Benefits for gay couples start in N.J.
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Shortly after midnight, Steven Goldstein and Daniel Gross renewed their vows as New Jersey became the third state in the nation to offer civil unions for gay couples.
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Congress in Colombia backs a bill to grant homosexual couples the same social security rights.
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Gay couple Michael Sabatino(L) and Robert Voorheis(R) from New York state attend a rally at the US Capitol Hill, Washington Oct. 11, 2004.
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Gay couples should be allowed to marry  because the state's constitution guarantees equality for all, a  New York judge said on Friday in a ruling that could eventually  clear the way for same-sex unions in New York.
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With a solemn exchange of vows and a kiss, Louis Navarrete and Ric Best became the first same-sex couple to marry in New Jersey.
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BOGOT&#xC1;, Colombia -- The Colombian Constitutional Court has ruled that same-sex couples are entitled to the same inheritance rights as heterosexuals in common-law marriages, marking a step forward for gay rights in the traditionally conservative, Catholic region.
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Manchester stages what claims to be the UK's largest ever mass blessing of gay and lesbian couples.
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Dozens of gay and lesbian couples entered into civil unions in New Hampshire in the early moments of New Year's Day as a new state law legalized the partnerships after midnight.
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A California law taking effect with the new year gives gay couples who register as domestic partners nearly the same responsibilities and benefits as married spouses.
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(Boston, Massachusetts) Many of Massachusetts&#39; largest employers are dropping health benefits for unmarried gay couples. The firms say that since Massachusetts became the only state
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A record number of U.S. companies are   trying to be gay-friendly, according to a survey released on   Tuesday showing a growing number offering benefits and   protections to gay and lesbian employees and customers.
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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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The Italian Cabinet on Thursday approved proposed legislation granting legal rights to unmarried couples in both heterosexual and same-sex relationships.Comment
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TRENTON, N.J. -- New Jersey would become the first state to require both pregnant women and newborns to be tested for HIV under a proposal introduced by the Senate president.
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A Rhode Island lesbian couple won   approval from a judge to marry in Massachusetts, paving the way   for the first legal wedding of a same-sex couple from outside   the only U.S. state were gay marriage is allowed.
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When New Jersey became the first state outside liberal New England to approve same-sex civil unions, Craig Ross and Richard Cash were among the hundreds of couples who  hurried to get their licenses. With Cash unemployed and his private health insurance costing $480 a month, the couple hoped the new...
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JERUSALEM -- The Israeli man at the center of the resignation of New Jersey's governor, James E. McGreevey, over a gay affair said in an interview published yesterday that he is straight and had no idea at first that his boss is homosexual.