Spain moves closer on gay marriage
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Spain has moved a big step closer to permitting gay marriage after the Cabinet approved a bill authorizing homosexuals to marry and adopt children.
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The Spanish government is set to approve a controversial draft law legalising gay marriages.
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The Roman Catholic Church in Spain acknowledges that condoms could play a role in the global fight against Aids.
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BOGOT&#xC1;, Colombia -- The Colombian Constitutional Court has ruled that same-sex couples are entitled to the same inheritance rights as heterosexuals in common-law marriages, marking a step forward for gay rights in the traditionally conservative, Catholic region.
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Spain's Catholic Church attacks government plans to introduce same-sex unions, which it compares to a virus.
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Spain is expected to use a visit by British PM Tony Blair to help boost the peace process in the Basque country.
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Spain stepped closer to their second  consecutive Davis Cup final appearance on Saturday after Tommy  Robredo and Rafael Nadal claimed a tense doubles victory over  France.
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After same-sex marriage and fast-track divorce, Spain's social revolution has hit a roadblock Â abortion.
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Sponsors of a proposal to ban gay marriage in Florida said Thursday they have gathered enough signatures to put the measure before voters next year.
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Spain&#39;s cabinet proposed legislation Friday that would allow same-sex couples to marry and gays to adopt children, pressing ahead with its liberal agenda despite vociferous opposition from the influential Roman Catholic Church.
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Gay rights groups plan to limit challenges to constitutional amendments banning gay marriage that 11 states passed last week.
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Pope Benedict XVI hammered away at traditional family values during a visit to Spain on Saturday, challenging a Socialist government that has angered the Vatican by instituting liberal reforms such as gay marriage and fast-track divorce.
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The Vatican's top official for family issues decried as a "sad step" Saturday the Spanish government's proposal to allow homosexuals to marry and adopt children.
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September 20, 2004 -- MADRID - Spain&#39;s Socialist government will approve gay marriage, a party leader said yesterday, putting into action a plan that has enraged church leaders in this traditionally Catholic country.
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The Supreme Court of Canada gave the  federal government the go-ahead on Thursday to legalize gay  marriage, opening the way for a fierce political battle in  Parliament next year over its proposed legislation.
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In the six months since voters put them in office, Spain's Socialists have set in motion a dramatic public policy turnabout on what American voters might call moral issues, infuriating the Catholic Church and ...
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A controversial law that would give gay  and lesbian couples the same right to marry, divorce and adopt  children as heterosexuals was approved by Spain's Socialist  government Friday.