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Q: What Finger Should We Put Our Wedding Rings On?

Tuesday, January 31st, 2012

Wedding Rings and Gay CouplesIt’s a question we used to hear from our clients frequently: My partner and I are going to get married and we aren’t sure which fingers we should put our rings on. What do you recommend?

Most succinctly put, we recommended then as we do now: do what feels right to you.

In the early aughts and prior to the legalization of same-sex marriage, we saw examples of lesbian and gay couples using a wide variety of options for their engagement and wedding rings. Some chose to use the ring finger (next to the pinky) on the right hand for the engagement and/or wedding ring because of it’s resonance with, but difference from, the traditional heterosexual symbolism. Others, however, embraced the traditional practice of using the ring finger of the left hand. Some preferred to use other fingers or symbols, like the same (non-ring) finger, while others matched rings but selected different fingers altogether.

Full Story from the Huffington Post

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SC: Three Gay Couples to Request Marriage Licenses

Tuesday, January 17th, 2012

South Carolina Marriage LicensesProtest is brewing in South Carolina as three gay couples plan to ask the state for marriage licenses on January 17th and 18th in Greenville:

Alyssa Weaver and Michel McIver, along with the other two couples, know their request will be denied, because in 2006, the state passed a constitutional amendment not just banning gay marriage, but any other type of domestic union.

But Weaver said she wants to call attention to the fundamental unfairness of denying her the ability to marry the woman who in their three years together supported her through breast cancer and has helped her as she goes through nursing school.

Full Story from Towleroad.com

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FL: Gay Couples Ready for Orlando’s New Partner Registry

Monday, December 26th, 2011

Orlando, Florida Domestic Partner RegistryGay advocates expect a rush of same-sex couples at City Hall when the city’s new domestic-partnership registry opens next month. And not all of those couples will be from Orlando, nor will all of them be gay, supporters of the law predict.

The City Clerk’s Office already has begun accepting appointments for couples to sign the registry once it officially opens. All 16 appointments available Jan. 12 — the registry’s first day — were quickly snatched up.

“I think there’s going to be incredible interest. We’re going to see a big surge in the beginning,” said Equality Florida field director Joe Saunders.

Full Story from the Orlando Sentinel

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Romney Plans Third Class Status for Gay and Lesbian Couples

Friday, December 16th, 2011

After suffering national embarrassment at the hands of a gay-married Vietnam veteran, Mitt Romney has issued his new plan for marriage in which gays aren’t just second class, some of us are third. The Boston Herald notes:

[Romney] expressed support for a constitutional amendment that could create a complex three-tier system of marriage — maintaining marriage rights for straight couples, allowing gays who have already married to remain married, but barring future same-sex marriages. “I think it would keep intact those marriages which had occurred under the law but maintain future plans based on marriage being between a man and a woman,” Romney said.

Full Story from Joe.My.God

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Australia: Gillard Finally Sets Dinner Date With Gay Couples

Wednesday, December 14th, 2011

Julia Gillard Gay Couples DinnerSame-sex couples hope dinner party talk will help change Prime Minister Julia Gillard’s mind about gay marriage.

The prime minister has set February 21 as the date she will dine with couples in same-sex relationships at The Lodge in Canberra. The dinner was won by GetUp and Australian Marriage Equality in a charity auction in June.

The February meal, after parliament’s first sitting fortnight of 2012, is likely before a vote is held on any legislation aimed at changing the Marriage Act.

Full Story from Nine MSN

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US: Senator Schumer Fails BiNational Gay Couples

Wednesday, December 14th, 2011

The Irish people are happy with Senator Charles “Chuck” Ellis Schumer (D-NY) – they may be able to emigrate legally to the United States in the coming years; “hope at last” according to the article, referenced below. I got really angry! What about our binational American same-sex couples Senator Schumer?

The defense of Marriage Act, DOMA, precludes same-sex Americans from getting Fiance visas or green cards to bring their partners into the United States, in parity with straight couples.

While 0ur binational American residents and citizens are begging and pleading to come home for Xmas or to bring their beloveds into the U.S.A., tomorrow, Senator Charles Schumer of New York will introduce a bill which will allow up to 10,000 Irish a year to come and work legally in the United States, though not receive green cards.

Full Story from O Blog Dee O Blog Da

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FL: Orlando Considering Domestic Partner Registry

Tuesday, December 6th, 2011

Orlando Domestic Partner RegistryThe first domestic partnership registry in Central Florida is one step closer to reality this week.

Orlando City Council members voted unanimously in favor of an official registry. The final vote will be made next Monday.

Nothing in the ordinance would treat domestic partnership as marriage, but registered domestic partners — gay or straight — would get certain rights.

Full Story from News 13

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Mexico: Gay Couples Marry in Quintana Roo

Friday, December 2nd, 2011

Mexico Gay WeddingsTwo gay couples were allowed to legally marry in the Mexican state of Quintana Roo near the tourist destination city of Cancun, the Spanish news agency EFE reported.

On Monday Maria Patricia Novelo Infante and Areli Castro Garcia de Alba; and Sergio Arturo Monje Cruz and Manuel Reyes Chale de la Fuente received their official marriage certificates.

The two couples argued that the Civil Code of Quintana Roo does not specify the gender of applicants.

Full Story from On Top Magazine

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Australian PM Refuses to Have Charity Dinner With Gay Couples

Saturday, November 26th, 2011

Julia Gillard Refuses Dinner With Gay CouplesAustralia’s Prime Minister, Julia Gillard, doesn’t like the idea of gay marriage. Nor is she very fond of awkward dinners.

Too bad for her. In June, the liberal Australian advocacy group GetUp! won an “intimate dinner” with Ms. Gillard at a charity auction. Their bid: $31,000, AUS. Their plan: Send same-sex couples to sup with Ms. Gillard and talk about marriage equality. The result: Ms. Gillard has so far refused to set a date for their meeting.

Full Story from Towleroad.com

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Netherlands: Gay Immigrants Can Get Temporary Residency to Stay With Partner

Friday, November 18th, 2011

Netherlands Gay Couples - Residency permitThe Netherlands is to introduce a temporary residency permit for gay would-be immigrants who want to move to be with a Dutch partner but cannot do so because they are not married.

At the moment, foreign partners can only move to the Netherlands under family reunion rules if they are married or have a legally-binding relationship.

But gay couples cannot either marry or register their relationship in many countries, so the government is introducing the short-term marriage permit to help them get married and live together in the Netherlands. Once the couple has tied the knot, the permit can be swapped for an ordinary residency permit.

Full Story from SDGLN

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