US Supreme Court asked to rule on homosexuals' right to adopt children
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The American Civil Liberties Union, the leading US civil rights group, petitioned the US Supreme Court to rule on the right of homosexuals to adopt children.
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SPAIN MADRID -- Despite vociferous opposition from the Roman Catholic Church, Spain's Cabinet proposed legislation yesterday giving homosexuals the right to marry and adopt children. Parliament was expected to review and approve the legislation promptly. That would make Spain the third nation to legalize gay marriage. ''This proposed law . . . removes a centuries-old barrier,&quot; Justice Minister Juan Fernando ...
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Madonna may face a battle to keep the one-year-old Malawian boy she has adopted after the country's high court allowed human rights groups to participate in a judicial review of the case.
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WASHINGTON - The US Supreme Court on Monday rejected a challenge to the country&#39;s only law legalizing gay marriage. Conservative groups had asked the court to overturn a November 2003 ruling by the Massachusetts
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The Justice Department asked the US Supreme Court Tuesday to hear argument on whether federal anti-drug law can trump Oregon&#39;s assisted suicide law.
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A seemingly divided Supreme Court considered Wednesday whether the free speech rights of cattle ranchers are violated by a federal law requiring them to help fund a government-sponsored
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A judge from Massachusetts' highest court, which legalized gay marriage here three years ago, heard arguments on Thursday in a case that seeks to let voters decide if same-sex couples should be allowed to wed.
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The US Supreme Court questioned on Wednesday whether world opinion against the death penalty for juveniles should influence its decision on the constitutionality of executing
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Canada's Supreme Court begins a hearing on whether same-sex marriage must be extended across the country.
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Washington - The US Supreme Court on Monday rejected a challenge to Massachusetts&#39; gay marriage law, leaving intact a state court ruling that has led to thousands of weddings for same-sex couples and a national debate on the issue.
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A lesbian couple who wed in Canada were to learn yesterday whether an Irish court would hear their case to have their union legally recognized in Ireland, where homosexuality itself was outlawed until a decade ago.
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A state ban on placing foster children in any household with a gay member was struck down when a judge ruled that the state agency enforcing it overstepped its authority by trying to regulate &quot;public morality.
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Washington - The United States (US) Supreme Court has rejected a challenge to the only state that allows gay marriages, declining to hear an appeal aimed at overturning the Massachusetts law that prompted a debate on the legality and morality of same-sex
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The Supreme Court said on Friday it would decide whether the death penalty can be imposed for the crime of raping a child, expanding its review of how capital punishment is carried out in the United States.
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The White House is turning to the Supreme Court for help as the administration fights a challenge to its aggressive promotion of federal financial aid for religious charities.
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Since the US Supreme Court decided to stay mum on the Massachusetts high court ruling that permits same-sex marriage, attorneys pushing San Francisco&#39;s anti-discrimination case said Monday they hope a similar hands-off attitude will prevail if they are
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South Africa's highest court ruled Thursday that gay partners must have the same inheritance rights as married couples, a decision in line with its landmark 2005 judgment that same sex marriages should be legalized.