Vt. weighs in on lesbian custody fight
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The state Supreme Court ruled Friday that Vermont courts, and not those in Virginia, have exclusive jurisdiction over a case involving two women battling for custody of a child they had while they were in a lesbian relationship.
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By Rebecca Holm, Victoria Advocate, Texas  Feb.
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As if custody battles themselves aren't nasty enough, this one   is getting downright contemptuous. Maybe.
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A Florida Supreme Court case raises fundamental questions about the nature of fatherhood and legal responsibilities.
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Some applaud it, others are angered by it, but there&#39;s no doubt everyone has an opinion about John Kerry&#39;s mention of Dick Cheney&#39;s lesbian daughter Mary in Wednesday night&#39;s televised presidential debate.
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Lynne Cheney accused Sen. John Kerry of pulling a "cheap and tawdry political trick" after he discussed her daughter's sexuality in his debate with President Bush. In response, Elizabeth Edwards suggested Mrs. Cheney might feel "a certain degree of shame" because her daughter is a lesbian.
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Ines Olivia Martinez wonders if her family will be denied medical care. Even her mentally disabled 13-year-old son has been anxiously pointing out police cars amid fears of a local crackdown on illegal immigrants. Resolutions to deny a potentially wide range of public services to illegal immigrants have thrust two northern Virginia counties into the nation's immigration debate.
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A bitter legal battle over whether  the husband of a brain-damaged woman should be allowed to  remove her feeding tube against the wishes of her parents  reached the Florida Supreme Court on Tuesday.
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Waterford, Mich. -- Vice President Dick Cheney spelled out Tuesday his differences with President Bush on the volatile issue of gay marriage, while for the first time discussing the sexual orientation of his gay daughter in a public setting.
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A 4-year-old girl at the center of a trans-Atlantic custody battle that drew attention at the highest levels of French government was turned over to her American father on Friday.
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A Pakistani court has asked the mother of 12-year-old Molly Campbell to appear personally next week to resolve a bitter custody battle between her parents, the girl's lawyer has revealed.
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The child custody feud between Basinger and Baldwin stalled in court Friday with no answer as to who leaked a voicemail tape of Baldwin lashing out at their 11-year-old daughter.
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The latest clash in the struggle among mainline Protestant denominations over gay clergy hits a critical point Wednesday with the church trial of a United Methodist Church minister who declared in a sermon last year that she is a lesbian living with her partner.
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A state-approved educational video that discusses a same-sex couple has sparked debate in New Jersey.
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As gay rights supporters and foes gathered outside, a U.S. federal court on Wednesday took up the question of whether a Massachusetts town and its school district infringed on parents' rights when a teacher read young students a book with a gay theme.
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A 3 1/2-year-old boy at the center of a custody dispute faces a wrenching weekend. He is to be transferred from the only parents he knows to his biological mother, an attorney said Saturday.
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Vermont&#39;s Republican governor challenged the Bush administration&#39;s prescription drug policy in federal court yesterday, marking the first time a state has chosen a legal avenue in the expanding battle ...