Familienpolitik

New York Governor David Paterson’s spokeswoman Erin Duggan said today that same-sex marriages performed in other states and countries legally must be recognized in New York.
State agencies, including those governing insurance and health care, must immediately change policies and regulations to make sure “spouse,” “husband” and “wife” are clearly understood to include gay couples, according [...]

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In case my baby bottle video didn’t convince you that what we feed our infants has a lot to do with bigger events in our society, read this excellent Modern Love column about a woman trying to get her chilled breast milk through airport security while on a business trip.

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Today a Texas appeals court ruled that the state had not proven that the children on the Yearning for Zion Ranch outside of Eldorado were in “imminent danger” before they were removed.  This CNN.com article has the story.  Curiously, the ruling did not mean that the children would be returned to their parents.
Instead, the judges [...]

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Slate.com analyzes yesterday’s California Supreme Court ruling overturning laws making same-sex marriage illegal here. Author Kenji Yoshino argues that while Massachusetts will always have the honor of being the first state to legalize same-sex marriage, the California ruling is legally more significant.
The California Supreme Court came to the same conclusion [as the Massachusetts Supreme [...]

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Proposition 22, a law defining marriage as a union between a man and a woman and passed by California voters in 2000, was overturned today by the California Supreme Court. You can read the details from CNN here or from the New York Times here.
Several same-sex couples, gay rights groups and the city of [...]

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