Pension System Recognizes Gay Spouses
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New York State is moving to officially recognize same-sex marriages from Canada for the first time, at least in one limited area: State Comptroller Alan G. Hevesi has ruled
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South Africa's highest court rules that gay people can inherit the property of their partners who die without a will.
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TUCSON -- A pair of retirees keeping house in a concrete bungalow, with snapshots of their 30 grandchildren and great-grandchildren in the living room and an American flag out front, may not look like the face of gay America.
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SALEM, Ore.  - Same-sex couples should enjoy the  same rights and benefits as married heterosexual couples,  advocates told Oregon's Supreme Court on Wednesday, with the  fate of 3,000 married gay couples at issue.
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Like many gay couples, Brian Cornell and Alberto Rulloda long ago established a legal framework for their relationship to match their commitment to each other.
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MSPs back a new law for Scotland, allowing unmarried couples, including gay couples, to adopt.
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(Madrid) The cabinet of Prime Minister Jose Luis Rodriguez Zapatero Friday approved a bill legalizing same-sex marriage and allowing gay couples to adopt.
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Lee Kandu never wanted to be a crusader for same-sex marriage. The Castle Rock, Wash., woman just wanted to file for bankruptcy protection so she could keep her house after her spouse &#151; a woman she married in Canada &#151; was diagnosed with terminal cancer.
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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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A controversial law that would give gay and lesbian couples the same right to marry, divorce and adopt children as heterosexuals was approved by Spain's Socialist government Friday.
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SANTIAGO, Chile -- Emma de RamÃÂ³n recently bought a condo here. But even before she moved in, she said, everyone in the building knew one fact about her: She's gay.
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September 20, 2004 -- MADRID - Spain&#39;s Socialist government will approve gay marriage, a party leader said yesterday, putting into action a plan that has enraged church leaders in this traditionally Catholic country.
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Rhode Island should recognize state employees' gay marriages that are performed in neighboring Massachusetts and extend benefits to their partners, the state's attorney general said in an opinion released Wednesday.
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By RAY HENRY  PROVIDENCE, R.I. - Rhode Island should recognize state employees' gay marriages that are performed in neighboring Massachusetts and extend benefits to their partners, the state's attorney general said in an opinion released Wednesday.
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Hundreds of gay couples were granted the same legal rights, if not the title, as married couples Monday as New Jersey became the third state to offer civil unions.
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The Spanish government has approved a draft law to legalize same-sex marriages, it was reported Friday. The bill gives homosexual couples the same rights as heterosexual couples, including the adoption of children, the BBC said.
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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