Posted in Europe, United States on May 3rd, 2008
France prides itself on its progressive, enlightened politics, but now finds itself a bit behind the curve as several of its European neighbors have legalized gay marriage. Today Time magazine reports on a French man who lost his French citizenship after marrying a man in the Netherlands, where gay marriage is legal. A [...]
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Posted in North America on Apr 21st, 2008
The New York Times Modern Love column prints stories about love and relationships. This week’s column is written by a lesbian who married her partner in San Francisco. She discusses some of the domestic partnership laws in California, how they’ve affected her life, and why she still thinks marriage offers gay couples more. [...]
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Posted in North America on Apr 16th, 2008
Several U.S. states have enacted laws allowing either domestic partnerships or, in the case of Massachusetts, marriage for gay couples. What some states didn’t plan for in their laws is a problem that seems to plague all kinds of unions: divorce.
Now some couples who were married in Massachusetts but live in another state are [...]
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