Mont. Court: Gays Due Benefits Others Get
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A divided Montana Supreme Court declared Thursday that the state constitution's guarantee of equal protection extends to gays, and ruled that the state university system must offer same-sex couples the same health benefits available to heterosexual ones.
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Many of the state's largest employers are dropping health benefits for unmarried gay couples, seven months after Massachusetts became the only state to legalize same-sex marriage.
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The new policy, believed to be the first of its kind, comes after gay and civil rights groups had threatened to sue to permit the visits.
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Gay marriage appeal jilted: US Supreme Court leaves conservatives&#39; challenge of Mass. law at the altar. By Patriot Ledger staff and news services.
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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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Men who have several older brothers have an increased chance of being gay &amp;#151; whether they were raised together or not &amp;#151; a finding researchers say adds weight to the idea that sexual orientation is based in biology.
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SAN FRANCISCO, Dec. 22 -- Ten months after San Francisco's mayor defiantly granted marriage licenses to thousands of gay couples, a judge began hearing arguments Wednesday in a pair of lawsuits that seek to have California's one-man, one-woman matrimony law declared unconstitutional.
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The U.S. Supreme Court let stand on  Monday a ruling that the Ku Klux Klan white supremacist group  can take part in Missouri's "Adopt-A-Highway" program in which  volunteers pick up trash along the road and the state puts up a  sign thanking the group.
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By Bob Bernick Jr. Deseret Morning News  The Utah Supreme Court did all Utahns a great favor last Friday.  The high court made a quick ruling that will allow citizens to vote private-school tuition vouchers clearly up or down Nov. 6.
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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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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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JERUSALEM -- The Israeli Supreme Court touched off fresh controversy over gay rights yesterday when it ordered the government to register same-sex marriages of couples who wed abroad. The ruling by a seven-judge panel, though limited in scope, reignited a debate over the rights of homosexuals in Israel. The 6-to-1 decision was hailed by rights advocates as a political advance ...
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Committed gay couples can be  granted the same rights as married heterosexuals but should not  be allowed to marry, California's top legal official said in a  court filing on Friday.
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Maryland's highest court ruled on Tuesday that marriage is between a man and a woman, overturning a lower court ruling and dashing the hopes of nine same-sex couples who wanted legal protection for long-term partners.
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Public universities and local governments can't provide health insurance to the partners of gay employees without violating the state constitution, the Michigan Court of Appeals ruled Friday.
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A man discriminated against because of his sexual orientation is awarded almost Â£120,000 by a tribunal.
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The same court that made Massachusetts the first state to legalize gay marriage ruled Monday that a proposed constitutional amendment to ban future same-sex marriages can be placed on the ballot, if approved by the Legislature.