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• NJ: Dissolving a Civil Union Takes Longer, Costs More Than Divorce

  
  Gay Marriage Watch — Authority: 147
  For same-sex couples unhappy in their civil unions, breaking up is hard to do. For starters, ending a civil union is called "dissolution," not "divorce," and legal experts say the difference between those two words has created confusion over which laws and cases apply to civil unions. "You end up with one ...
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• Vt. judge: Birth mom must transfer custody of 7-year-old daughter to former lesbian partner

  
  Stupidica — Authority: 177
  ...Miller and Jenkins were joined in a Vermont civil union in 2000. Isabella was born to Miller through artificial insemination in 2002. The couple broke up in 2003, and Miller moved to Virginia, renounced homosexuality and became an evangelical Christian. Cohen awarded custody of the girl to Jenkins on Nov. 20 after ...
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• Vote for gay marriage in Mexico City

  
  PRI's The World — Authority: 632
  Download audio file (1222095.mp3) Download MP3 Mexico City lawmakers voted to make their city the first in Latin America to legalize same-sex marriages. But the move has many opponents around Mexico. Anchor Marco Werman speaks with Jose Carreno, a contributor to the Mexican newspaper Excelsior. Related articles ...
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• Venerable John Paul II’s life gives answers to society’s problems, Supreme Knight says

  
  MetroCatholic — Authority: 433
  CNA STAFF, Dec 21, 2009 / 03:21 pm ( CNA ) .- Following the declaration by Pope Benedict XVI that his predecessor John Paul II lived a life of “heroic virtue,” CNA spoke with Carl Anderson, the head of the  Knights of Columbus, who is very familiar with the late Pope. According to Anderson, John Paul II’s ...
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• Sen. Nelson accepts Reid abortion provisions in exchange for medicaid kickbacks

  
  MetroCatholic — Authority: 433
  Washington D.C., Dec 19, 2009 / 04:54 pm ( CNA ) .- This afternoon Senator Ben Nelson (D-Neb.) announced that he will now vote for cloture on the Senate health care bill and for the bill itself. The move is causing the pro-life community to say that he caved in to pressure from within his party. Announcing his ...
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• Abortion clinic escort strikes Planned Parenthood investigator Lila Rose

  
  MetroCatholic — Authority: 433
  San Jose, Calif., Dec 19, 2009 / 03:37 am ( CNA ) .- Legal charges are pending against a male Planned Parenthood escort who struck pro-life activist Lila Rose on the hands on Thursday outside an abortion clinic. She warned that the surprising attack should not help create a “double standard” that hinders clinic ...
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• Judge upholds ruling against photographers who declined work at homosexual ceremony

  
  MetroCatholic — Authority: 433
  Albuquerque, N.M., Dec 18, 2009 / 04:12 am ( CNA ) .- Attorneys for a small photography company charged with violating anti-discrimination laws for declining to photograph a same-sex “commitment ceremony” are planning to appeal a New Mexico judge’s decision to uphold the New Mexico Civil Rights Commission’s ...
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• Pope reflects on importance of religion for peace in the world

  
  MetroCatholic — Authority: 433
  Vatican City, Dec 17, 2009 / 03:37 pm ( CNA ) .- On Thursday in the Vatican, the Holy Father met with and received the Letters of Credence from eight new ambassadors to the Holy See. During his dialogue with the diplomats, the Pope spoke on the importance of religion in culture, stressing that “religions lived ...
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• Organization uses name of Blessed Mother to finance abortions in Mexico city

  
  MetroCatholic — Authority: 433
  Mexico City, Mexico, Dec 18, 2009 / 01:07 am ( CNA ) .- The Abortion Fund for Social Justice, “Women, Abortion, Reproduction and Accompaniment,” announced this week the launching of the “Maria Network,” a program which finances abortions for poor women in Mexico City using U.S. dollars. The network operates ...
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• The Rutherford Institute Defends Second Grader Forced by School Officials to Undergo Psych Evaluation for Drawing Crucified Jesus

