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Age discrimination legislation proposed by UK government
Officials from the UK Government Equalities Office (GEO) introduced a new equality bill [bill framework, PDF; BBC Q/A] Thursday designed to combat discrimination based on age or gender. Equalities Minister Harriet Harman told the House of Commons (More) |
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Colombia senate blocks gay rights bill
The Colombian Senate voted 34-29 against landmark gay rights legislation Tuesday. The bill, endorsed by President Alvaro Uribe [official website in Spanish; BBC profile], was approved by the lower house 62-43 last week. Many of the 102 Senators we (More) |
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France appeals court prohibits lesbian from adopting child of partner
The French Cour de Cassation appeals court ruled Tuesday that French law precluded a woman from legally adopting her lesbian partner's biological child, who was conceived through artificial insemination. The court held that such adoption was im (More) |
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UK PM says bar to discrimination against gay adoptions will apply without exemption
UK Prime Minister Tony Blair announced Monday that rules under the Equality Act protecting same-sex couples' rights to adopt children without discrimination will apply without exception, denying special exemptions for faith-based adoption age (More) |
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UK PM Blair says decision on application of gay adoption rules pending
UK Prime Minister Tony Blair said Thursday that the increasingly-controversial issue of whether Catholic adoption agencies would have to permit adoptions by same-sex couples under new equality regulations will be decided in cabinet next week. The ru (More) |
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The Federal Marriage Protection Amendment: Voting for Human Rights
JURIST Guest Columnist Lynn Wardle of J. Reuben Clark School of Law at Brigham Young University says that the 2006 House and Senate votes on the Federal Marriage Protection Amendment may not have been sufficient to send the amendment to the states fo (More) |
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Arkansas Supreme Court strikes down regulation against same-sex foster parents
The Arkansas Supreme Court Thursday struck down a regulatory provision barring same-sex couples from raising foster children, saying that it found no connection between homosexuality and child-rearing ability. The state child welfare agency had app (More) |
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Federal judge rules Oklahoma gay adoption ban unconstitutional
US District Court Judge Robin Cauthron Friday struck down a two year-old amendment to the Oklahoma Constitution that prevented Oklahoma from recognizing adoptions by gay parents that were finalized in other US or foreign jurisdictions. Cauthron (More) |
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Rights group sues to prevent Massachusetts marriage ballot initiative
Gay and Lesbian Advocates and Defenders (GLAD) filed a complaint [PDF text; GLAD press release] Tuesday against Massachusetts Attorney General Tom Reilly , seeking to overturn Reilly's September decision to allow a ballot initiative banning sa (More) |
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UK law grants adoption rights to unmarried, gay couples
The Adoption and Children Act , a new UK law effective Friday, has for the first time granted unmarried and same-sex couples in England and Wales the right to adopt children. The new legislation is designed to encourage adoption and find homes for t (More) |
UN deadline for Iraq withdrawal from Kuwait expires
On January 15, 1991, the deadline issued by United Nations for Iraq to withdraw its troops from of Kuwait expired. After Iraq invaded Kuwait in 1990, the United Nations Security Council passed Resolution 678, giving Iraq until January 15, 1991 to leave.
