Conservative Rabbis Allow Ordained Gays, Same-Sex Unions
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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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Rabbis are being ordained in Germany for the first time since the Nazi Holocaust at a ceremony in Dresden.
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Some conservative groups expressed dismay Tuesday over President Bush's tolerance of state-sanctioned civil unions between gay people &#151; laws that would grant same-sex partners most or all the rights available to married couples.
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WHAT HAPPENED: Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon&#39;s Likud Party approves inviting the dovish Labor Party into a coalition government.
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Facing pressure from the state's top court, the New Jersey Legislature voted Thursday to give gay and lesbian couples the rights and privileges of marriage, while using the term "civil unions" to describe the partnerships.
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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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CONCORD, New Hampshire  - New Hampshire Gov. John Lynch signed a law on Thursday allowing same-sex civil unions that give gays and lesbians nearly the same rights as married couples.
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Gay rights activists received a rebuke from the Deep South to North Dakota as voters in 11 states approved constitutional amendments to ban same-sex marriage in a clean sweep for proponents of traditional one-man, one-woman unions.
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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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Canada's Supreme Court tells the government it can legalise gay marriage without violating the constitution.
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NEW YORK, Dec. 14 -- With a mandate from New Jersey's highest court to offer gay couples the same rights as heterosexuals, the state legislature voted Thursday to create civil unions but stopped short of using the word "marriage."
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OTTAWA (CP) - The federal Conservatives are girding for a same-sex battle with Paul Martin's Liberals, saying they will move to protect the traditional definition of marriage.
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"Protection of marriage" is now the watchword for many activists fighting to prevent gays and lesbians from marrying. Some conservatives, however, say marriage in America began unraveling long before the latest gay-rights push and are pleading for a fresh, soul-searching look at the institution.
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Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon has asked his party&#39;s Central Committee to approve co-opting the Labor, Torah Judaism and Shas parties into the coalition.
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TORONTO -- The Canadian government introduced its contentious same-sex marriage bill in Parliament yesterday, seeking to legalize gay marriage nationwide over the objections of the Roman Catholic Church and other conservative clergy.
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DRESDEN, Germany  - A trio of students will be   confirmed as rabbis this week, the first such ordination in   Germany since the Nazi regime began the slaughter of six   million European Jews more than 60 years ago.
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The gay bishop at the center of the debate over homosexuality that has riven the global Anglican Communion said Wednesday he was sorry conservatives were upset by his consecration, but said he had no regrets about his groundbreaking elevation to church leadership.