Conservative Austria Legalizes Civil Unions

Beginning in 2010, gay and lesbian families in the conservative country Austria will be able to enter into civil unions--although the new status they will enjoy falls short: there are 37 specific rights and protections that heterosexual married couples will enjoy that will be denied to same-sex couples, including artificial insemination services and adoption rights.
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Austria's Gays Get Civil Unions! (With 37 Fewer Rights That Married Heteros!)

So Austria's gays were just granted civil union rights! This means they can get a pretty piece of paper, just like heterosexual couples, and involve themselves in their partners' social security claims and inheritance rights and tax filings and pensions and stuff.
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Good news or bad ideas? KY, MI, OH, TX re-examine marriage amendments

The marriage equality drumbeat has rumbled on with news that several states will be attempting to re-examine their state constitutional amendments banning same-sex marriage and/or civil unions.
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Gay marriage in NJ: Which side of history will you be on?

NJ.com Gay marriage in NJ: Which side of history will you be on?NJ.comAt City Hall, Booker raises a pride flag in June and performs civil unions on Valentine's Day.
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Does 'everything's bigger in Texas' rule apply to marriage ban's flaws?

Without even reading it, we know that the constitutional amendment that bans same-sex marriages, civil unions, and domestic partnerships in the state of Texas is a poorly designed piece of caca.
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Did Texas Ban ALL Marriages?

Anti-gay legislators in Texas have an egg on their faces today as others realize that the 2005 ban on same-sex marriages actually bans ALL marriages, depending on who is reading the law's fine print.
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Item: Austria to allow ceremony-less same-sex civil unions

   ::: Austria's government agreed Tuesday to a new law that allows civil partnerships for gay and lesbian couples, but bars them from holding ceremonies to celebrate their unions at a registry office.
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Is civil marriage in Texas unconstitutional? Maybe, says AG hopeful

Barbara Ann Radnofsky, Democratic candidate for Texas attorney general

Are all civil marriages in Texas invalid? A candidate for state attorney general thinks they could be judged to be unconstitutional as an (apparently) unintended consequence of an anti-gay amendment to the constitution approved by Texas voters in 2005, Dallas Voice reports.
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PRESS RELEASE: The Repeal of Kentucky's Same-Sex Marriage Ban

From Kentucky Equality Federation, Marriage Equality Kentucky, and Kentucky Equality PAC.

Kentucky Equality Federation applauds legislation pre-filed by Representative Mary Lou Marzian (BR 93) to place the issue of same-sex marriage or civil unions back in the hands of Kentucky citizens.
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Gay couple win right to wed in Argentina

CBC.ca Gay couple win right to wed in ArgentinaABC OnlineNo other country in Latin America, which is predominantly Catholic, has allowed a same-sex marriage, though Uruguay recognised civil unions in 2007.
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Mr. And Mr. Name Hyphen Name

We've discussed this here a couple of times, but today the New York Times tackles the issue of the difficulties and expense in trying to change your name after a same-sex marriage.
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Will Democrats embrace gay marriage?

The Star-Ledger - NJ.com Will Democrats embrace gay marriage?Dailyrecord.comHow about gay marriage? Democrats who supported and pushed through civil unions have been reluctant to take the next step and legislate gay marriage.
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“Gay people need to believe in change”

“Gay people are expecting to be protected in case of discrimination, they want to have something to look forward to in the form of civil unions … they want to lead a quiet life free of bullying and homophobia.
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The 2009 Equality NC Conference is jumping

Despite waking up late (the dogs didn't wake us up!), Kate and I are here at the Equality NC Conference, held at the University of North Carolina - Greensboro.
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Rhode Island Gov. Flip Flops on Gay Rights

Don Carcieri, the Republican governor of Rhode Island says he still opposes gay marriage, but has seemed to back track a bit from his stance during his campaign for governor in 2006 when he said he opposed civil unions for same-sex couples.
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Item: Argentine judge says gay couple can get married

    ::: A Buenos Aires gay couple, Alex Freyre and Jose Maria Di Bello, were granted the right this week to get married by an Argentine judge who ruled, “The law should treat everyone with the same respect according to their singularities, without the need to understand or regulate them.
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CT Gay couples celebrating 1-year anniversary of same-sex marriage ruling

Gay couples across the state of Connecticut are celebrating the one-year anniversary of the legalization of same-sex marriage today.
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JEFF EDELSTEIN: Gay marriage debate is (yawn) so over

JEFF EDELSTEIN: Gay marriage debate is (yawn) so overThe TrentonianAll of a sudden, New Jersey has become ground zero in the gay marriage debate.
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Gay Marriage from an Australian Point of View

Gay marriage is a topic in the United States that will split many reasonable people. Being Australian, in a country that doesn’t even accept civil unions, maybe I’m not the best person to talk on the matter.
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Item: NJ legislators urged to act quickly on marriage equality

   ::: Marriage equality advocates in New Jersey are pressing legislators there to quickly pass a bill allowing gay and lesbian couples to get marriage licenses.
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