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Gay Marriage Updates By State

Rajoy has now said he will listen to what the constitutional court says and also what the people say regarding gay marriage.
 
Delaware Senate approves civil unions bill

Now the bill goes to the House.
"By a 2-to-1 margin, the Delaware Senate passed the state's first civil unions bill. The bill, sponsored by state Sen. David Sokola, D-Newark, with about two dozen co-sponsors, would grant same-sex couples the same legal protections and responsibilities as married couples. The vote was 13 for, 6 against, 2 absent."


http://www.delawareonline.com/artic...il-unions-bill?odyssey=mod|breaking|text|Home
 
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So the New York State legislature is returing from vacation on May 2. Word is they will vote on marriage equality legislation some point after that. Everyone in New York gear up! I think we have a shot to pass it. 3 of the 4 Senate Democrats who are still in office who voted no are considered moveable (the obvious immovable one being "reverand" Reuben Diaz).

www.nysenate.gov

Be sure to emphasize the surge in support for marriage equality based on recent polls, especially in the Long Island/Lower Hudson Valley areas (i.e., the New York City suburbs), which have shown support at 61%. This can likely help sway some Republicans.

Also be sure to keep pressure on Rhode Island to pass marriage equality. Repordedly the bill is being revised to increased religious protections/exemptions in order to get more votes, and the the budget has taken center stage at this time. However, a vote will likely come by the time the legislature resigns in June.
 
Kulindahr said:
Where's the good news? That someone who opposes it is trying to get it to a vote? Or that its proponents are trying to keep it in committee? :confused:
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That it's not dead, as NOM so errorously reports. They're simply adding greater religious protections to it, which will likely secure sufficient votes to pass it.
 
metta said:
Hawaii now seventh state to legalize civil unions
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metta said:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KUTiOR7z_AM
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(the vid says Delaware might become the eighth state to legalize civil unions)


Question: Which are the other six states that offer civil unions? :confused:

I've been trying to find out, but I can't seem to find a list of them. :help:

And while I'm here, another question:

Say for example that I was an American with a partner and lived in e.g. Iowa or Massachusetts. I wanted to have a civil union, where my joining made me a partner of another man. I DID NOT WANT a marriage, where my joining made me a husband of another man. Would I have any recourse, or would I be forced to accept marriage or nothing? Or are the terms 'marriage' and 'husband' optional in this case, and are at my and my partner's discretion, i.e. that it is just a matter of semantics?
 
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I'm not sure what the 8 are.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Civil_union#United_States

Hawaii (in 2012)
Illinois (2011)
New Hampshire (2008)
New Jersey (2007)
Connecticut (2005)
Vermont (2000) (no longer being offered because they offer full marriage)

I look at civil unions as the next step to working towards marriage rights.

In regards to your second question, I think that some states call that Domestic partnership. California has that.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Domestic_partnership

http://www.buddybuddy.com/d-p-reg.html

You can have a union ceremony any place but it will probably not have any legal recognition.

Marriage is a legal term recognized by the government.
 
^ Oh OK, I didn't realise the number included states that have since 'progressed' to marriage. The number isn't really seven then, is it? Or do states offering marriage also still offer civil unions? I thought that marriage always supplanted civil unions.

P.S. I can't help but notice the description in the Wikipedia article. :rolleyes:

Many people are critical of civil unions because they say they represent separate status unequal to marriage ("marriage apartheid"). Civil Unions are often viewed by same-sex marriage supporters as "separate but equal."
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Is it the concensus then amongst the gay movement in the U.S. to slam civil unions as worthless and pointless and to frame it as 'apartheid'?

This is an example of the polarisation that has occured in the U.S., where gay men who want civil unions are probably called 'appeasers' and 'betrayers to the cause'.

Not every gay man in the U.S. will want to get married. Not every gay man in the U.S. will want a husband.

I don't think this attitiude does them or the cause any good by constantly alienating them.
 
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