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New York Allows Same-Sex Conjugal Visits in State Prisons

New York inmates who are in same-sex marriages or civil unions are being allowed conjugal visits with their spouses or partners. The state officially announced the change in policy last week, making New York one of the few states to grant the private visits for gay and lesbian inmates in legally recognized same-sex...

Texas May Strip Away Transgender Marriage Rights

AUSTIN, Texas -- Two years after Texas become one of the last states to allow transgendered people to use proof of their sex change to get a marriage license, Republican lawmakers are trying to roll back the clock. Advocates for the transgendered say a proposal to bar transgendered people from getting married smacks of...

Montana Judge Rejects Gay Couple Rights Suit

HELENA, Mont. -- A Montana judge on Thursday rejected a lawsuit that sought to extend to gay couples the same legal protections as married couples, saying in his decision that he can't grant the benefits partly because of the state's voter-approved constitutional definition of marriage as between a man and a woman. Last...

Speaker Launches Effort to Defend Gay Marriage Ban

WASHINGTON -- House Speaker John Boehner said Friday the House may go to court to defend the federal law against gay marriage, which President Barack Obama's administration has concluded is unconstitutional. Boehner said he would convene a group of bipartisan congressional leaders that has the authority to instruct the...

Hawaii's Governor Signs Civil Unions Into Law

HONOLULU -- Hawaii Gov. Neil Abercrombie signed same-sex civil unions into law Wednesday, calling it "a triumph for everyone" that gay and lesbian couples will have the same state rights as married partners. Civil unions in the Rainbow State would start Jan. 1, 2012, making Hawaii the seventh state to permit civil unions...

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05/29/12 Too much computer grounds for divorce: Japanese women Source: Edmonton Sun - Edmonton - AB - Canada Japanese women are more likely to divorce their husbands for spending too much time playing video games than for losing their looks, not making enough money or being an absent father, according to a recent survey.
05/29/12 WORLD'S APART: Court splits boys up as parents refuse... Source: The Courier-Mail A six-year-old boy will live with his father in Australia while his brother, two, will live in Canada with their mother.
05/29/12 Sex and the City's Cynthia Nixon marries partner... Source: ABC - WKOW 27 - Madison WI Almost one year after same-sex marriage was legalized in New York, Sex and the City 's Cynthia Nixon finally walked down the aisle with her longtime partner Christine Marinoni, People reports.
05/29/12 Domestic violence awareness Source: Gainesville Daily Register - Gainesville TX The color purple drives this week's outreach mission among members of the Abigail's Arms women's treatment center in Gainesville.
05/29/12 Court to rule on Islamic couple's $50,000 'deferred... Source: f2 Network A SYDNEY man whose Islamic marriage included a contract that he pay his wife a $50,000 "deferred dowry" if he left her is arguing the contract is unenforceable under Australian law.