N.D. weighs repeal of cohabitation ban
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Don Polries and Helen Vetter don't look like outlaws. She's 82 and nearly blind, and he's an 87-year-old World War II veteran whose only brush with the law was a traffic ticket or two, decades ago.
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Several non-national families in a loyalist area of north Belfast are considering whether to relocate today following overnight racist attacks on their homes.
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THE AMERICAN HOUSE OF REPS HAS VOTED AGAINST AMENDING THE CONSTITUTION TO BAN GAY MARRIAGE. The proposed gay marriage ban was defeated in the US House of Representatives on Thursday following a vote on amending the constitution.
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Italy's left is seeking to "eradicate" the traditional family with its plan for a law that would give unmarried couples, including gays, some of the same rights as married couples, the Vatican newspaper said ...Comment
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Proposed state constitutional amendments banning same-sex marriage increased the turnout of socially conservative voters in many of the 11 states where the measures appeared
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By Denise Jewell Eric Ruest and Matt Zambito don't shy from controversial subjects. The Niagara County residents have taken on clergy and sex, Wal- Mart and the country's drinking age -- all in the name of progress.
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Less than five years ago the idea of gay couples joining in a legal union akin to marriage was enough to rip apart the very social fabric of this small New England state that prides itself on its sense of community.
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By Andrea Weigl, The News & Observer, Raleigh, N.C.  Sep. 14--Legal experts said Wednesday that unmarried couples who live together cannot be prosecuted in North Carolina under a 201-year-old state law. They cited a Superior Court judge's injunction released this week.
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Â· Trip to collect husband's award thrown into doubt Â· Ban seen as test of human rights commitment
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The city will appeal a judge's ruling against the state ban on same-sex marriages, the mayor said Saturday.
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Proponents of same-sex marriage have introduced a ballot measure that would require heterosexual couples to have a child within three years or have their marriages annulled
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CAPITOL HILL Despite a warning from the police chief in Washington DC about a &quot;tidal wave&quot; of weapons, the House has voted to lift a ban on handguns in the nation&#39;s capital.
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Mirroring national rift within party, many D.C. area households are torn between Clinton, Obama.
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The support from the pair means that it will be up to the Legislature to decide whether to block proposed changes.
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Gay couples in New Hampshire will able to join in civil unions starting next year under a bill Gov. John Lynch signed into law Thursday.
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Congressional Democrats are moving to repeal a law passed by Republicans last year that would have allowed trophy hunts opposed by the National Park Service to continue on a Southern California public island.
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By Sarah Lindenfeld Hall, The News & Observer, Raleigh, N.C.  Sep.