Gay marriages still legal in Massachusetts
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Washington - The United States (US) Supreme Court has rejected a challenge to the only state that allows gay marriages, declining to hear an appeal aimed at overturning the Massachusetts law that prompted a debate on the legality and morality of same-sex
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Just one in three Massachusetts employers plan to extend the same retirement benefits to spouses of gay and lesbian employees now available to other employees, according to a survey of benefit policies conducted after a state court ruling legalized gay marriage.
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A state law allowing gay couples to register as domestic partners belatedly took effect Friday after a federal judge ruled the state's process of disqualifying petition signatures was consistent enough to be valid.
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A state judge on Wednesday declined to halt enforcement of a 1913 state law barring out-of-state couples from marrying in Massachusetts.
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A lesbian couple married in Massachusetts has filed for divorce in Rhode Island, setting up a legal conundrum for judges in a state where the laws are silent on the legality of same-sex marriage.
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When it comes to statewide votes on gay marriage, the score so far is 20-0 in favor of keeping it a one-man, one-woman institution.
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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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SAN FRANCISCO, Oct. 5 -- A state appeals court ruled Thursday that California's ban on same-sex marriage does not violate the constitutional rights of gay men and lesbians, a critical defeat to a movement hungry for a win after high courts in New York and Washington state upheld similar bans.
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Same-sex marriage was legal here for less than 24 hours before the county won a stay of a judge's order on Friday, a tiny window of opportunity that allowed two men to make history but left dozens of other couples disappointed after a frantic rush to the altar.
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CONCORD, New Hampshire  - New Hampshire Gov. John Lynch signed a law on Thursday allowing same-sex civil unions that give gays and lesbians nearly the same rights as married couples.
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Massachusetts will remain the one and only state in the nation that allows gay marriage. The US Supreme Court on Monday rejected a challenge to the 1-year-old decision by the state&#39;s highest court that legalized same-sex marriages.
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Comparing bans on same-sex marriage to once-common laws against interracial marriage, a trial court judge in Manhattan ruled Friday that same-sex couples have a right to wed under the state constitution.
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A gay couple from Rhode Island has the right to marry in Massachusetts because laws in their home state do not expressly prohibit same-sex marriage, a judge ruled Friday.
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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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"Protection of marriage" is now the watchword for many activists fighting to prevent gays and lesbians from marrying. Some conservatives, however, say marriage in America began unraveling long before the latest gay-rights push and are pleading for a fresh, soul-searching look at the institution.
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Many Massachusetts companies say they are dropping domestic-partner benefits for their gay and lesbian for reasons of fairness: Since marriage between same-sex couples became legal in the state May 17, they should no longer receive special treatment in
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Referendums that would ban same-sex marriage were approved in all 11 states where they were on the ballot yesterday. Although both President