Ruling Leaves Gays Unsure of Benefits
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With their same-sex marriages yanked away by the California Supreme Court, many gay and lesbian couples were left wondering Friday what will happen to the benefits they briefly received, such as family insurance discounts and medical coverage.
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Scholars who interpret religious law for Conservative Judaism might soon ease their ban on ordaining gays, testing not only the unity of their movement but also their relations with the wider Jewish community.
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NEW YORK, Dec. 6 -- A panel of rabbis gave permission Wednesday for same-sex commitment ceremonies and ordination of gays within Conservative Judaism, a wrenching change for a movement that occupies the middle ground between orthodoxy and liberalism in Judaism.
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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 gay bar has won the right to turn away heterosexuals and even lesbians to provide a non-threatening atmosphere for the men partying inside.
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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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The Supreme Court of Canada gave the  federal government the go-ahead on Thursday to legalize gay  marriage, opening the way for a fierce political battle in  Parliament next year over its proposed legislation.
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The Supreme Court, in Lawrence v. Texas in 2003, ruled that sodomy laws violate Americans' rights to privacy as well as equal protection under the law.
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President Bush's support for a  constitutional amendment against gay marriage delighted many  conservatives but alienated a smaller but potentially important  voting bloc in a tight election.
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Gay and lesbian advocates have been doing some soul-searching since President Bush's election victory, wondering if same-sex wedding marches through San Francisco and Massachusetts tipped the scales to Republicans promising to restore traditional values.
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SAN FRANCISCO, Oct 5 - A California appeals court upheld on Thursday the state's ban on same-sex marriage, reversing a lower court's judgment against a voter-approved law defining marriage as the union of a man and a woman.
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Ministers are accused of trying to impose "a new morality" by ruling against an opt-out on gay adoption.
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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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Gay couples who legally married elsewhere will have all the rights of married people in New Jersey, but they can't call themselves married, the state's attorney general decided Friday.
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Far from the coastal strongholds of the same-sex marriage movement, gays in the red states of the Bible Belt are struggling to maintain confidence and optimism in the aftermath of an election that many viewed as a stinging personal rebuff.
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An Argentine court says a 17-year-old male transsexual can have a sex change in a landmark ruling.
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A move to lift the ban on gays in the military is gaining support. But change is unlikely anytime soon.