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Marriage' benefits costly for gay couples
Chicago Tribune
1/18/2010
1/18/2010 "If Howard Wax and Robert Pooley Jr. were a heterosexual couple, they could've gone to their nearest Cook County clerk's office, paid $40 for a marriage license and been wed.

Maryland Joins New York in Recognizing Out-of-State Marriages of Same-Sex Couples: Lambda Legal Applauds AG Opinion
2/24/2010
(New York, February 24, 2010) - Today Maryland Attorney General Douglas F. Gansler issued an opinion saying that recognition of out-of-state marriages of same-sex couples is consistent with Maryland law. Lambda Legal applauds the opinion that follows similar analysis in other states like New York.

Menace to Society? Prosecutors Using Harsher Laws in HIV Criminalization
BlackAIDS.org
6/21/2010
6/21/2010

Michigan court recognizes lesbian adoption from Ill.
Associated Press
2/20/2009
2/20/2009 "Courts can oversee a custody dispute between lesbian parents who adopted in Illinois even though Michigan doesn't formally recognize gay relationships, the state Court of Appeals said in a decision released Friday.

Mormon Church Backs Salt Lake City's Gay-Rights Ordinances
The Wall Street Journal
11/12/2009
11/12/2009 "Gay-rights activists in Salt Lake City got the backing of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in a successful push for city nondiscrimination ordinances — a sign of the complex landscape of the gay-rights debate.

Moving Beyond Race on the Gay Rights Debate
The American Prospect
12/10/2009
12/9/2009 "In the aftermath of California's Proposition 8, a flawed CNN poll lead to the widespread conclusion among media elites and activists on both sides of the fight for LGBT rights that the black community is adamantly and uniformly homophobic.

N.J. gay-marriage issue headed for court
The Philadelphia Inquirer
1/9/2010
1/9/2010 "Gay-rights activists intend to take the fight to allow gay couples to marry in New Jersey directly to the state Supreme Court, advocates said yesterday, one day after the state Senate defeated a bill to allow same-sex marriage.

N.J. judge says lawsuit to recognize gay marriage can go on 11/4/2011
"A Superior Court judge let a lawsuit seeking marriage for same-sex couples in New Jersey proceed, but she sharply pared down the number of allegations in the case against the state.

N.Y. Court Expands Rights of Nonbirth Parents in Same-Sex Relationships
The New York Times
5/4/2010
5/4/2010 "New York State’s highest court somewhat expanded the rights of gay and lesbian parents on Tuesday in a narrow ruling that said nonbiological parents in same-sex relationships should be treated the same as biological parents.

Nation watching N.J.'s gay marriage vote
The Bergen Record
12/9/2009
12/9/2009 "Supporters on Tuesday celebrated a committee's approval of a bill legalizing same-sex marriage, but opponents predicted a victory in the full Senate later this week would add momentum to their efforts around the country.

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