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MD: Republicans Accuse AG of Delay in Gay Marriage Recognition Decision

Friday, January 29th, 2010

Republicans on the House Judiciary Committee took aim at the state’s attorney general Thursday, accusing him at a hearing of playing politics with a highly anticipated opinion on whether Maryland law will honor same-sex marriage certificates issued by other states.

The opinion was requested in May, and Attorney General Douglas F. Gansler has not yet ruled, prompting Del. Don H. Dwyer of Anne Arundel County to say the lengthy deliberation process has “become political in nature.”

Del. Michael D. Smigiel Sr. of Southern Maryland accused Gansler of “bastardizing” the process by “coming in the back door” to settle an issue that the delegate believes the General Assembly ought to debate. Smigiel predicted that Gansler would rule after the session ends in April.

Full Story from the Baltimore Sun
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US: Department of Defense to Recognize Teacher's Same Sex Partners

Friday, January 22nd, 2010

Department of Defense schools will now recognize same-sex relationships when transferring overseas teachers to new assignments, according to an agreement this month between the department’s Education Activity and two teachers’ unions.

The decision means gay teachers in domestic partnerships with other teachers must be given the same consideration when requesting to be transferred to new jobs in the same area that married heterosexual teachers receive, the Federal Education Association union and school officials confirmed Friday.

The change of DODEA rules was approved by the agency’s human resources director, Lenoir Graham, FEA president Michael Priser and Overseas Federation of Teachers president Marie Sainz-Funaro and will affect transfers later this year. It also applies to committed but unmarried heterosexual couples involved in domestic partnerships.

Full Story from Stars & Stripes

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UK: Church of England Considering Recognition for Partners of Gay Priests

Sunday, January 17th, 2010

A proposal to give the partners of gay priests some of the same rights that are awarded to priests’ spouses is likely to spark a new row over homosexuality. Bishops and senior clergy will debate at next month’s General Synod whether the Church should provide same-sex couples with the same financial benefits as are awarded to married couples.

Traditionalists have expressed strong opposition to the move, which they claim would give official recognition to homosexual relationships.

They warn that affording equal treatment to heterosexual and homosexual couples would undermine the Church’s teaching on marriage.

Full Story from The Telegraph

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CA: New Law Recognizes Gay Marriage From Out of State… Sort Of

Friday, January 1st, 2010

SB54 specifies that same sex marriages are recognized in California. The marriages must meet one of two qualifications: a) they must have been entered into legally during the period of time when California offered gay marriage; b) they must have taken place before 11-05-2008 in a state that legally performs same sex marriage.

Additionally, any gay marriage taking place after that date in a state that legally performs it will also be recognized in California – affording the brides or grooms all the rights and responsibilities that come with a marriage — but the union will not legally be designated as “marriage.”

Full Story from KESQ: http://www.kesq.com/Global/story.asp?S=11753324

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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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UK: Prime Minister Pushing for Recognition of British Civil Partnerships Across Europe

Thursday, December 17th, 2009

Gordon Brown is pushing for British civil partnerships to be recognised across the EU – including Eastern Europe, he has told Attitude magazine. The prime minister said Britain was negotiating deals with France and Spain but wanted to “go further than that”.

He told the gay lifestyle magazine it was important to show “respect for gay people was due” in “Eastern Europe as well as Western Europe”. But he predicted it would take “many years” for this to happen.

Campaigners have been pushing for people who have undergone a civil partnership to be granted the same legal status and rights they enjoy in the UK in every other EU country.

Full Story from B92: http://www.b92.net/eng/news/world-article.php?yyyy=2009&mm=12&dd=17&nav_id=63833