LETTERS: NCT, August 16, 2008 Aug 17, 2008
HotJobs Local Search. She's appalled at Tri-City bond issue. (North County Times)
Judge puts off ruling on marriage measure Aug 9, 2008
But Frawley suggested that the attorney general was entitled to focus on the effects of a ballot measure - in this case, overturning a court ruling that granted marital rights to same-sex couples - rather than its stated purpose. The case also involves challenges by both sides to the arguments in the ballot pamphlets to be mailed to California's 16 million registered voters. (San Francisco Chronicle -- Politics)
LETTERS: NCT, June 26, 2008 Jun 27, 2008
Support equal marital rights for all people. California has taken a great step forward. (North County Times)
States at odds Jun 17, 2008
Similarly, California and Oregon residents can register as domestic partners and receive all state marital rights. Couples in Hawaii, Maine and Washington state can register as domestic partners and receive many of the most important marital rights ... In states with marriage alternatives, legal recognition of marital rights should present few problems, because most or all of the same rights already are afforded same-sex couples, legal experts say. (AZCentral -- News)
New York Governor Faces Gay Marriage Fight May 30, 2008
"We have a time-held and time-tested tradition honoring those marital rights," Paterson said. "I am taking the same approach that this state always has with respect to out-of-state or marriages conducted in foreign governments being recognized here in the state of New York. I am following the law as it has always existed.". (CBS News)
N.Y. Governor Defends Recognition of Other Jurisdictions' Gay Marriages May 30, 2008
"We have a time-held and time-tested tradition of honoring those [common-law] marital rights," Paterson said. "Same-sex marriages, marriage equality now in two other states, would come under the ambit of that interpretation of the law.". (Law.com)
Earlier: Same-sex marriage upheld by state court May 17, 2008
Noting the recent success of gay-rights groups in passing laws and winning public support, Baxter said they might soon have won marital rights through "the ordinary democratic process.". Those same developments, Baxter said, contradict the majority's unprecedented conclusion that gays and lesbians need the same constitutional protection from discrimination as racial and religious minorities. (San Francisco Chronicle -- Politics)
Gay couples 'ecstatic' over ruling May 16, 2008
Hawaii's Supreme Court rules the state constitution could give gay couples the same marital rights as heterosexual couples. 1996. (USA Today)
Supreme Court ruling on same-sex marriage due May 15, 2008
In a 2-1 ruling, the court said California is entitled to preserve the historic definition of marriage while protecting gays and lesbians from discrimination by granting marital rights to domestic partners, most of whom are same-sex couples. That is the argument advanced by state Attorney General Jerry Brown's office, which is defending the marriage law in court. (San Francisco Chronicle -- Weird News)
Gay Divorce in the United States Apr 23, 2008
" A Fraught Matter The gay community is in a continuous struggle to cement marital rights for themselves. Now the potential to get out of such legal partnerships is being argued, putting a wedge in the original fight. Since 2004, Mass. has been the only state to fully legalize gay marriage, performing ceremonies for over 10,000 couples; nine other states have opened up the option of civil unions and/or domestic partnerships for same-sex couples. As long as the couple who seeks a split is still... (Suite101.com)
Cleric: Lebanese Wives May Fight Back Nov 28, 2007
He also said that if a man used violence to suppress a woman's legal and marital rights, for example by withholding money for household expenses or refraining from having sexual relations with her, "she can respond by depriving him of the rights to which she had committed herself in the marriage contract.". Fadlallah said women were still victims of violence the world over, despite their "rise to the social and political levels and attaining highest government and nongovernment posts.". (Atlanta Journal-Constitution -- World)
Mandatory program 'treats'politically incorrect attitudes Oct 31, 2007
"Take the issue of homosexuality, and the rights that should or should not be associated with it. As a Christian, I believe that the Bible says homosexuality is wrong, and is a sin against God. As such, I cannot accept it as a legitimate lifestyle. While I accept homosexuals as people, I do not accept their choice as right, and subsequently I do not think that homosexual couples should be given marital rights. I accept that others do not hold the same views as me. But it is wrong that under the... (WorldNetDaily)
Four weeks, a flood of bills Aug 20, 2007
Carole Migden, D-San Francisco, is pushing a new twist on marital rights, Senate Bill 11, which would grant many of the same legal privileges and responsibilities to opposite-sex couples who live together and register with the state as domestic partners. Senate President Pro Tem Don Perata, D-Oakland, is taking aim at the Iraq war, seeking to place an advisory measure on California's Feb. 5 ballot to ask whether President Bush should end the war immediately and begin withdrawing U.S. troops. (Sacramento Bee)
Beauty in the beast Jul 14, 2007
Admiration for Bengt Ohlsson's prizewinning novel, Gregorius, sent Margaret Atwood back to the 1905 masterpiece Dr Glas and its repulsive, sexually energetic protagonist. Saturday July 14, 2007. (Guardian Unlimited -- Books)
Mexico City embraces gay unions Mar 17, 2007
The new laws do not afford same-sex couples all legal marital rights, particularly on adoption. In 2003, Argentina became the first Latin American country to allow same-sex unions. (BBC News)
Could Marriage Issue Hurt GOP in '08? Jan 22, 2007
Under no circumstances could same-sex couples be denied the rights of marriage; the court decreed that any denial of marital rights to same-sex couples constituted a violation of the Massachusetts Constitution. Thus, Romney was forced to order the issuance of marriage licenses to same-sex couples by virtue of the Goodridge ruling. (Human Events Online)
