Sentences with phrase «civil unions for»

On social issues, Paladino opposes gay marriage, though he does support civil unions for same - sex couples.

Next argument: No civil unions for straight people.

However, in 2013 the state legislature approved civil unions for same - sex couples.

«I have said, always, that we should have civil unions for all,» he said at the time.

President Obama is in favor of civil unions for gay couples.

Huntsman is in favor of civil unions for gays.

Let their be special civil unions for gay people and let them enjoy the same LEGAL benefits as Marriage.

Here in Germany we have civil unions for gay couples, which I think is the better way to go.

Governments should recognize civil unions for all and let religious or philosophical beliefs about choosing a mate remain outside of government.

In the States, this would mean not opposing, for even fighting for everything up to and including civil unions for gay couples, analogous to Tony Campolo's approach (and he does think gay sex is sin).

Having uncovered the data of the natural law and the data of Revelation, we come full circle and consider again the question of civil unions for homosexual persons.

It is precisely such a perspective that is needed in current debates on homosexuality and the issue of civil unions for homosexual persons.

May the Lord bless those who stand for morality of God first, family virtues, and keeping our country free and yes, even civil unions for those of the gay world, but not marriage.

One example is Huntsman, who while governor of Utah signed a law introducing civil unions for gay couples.

I am against calling their relationship a marriage, or so I thought because why not call it a civil union for legality purposes, as the argument for it goes?

Not exact matches

Gillian Thomas, senior staff attorney at American Civil Liberties Union Women's Rights Project, says that in order to create safer spaces for women, individuals in leadership positions must do a better job of setting a good example.

The American Civil Liberties Union, along with co-counsel representing the Center for Investigative...

«A ruling by a single judge in one circuit can not and does not undo the years of clear legal precedent nationwide establishing that transgender students have the right to go to school without being singled out for discrimination,» said a statement from five groups, including the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU), that have filed «friend of the court» briefs on behalf of transgender students.

According to Jay Stanley, a senior policy analyst at the American Civil Liberties Union, police in Colorado, Florida, and North Dakota have used drones for various uses, including accident photography.

The American Civil Liberties Union has offered legal counsel for students protesting.

Before reporting an incident of sexual harassment to a higher authority, Gillian Thomas, who is a senior staff attorney for the American Civil Liberties Union Women's Rights Project, says it's always best to speak with the person affected by the incident first.

«Never in the history of this country has a publisher been prosecuted for presenting truthful information to the public,» Ben Wizner of the American Civil Liberties Union said in a statement.

In testifying before Congress, Barry Steinhardt, director of the Technology and Liberty Program for the American Civil Liberties Union, has cited biometrics as yet another example of America's movement toward becoming «a surveillance society.»

The American Civil Liberties Union has been a vocal supporter throughout Manning's trial and sentencing, and eventually helped her sue the military for repeated refusals to give Manning access to drugs for her gender dysphoria.

After the sweeping Republican election victory on Nov. 9, 2016, transgender people «are concerned for their safety, survival and legal rights in the coming years,» said Chase Strangio, an attorney with the American Civil Liberties Union who often works on transgender issues.

Twain and Grant first met shortly after the Civil War, when just about everyone in the North — Twain included — idolized Grant for having led the Union army to victory.

Both were health care giants with proud histories — Squibb had supplied medications to the Union Army during the Civil War and marketed the first electric toothbrush; Bristol - Myers provided penicillin to U.S. forces during World War II and briefly ran Palomar Pictures, the studio responsible for The Stepford Wives.

Blacks in Minneapolis were 8.7 times more likely than whites to be arrested for low - level offenses, such as trespassing and disorderly conduct, according to a study of arrests from 2012 to 2014 that the American Civil Liberties Union of Minnesota published last year.

Senate Democrats tracked down a career Justice Department employee named J. Gerald Hebert, who testified, albeit reluctantly, that in a conversation between the two men Sessions had labelled the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) and the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) «un-American» and «Communist - inspired.»

A board member and spokesman for the Quebec civil lawyers» and notaries» union — Les avocats et notaires de l'État québécois, or LANEQ — he tried in vain in May to find members who were willing to share their first - hand experiences on the picket lines during their historic four - month general strike, the longest in Canadian public service history.

It should not be difficult for companies to extend EU practices and policies elsewhere because they already have systems in place, said Nicole Ozer, director of technology and civil liberties at the American Civil Liberties Union of Califocivil liberties at the American Civil Liberties Union of CalifoCivil Liberties Union of California.

Will the SEC take this opportunity to clarify that same - sex couples in civil unions, domestic partnerships, and similar legal relationships intended to give them at least some of the economic benefits of marriage, are «spouses» to one another, and thus eligible for the alternative accredited investor qualification standard made available to persons who are married (with the Supreme Court's recent decision striking down Section 3 of DOMA, it is already clear that persons in same - sex marriages are «spouses» to one another)?

Individuals in other arrangements, such as civil unions, registered domestic partnerships, or other similar arrangements, that aren't recognized as a valid marriage under relevant state law won't be treated as married or as spouses as defined in this policy for federal tax purposes.

Individuals in other arrangements, such as civil unions, registered domestic partnerships, or other similar arrangements, that are treated as spouses under the applicable state law, will each be treated as a spouse as defined in this policy for state law purposes.

However, individuals in other arrangements, such as civil unions, registered domestic partnerships, or other similar arrangements, that are not recognized as marriage under the relevant state law, will not be treated as married or as spouses as defined in this policy for federal tax purposes.

The ruling is a win for the American Civil Liberties Union in its ongoing legal battle with the Office of Refugee Resettlement.

Editor's note: Robert Knight is a senior writer for the evangelical Coral Ridge Ministries and a senior fellow for the conservative American Civil Rights Union.

I do have compassion for the glbt community, however, but don't support gay marriage; I think civil unions should have been just fine.

The Catholic Church has called Italy's decision to approve civil unions a «loss for everyone».

Failing that, he should simply refuse the government's delegation of legal power, referring the couple to the courthouse after the wedding for the state to confect in its bureaucratic way the amorphous and ill - defined civil union that our regime continues to call «marriage.»

Why do we have a ceremony even for a civil union?

Then, last year we had a congressional meeting about the possibility of using our church for civil unions.

Considering the fact that a majority of Americans support change in law to allow for gay marriages, civil unions, etc., I would say that Driscoll's supporters are «small but loud».

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This is important for churches to consider, for parallel to the movement for homosexual civil unions is the movement to give blessings of churches to those unions.

Benham also discusses the fight for North Carolina's Amendment One, which involved a ban on same - sex marriage and civil unions in the state constitution.

One of the hot - button issues for the foreseeable future will be the question of homosexuality in general, and civil unions and gay marriage in particular.

... Anyone who thinks marriage is something sacred needs to recognize that from the church's perspective all marriages granted by the state for tax and inheritance purposes are just civil unions by another name.

If the union meets the requirements under the law, they can be eligible for recognition as a civil marriage.

That should be the only way these unions are eligible for the rights and protections provided to civil marriages.