Italy paves way for gay unions
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The Italian government has paved the way for legislation that would grant legal status to unmarried couples, including gays, for the first time in the socially conservative country.Comment
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Less than five years ago the idea of gay couples joining in a legal union akin to marriage was enough to rip apart the very social fabric of this small New England state that prides itself on its sense of community.
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Rome, August 28 - The government on Monday approved a decree greenlighting Italy's participation in the United Nations peacekeeping force in Lebanon, a decision easily expected to obtain parliamentary backing .
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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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South Africa has become the first country on the continent to authorise marriage for gay and lesbian couples when the controversial civil union bill received the final seal of approval.
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Italy's left is seeking to "eradicate" the traditional family with its plan for a law that would give unmarried couples, including gays, some of the same rights as married couples, the Vatican newspaper said ...Comment
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Contro l'Aids.Giuristi respingono proposta legge nozze gay
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VATICAN CITY - Pope John Paul II kept up his campaign against gay marriage Saturday, telling the ambassador from Canada - where some provinces allow same-sex couples to wed - that such unions create a "false understanding" of marriage.    In past months, the pope urged authorities to stop approving gay marriages, saying that they degrade the true sense of marriage...
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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 on Friday.
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TRENTON, New Jersey  - Lawmakers in the U.S. state of New Jersey legalized same-sex civil unions on Thursday to give gay and lesbian couples the same rights as marriage but would not allow such partnerships to be called "marriage".
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Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi made it clear that he would probably name a new nominee for the post of EU justice chief in place of Rocco Buttiglione, whose views on women and gays have led to veto ...
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BOGOTA, Colombia, June 15 -- Colombia's Congress voted to recognize gay unions, approving a bill to give same-sex couples full rights to health insurance, social security and inheritance benefits. The measure would make Colombia the first country in Latin America to extend such rights to gay...
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Gay couples in New Jersey get new legal rights as it becomes the third US state to offer civil unions.
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LONDON : Italy&#39;s Foreign Minister Franco Frattini has slammed the refusal by European lawmakers to endorse Italy&#39;s candidate for justice commissioner because of his views on gays as an attack on Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi and his centre
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The Italian government approves a bill to grant legal rights to unmarried couples, despite Vatican hostility.
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TRENTON, New Jersey  - New Jersey lawmakers approved same-sex civil unions on Thursday, giving gay and lesbian couples the same rights as married partners without allowing such relationships to be called "marriage."