When Marriage is Illegal
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Polygamy is notoriously hard to prosecute, but a recent legal victory may open the door for more cases
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BOSTON Aug. 19, 2004  A state judge upheld a 1913 law that prohibits out-of-state gay couples from marrying in Massachusetts, where same-sex marriage between residents has been legal since May.
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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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U.S. laws that order the deportation of legal immigrants found guilty of a criminal offense are a violation of human rights and have resulted in thousands of families being separated, New York-based Human Rights Watch said on Wednesday.
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FARGO, N.D. - The tradition of Romani girls marrying as young as 14 years old is so important for some immigrant families here that they would rather break the law than change their ways.
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Most Americans eventually marry, but they are marrying later and are less likely to be wed only once.
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Call it a kissing crackdown. Indonesia's government is considering a law banning unwed couples from pecking in public &#151; and harshly penalizing those who do, The Jakarta Post reported Saturday.
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President Bush's plan to liberalize the nation's immigration laws to allow millions of undocumented workers the opportunity for legal status appears to be on a collision course with newly aroused sentiment among House Republicans pushing for a crackdown on illegal immigration.
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Italys new restrictive law on assisted reproduction, introduced in March this year which made it illegal for doctors to carry out pre-natal genetic diagnosis of embryos has created a diaspora of couples seeking ...
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"It is worthwhile to work for the family and marriage because it is worthwhile to work for the human being, the most precious being created by God"  MADRID, Spain : Tens of thousands of people in predominantly Roman Catholic Spain rallied Sunday in defense of the traditional family in a country where the government has legalized gay marriage and facilitated ... via International Herald Tribune
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As she watched her 3-year-old son convert a box into a spaceship, Kelly Burke was dreading the arrival of a letter that could change their lives. The stay-at-home mom and her partner of 15 years, Dolores Doyle, are among the nearly 3,000 gay couples who wed in Oregon this spring. Now the status of those marriages, and the benefits that come with them, is unclear after Oregon voters decisively approved a ban on gay marriage this past week.
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Ministers are to consult on creating a crime of forced marriage in the UK.
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Celebrity adulterers have human rights too A wronged husband bent on revenge who threatened to reveal the identity of his wife's celebrity lover on the internet has been barred from doing so. An interim injunction has been served on human rights grounds.â¦
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SAN FRANCISCO - Laws limiting marriage to a man and a woman do not violate California's constitution, but neither would a law allowing same-sex couples to marry, according to the state attorney general.    Attorney General Bill Lockyer issued the opinion Friday, a long-awaited response to a pair of lawsuits out of San Francisco challenging laws that ban gay marriage...
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Proponents of same-sex marriage have introduced a ballot measure that would require heterosexual couples to have a child within three years or have their marriages annulled
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Immigration officials have smashed a criminal network operating one of the country&#39;s fastest-growing immigration scams: the bogus marriage.
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Investors want to know if the time is right to tie The Knot.