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High Emotions On Both Sides Of Gay Marriage Case
In 1980, Garrett Stack met the person he wanted to marry: John Anderson. The couple share a house and life. But by law, they could not share wedding vows. So they were ecstatic Friday to learn of the state Supreme Court decision allowing same-sex...Tags: West Hartford, Judges, Minority Groups, Family, Burlington
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Catholic Bishops Urge 'Yes' Vote On Constitutional Convention
The state Supreme Court's historic ruling legalizing gay marriage Friday has prompted the state's Roman Catholic bishops to call on Catholics to vote "yes" on a key ballot initiative Nov. 4. The question of whether the state should hold a...Tags: Republican Party, Freedom of the Press, Jodi Rell, American Civil Liberties Union, Citizens Initiative and Recall
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