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NH: Gay Couples to Marry at Midnight

Thursday, December 31st, 2009

A handful of gay couples plan to celebrate the New Year and New Hampshire’s law legalizing gay marriage by exchanging their vows in front of the Statehouse just after midnight.

Mo Baxley of New Hampshire Freedom to Marry said Wednesday that a few couples plan to get married while others who got married in other states will celebrate with them.

Two years ago, about three dozen gay couples celebrated the state’s new civil union law by entering into unions at the Statehouse. The new marriage law grants no new rights to gays, but eliminates the separate status for civil unions.

Full Story from the Nashua Telegraph: http://www.nashuatelegraph.com/news/statenewengland/508717-227/nh-gay-couples-plan-midnight-statehouse-weddings.html

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Austria: Official Recognition of Gay/Lesbian Unions Begins January 1st

Thursday, December 17th, 2009

Landmark legislation on same-sex registered partnerships in Catholic Austria is an example that politicians in Eastern Europe’s Catholic countries should now follow, gay rights groups in the region say. The legislation, which was passed by lawmakers last week, gives legal recognition to same sex couples’ partnerships as well as many of the rights enjoyed by heterosexual couples such as access to pension on the death of a partner and alimony if a pair separates.

Austrian gay rights groups hailed the legislation as the work of more than two decades of lobbying, while politicians who backed the law, due to come into effect Jan. 1 next year, described it as a “step forward” for the country.

Campaigners in Catholic Eastern European states say the decision shows that politicians’ use of religious arguments against same sex marriages is unfounded.

Full Story from IPS News: http://www.ipsnews.net/news.asp?idnews=49724

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