AG will reject gay foster parents ban
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Arkansas's attorney general said Wednesday he will reject a proposed voter-backed initiative aimed at barring unmarried couples from adopting or fostering children. A conservative group hoped to use the ban to keep gay couples from becoming foster parents.
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An ex-magistrate is appealing after he was refused an exemption from hearings in which he might have to place children with gay couples.
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Leaders of the largest group for gay men and lesbians in the Republican Party voted overwhelmingly against endorsing President Bush for re-election because he favors a constitutional amendment banning same-sex marriage, The New York Times said on Wednesday.
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The Illinois House on Tuesday passed a bill that bans discrimination against gays and sent it to Gov. Rod Blagojevich, who has said he supports the measure.
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Ireland's High Court rejects a lesbian couple's bid to have their overseas marriage legally recognised.
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The House joined the Senate yesterday in refusing to approve a constitutional amendment to bar same-sex marriage, described by Republican supporters as a vital protection for traditional families
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Spanish parents will be banned from smacking their children, congress voted on Thursday.
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Pro-family leaders are denouncing comments from Vice President Dick Cheney, who said homosexual couples deserve equal freedom when it comes to marriage.
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ATLANTA, Feb. 26 -- The Georgia Supreme Court refused Monday to hear an appeal dealing with the uncertain legality of adoptions by same-sex couples, prompting cheers from gay rights advocates who feared it could have led to a more restrictive court ruling.
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SAN FRANCISCO - California's constitution permits laws against gay marriage, the state's attorney general declared Friday in a long-awaited legal opinion that sought to avoid offending either side of the debate.    While acknowledging that "committed and loving relationships between two individuals deserve recognition under California law," Attorney General Bill Lockyer said it was up to the voters or the Legislature to decide questions about whether gay couples should be allowed to marry...
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An Arkansas judge Wednesday declared unconstitutional a state ban on placing foster children in any household with a gay member.
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Measures banning same-sex marriage passed by wide margins in all 11 states that had them on Tuesday&#39;s ballot, in what conservative groups described yesterday as a sweeping popular rejection
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A federal judge on Thursday ruled against the government&#39;s ban on so-called partial birth abortions, saying the measure was unconstitutional because it failed to provide an exception to protect a mother&#39;s health.
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A federal judge on Wednesday refused to order a special election to replace Gov. James E. McGreevey, who announced last month that he is gay and would step down Nov. 15.
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House Republicans united Wednesday to reject a Democratic-backed bill to ban human reproductive cloning, a prelude to the larger battle this week over the federal funding of stem cell research.
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A federal judge on Friday threw out a lawsuit filed by parents who wanted to keep their young children from learning about gay marriage in school.
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Three gay couples Tuesday dropped their lawsuits challenging the federal Defense of Marriage Act, saying they do not want to risk having a conservative U.S. Supreme Court set precedent by rejecting their case.