  
  MetroCatholic — Authority: 433
  TAUNTON, Mass., Dec. 16 /Christian Newswire/ — The Rutherford Institute has come to the defense of the family of a second grader who was allegedly forced by school officials to undergo psychological evaluations after he drew a picture of a stick figure Jesus on the cross with X’s over his eyes. A copy of ...
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• ‘Congress Just Signed Millions of Death Warrants’ says International Pro-Life Leader

  
  MetroCatholic — Authority: 433
  FRONT ROYAL, VA, Dec. 17 /Christian Newswire/ — Rev. Thomas J. Euteneuer, president of Human Life International, today responded to the U.S. Senate’s passing of a massive $447 billion omnibus spending bill, within which lies almost $700 million for abortion and other population control measures. “The United ...
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• Side-by-side comparison of the language of the Hyde Amendment, the Federal Employees Health Benefits Program (FEHBP) and the proposed Nelson/Hatch/Casey Amendment

  
  MetroCatholic — Authority: 433
  WASHINGTON—The United States Conference of Catholic Bishops has made available a side-by-side comparison of the language of the Hyde Amendment, the Federal Employees Health Benefits Program (FEHBP) and the proposed Nelson/Hatch/Casey Amendment. The resource can be found online at: ...
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• New papal decree clarifies role of deacons and result of defections on marriage

  
  MetroCatholic — Authority: 433
  Denver, Colo., Dec 15, 2009 / 05:16 pm ( CNA ) .- This morning the Vatican published a Motu Proprio from Pope Benedict called “Omnium in Mentem”  and dated October 26. According to J.D. Flynn, a canon lawyer for the Archdiocese of Denver, the new document clarifies the nature of a deacon’s orders and the impact ...
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• D.C. same-sex ‘marriage’ bill fails to protect religious freedom, archdiocese states

  
  MetroCatholic — Authority: 433
  Washington D.C., Dec 15, 2009 / 07:40 pm ( CNA ) .- The City Council of Washington D.C. voted today to legalize same-sex “marriage,” causing the Archdiocese of Washington to state that it failed to “balance the Council’s interest in redefining marriage with the need to protect religious freedom.” The ...
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• Elton John Gives to Child He Can’t Adopt

  
  Forgotten Journal — Authority: 131
  Even though Elton John was denied rights to adopt a 14-month old Ukrainian boy last September due to his age and lack of marital status, the singer has decided not to let that stop him from providing for the little guy that has meant so much to him. The music man’s partner David Furnish said that Elton intends on ...
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• Vanasco: NJ delays gay marriage again

  
  OutGayLife.com — Authority: 147
  I’ve been biting my fingers all week, worried about tomorrow’s vote in the New Jersey state senate for equal marriage. The bill passed the Judiciary Committee Monday and was scheduled for a vote by the full senate Thursday. But now plans have changed. Says the NJ Star-Ledger : Sens. Ray Lesniak (D-Union) and ...
  3 weeks ago

• NJ Gay Marriage Bill To Come Under The Scanner Of Senate

  
  Thaindian News — Authority: 740
  By Ranjan BhaduriDec.08 (THAINDIAN NEWS) There is good news in store for the lesbian and gay population of New Jersey. A bill that legalizes same sex marriage got the approval of the legislative committee recently and it will come under the scanner of Senate shortly. The judiciary committee of the Senate voted in its ...
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• Response to the Draft Report of the "Special Committee to Study Issues of Civil Union and Christian Marriage"

  
  Dr. Jack Rogers — Authority: 99
  As many of you know, the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) General Assembly in 2008 created a "Special Committee to Study Issues of Civil Union and Christian Marriage." This Committee has now issued a preliminary report and requested commentary and feedback from the wider church. The draft report can be downloaded ( here ...
  4 weeks ago

• First gay CU in Canberra

  
  PinkNews.co.uk — Authority: 144
  The first partnership under ACT ’s new civil union law happened yesterday in the country’s capital. Read more….
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• Partial Rights Are Not All Rights

  
  I Should Be Laughing — Authority: 143
  I just finished reading the most asinine article ever! There seems to be a movement gaining ground that would like the LGBT community to stop asking for marriage equality and instead, settle for Civil Unions. Seriously. They say its just a matter of semantics; civil union is just like marriage, but we ...
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