Equal benefits draft ordered

Equal benefits draft orderedLong Beach Press-TelegramCOUNCIL: Measure would require city contractors to offer gay, lesbian partners same as married couples.
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Colbert's The WORD Mocks Rhode Island Governora s Veto, Catholic Church in DC (video)

Stephen Colbert had done it again. In his regular segment called The WORD, he has yet again gone after opponents to LGBT-Rights mocking them in yet another hilarious spoof "applauding" them for what they are doing, but often taking their logic into the absurd.
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US immigration laws split up another LGBT family

Source: Associated Press, Advocate, Associated Press, Huffington Post The US Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS/formerly INS) is an agency in the Department of Homeland Security.
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WaPo: Obama's HRC speech will focus on 'incremental advancements as evidence of progress'

Oh man, if this is the stale message that the President is going to serve up to the dressed-to-the-nines crowd at the HRC annual dinner, how will they react? And how will that reaction compare to that of the marchers on Sunday? Via the WaPo:

[W]ithin the gay leadership in Washington, established politicians and a freshman class of bolder legislators disagree as to whether the Maine campaign should be central to a larger federal push for equality.
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Lesbians Given Equal Rights As Parent...

TeleText Lesbians Given Equal Rights As Parents in UKEDGE BostonLesbian families in the UK who conceive via fertility treatments may now see both mothers' names on their child's birth certificate.
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Lesbian Couples To Be Allowed To Put ...

AFP Lesbian Couples To Be Allowed To Put Both Names On Birth CertificateChattahBoxUK (ChattahBox) - The British government has announced that lesbian couples that have a child through IVF will both be allowed to put their names on the .
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Lesbian partners to be named on birth...

TeleText Lesbian partners to be named on birth certificatesguardian.co.ukLesbian couples who have children through fertility treatment can now register both their names on the birth certificate, following a change in the law.
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Nevada Begins Registering Gay and Lesbian Partners

What happens in Vegas no longer has to stay in Vegas. Well, almost anything. Starting today, same-sex couples can pre-register for domestic partnerships in Nevada for a period of one month, announced Secretary of State Ross Miller.
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Wisconsin AG Refuses To Defend State's New Domestic Partners Law

Saying that legislators violated the will of the voters, Wisconsin Attorney General J.B. Van Hollen is refusing to defend his state's new domestic partner's law against a lawsuit brought by the Wisconsin Family Council.
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Wisconsin AG refuses to defend new DP law against Christian group's lawsuit

I wish I could say I'm surprised, but I'm really not. In a country where 42 states have anti-gay amendments voted into their Constitutions and President Obama's own Justice Department is under instruction to defend discriminatory, unconstitutional laws stripping us of our rights to due process and equal protection, we've become accustomed to this kind of hateful crap.
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Foes of gay partnerships: Sometimes you lose by winning

Advocate.com Foes of gay partnerships: Sometimes you lose by winningSeattle TimesI was sorry to see opponents of sensible legislation giving gay and lesbian partners most of the rights of married couples turning in what might be a .
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DC Law Gives Lesbian Partners Same Rights as Birth Mothers of ...

DC Law Gives Lesbian Partners Same Rights as Birth Mothers of ...Tips-Q GLBT NewsBy Peter J. SmithWASHINGTON, DC, July 24, 2009 (LifeSiteNews.
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DC Law Gives Lesbian Partners Same Rights as Birth Mothers of ...

Advocate.com DC Law Gives Lesbian Partners Same Rights as Birth Mothers of ...LifesiteThe law recognizes both the lesbian partner and the birth mother of children conceived through artificial insemination as the legal parents, .
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Documentary addresses the "Silent Partners"of Don't Ask Don' t Tell (Video)

One of the rarely talked about concerns of the military's "Don't Ask, Don't Tell" Policy is the weight it places on the ones left at home.
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Double Pregnancy, Double the Fun?

Having one partner who is pregnant can be tough. Two partners who are pregnant at the same time could be even more daunting (though there is always the possibility of sharing maternity wear).
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Increased rights for lesbian parents

Increased rights for lesbian parentsThe Copenhagen PostLesbians will gain more parental rights under a legislation change that came into effect this week.
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Gay and lesbian partners of federal employees to get more benefits (NBC 26 Augusta)

Gay and lesbian partners of federal employees are about to get access to some traditional benefits.
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AP Reports Obama To Grant Domestic Partners Benefits To All Federal Employees

This just in from the AP, surely driven by the DOJ-DOMA debacle. President Barack Obama plans to extend health care and other benefits to the gay and lesbian partners of federal employees.
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Obama to extend benefits to gay federal workers

President Barack Obama plans to extend health care and other benefits to the gay and lesbian partners of federal employees.
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AP - Obama to extend benefits to gay workers

(NOTE FROM PAM: Atdnext also has a diary up on this topic. I call this a FAIL, albeit a nicely timed and planned one.
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