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FL: Orange County May Extend Benefits to Partners, Children of Gay Employees
Orange County leaders are poised Tuesday to extend benefits to the domestic partners and children of gay employees, a move that would mark another significant victory for local rights activists. Five...
View ArticleWI: Governor Walker Wants to Stop Defending Domestic Partner Law
Gov. Scott Walker believes a new law that gives gay couples hospital visitation rights violates the state constitution and has asked a judge to allow the state to stop defending it. Democrats who...
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TX: El Paso Ban on Domestic Partner Benefits Upheld By Judge
In November 2010, El Paso’s Pastor Tom Brown organized a ballot referendum banning the city from offering domestic partners benefits. Only after the measure passed did the city realize that it was so...
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US: Bill Reintroduced to Provide Domestic Partner Benefits to Federal Employees
Today, Sens. Joe Lieberman (I-CT) and Susan Collins (R-ME) introduced the Domestic Partnership Benefits and Obligations Act of 2011, a bill that would provide Federal benefits to same sex domestic...
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FL: Palm Beach Schools May Offer Domestic Partner Leave
The Palm Beach County School Board recently voted to implement a policy granting family and medical leave to school district employees who have registered domestic partners. Pending final approval, the...
View ArticleSwitzerland: Domestic Partners Forbidden to Adopt Under Law
More than 10,000 people have tied the partnership knot in Switzerland since a new law made civil partnerships possible for homosexual couples five years ago. The trip to the register office has been a...
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USA: Time Warner to Pay Tax on Benefits for Married Gay/Lesbian Employees
Media giant Time Warner will begin absorbing the extra tax gay workers in domestic partnerships, civil unions or marriages pay for spousal health benefits. Unlike heterosexual employees,...
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Wyoming, USA: After Rejecting Marriage Equality, Legislature Rejects Domestic...
According to Joe.my.God, the Wyoming House has now rejected the proposed domestic ppartners bill: The House voted 35-to-24 against the bill. It marked the first time that pro-gay legislation reached a...
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Florida, USA: Proposed Bill Would Strip LGBT Protections In Cities Across the...
The Florida legislature is mounting a sneak attack against LGBT writes bills all across Florida. Our friend, Melanie Nathan, at Gay USA reports: A dangerous bill racing through the Florida legislature...
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USA: Domestic Partnership Benefits and Obligations Act Introduced
A bill that would provide benefits to partners of gay and lesbian federal employees, regardless of marital status, has been introduced in the US legislature. GayWebSource.com reports: While the Supreme...
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