Sentences with phrase «couples in a civil union»

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)?

Not exact matches

The companies join gay - rights and human rights groups as well as the American Civil Liberties Union in attacking the law over its broad language, which could be used by business owners to use religious objections to deny same - sex couples wedding.

He has stated that the government (as in some European nations) should only grant civil unions (to gay * and * straight couples) and that marriage should be left up to the churches.

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.»

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).

The sticker is a bit tattered, since it goes back to the controversy about «civil unions» — the Vermont law passed in 2000 establishing various legal equivalencies to marital rights for gay and lesbian couples.

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

civil unions and Federal rights for LGBT couples, outlawing discrimination in the workplace, ensuring adoption rights, and ending the existing «Don't Ask, Don't Tell» policy in a way that strengthens our Armed Forces and our national security.

I do not hold an opinion on this issue but to ask from the sidelines if what you declare that Gays and Lesbians want are the rights then if Civil Unions which would give all of the rights and benefits to Gay and Lesbian couples in all matters, would you accept this and drop the desire for the term «marriage» to be used.

If there is an inherent «right to marriage» for same - sex couples, religious groups that refuse to marry gay couples are violating their civil rights, which in turn could lead to a repeal of the churches» tax exempt status» or a complete overturn in our law and culture of the religious understanding of marriage as a union between a man and a woman.

A Chilean senator said in June he will introduce a bill that would recognize civil unions among gay couples.

If many heterosexual couples are choosing civil unions (the French PACS — see the below chart), this must be because they find this form of union in their interest, in particular the economic and legal parameters that define the material interests of the parties (housing, finances, social insurance, etc.).

A partner in a civil union can inherit under the same conditions as a spouse in a married couple, but his partner must have drawn up a will and designated him as the heir.

4) Facilitation / Divorce Co-ordinator (Couples / Family): Facilitation can be used to resolve any type of family dispute — divorce (financial aspects, contact and care, rights and responsibilities in respect of the parents to the children, holiday contact, maintenance issues), post-divorce disputes (ongoing contact, disputes with regard to joint decisions to be made between the parties etc), maintenance, permanent relationship or civil union disputes, relocation matters, testamentary division.

Diversity of intended parents who pursue surrogacy would be protected by law which recognizes surrogacy for married couples and those in civil unions and domestic partnerships.

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

Duprey voted «no» in 2007, but then changed her position when he measure came up again in 2009, explaining she had become convinced that civil unions would not provide gay couples with the same equality as marriage.

Late last month Under Secretary of Defense for Personnel and Readiness Clifford Stanley issued a memo which stated that chaplains may officiate the marriage and civil union ceremonies of gay couples in states where it's legal, including those taking place on military installations.

Polis said lawmakers are pursuing civil unions instead of same - sex marriage legislation because no lawmaker introduced a measure to expand marriage in the state to include gay couples.

«There is clearly a problem in that those individuals who are gay or lesbian who would live in a civil union are still not entitled to somewhere between 1,250 and 1,300 civil protections» available to married couple, Paterson said.»

«At one time I thought civil unions afforded the opportunity to provide the ability for same sex couples to attain the status they wanted,» says Saland, who voted against same - sex marriage when a similar bill was defeated in 2009.

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

Paterson has previously said he's committed to bringing «full marriage equality in New York state,» adding it's a problem that gays and lesbians who live in a civil union aren't entitled to around 1,300 civil protections that are available to married couples.

Research suggests that gay couples who marry or join in civil unions will stay together longer than those who don't, but marriage isn't the only way to create relationship stability and longevity, Garanzini said.

There was a big thing over here in NZ when they finally allowed same sex couples to get married; personally I thought it should have been ok'd back when they brought in the civil unions.

On Monday, the Department finally issued a ruling saying couples in same - sex civil unions can file as married.

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Anyone (hetereosexual or same - sex couples) can engage in a civil union.

In a companion piece, Same - Sex Marriage Foes Say Divorces Prove Their Point, Wyatt reports that two high - profile break - ups — Julie and Hillary Goodridge, the named plaintiffs in the Massachusetts case that legalized same - sex marriage, and Carolyn Conrad and Kathleen Peterson, the couple in the nation's first same - sex civil union — are providing fodder for opponents of gay marriagIn a companion piece, Same - Sex Marriage Foes Say Divorces Prove Their Point, Wyatt reports that two high - profile break - ups — Julie and Hillary Goodridge, the named plaintiffs in the Massachusetts case that legalized same - sex marriage, and Carolyn Conrad and Kathleen Peterson, the couple in the nation's first same - sex civil union — are providing fodder for opponents of gay marriagin the Massachusetts case that legalized same - sex marriage, and Carolyn Conrad and Kathleen Peterson, the couple in the nation's first same - sex civil union — are providing fodder for opponents of gay marriagin the nation's first same - sex civil union — are providing fodder for opponents of gay marriage.

That the legislature, by failing to include common - law spouses, regards them as less worthy of protection offered (by law) as married couples and those in a civil union, even if common - law unions are similar to these two types of unions.

While common - law spouses may end up living in the same situation of dependency or vulnerability as married or civil union couples, the law does not allow them to claim support from their ex-spouse.

The Appeal Court seems to have set out a pretty clear argument that the treatment of common - law partners is discriminatory in comparison to marriages or civil unions, but I wonder if this issue would be better left to couples to decide, as Quebec's legislative assembly originally desired.

In Quebec, couples may enter marriage contracts or civil union contracts.

Married same - sex couples (in states that recognize civil unions and domestic partnerships) also qualify for the benefit, at least from the two biggest U.S. auto insurers, State Farm and Allstate [source: Edgerton].

Civil union partners or same sex marraige couples can sit together in a room privately to work out the details of their separation with an experienced mediator.

The Temporary Decree on Petition for Divorce, Legal Separation or Civil Union Dissolution sets forth a Temporary Order on the terms and condition of the action in standardized language when he divorcing couple need temporary resolution of issues pending a final Decree.

We provide legal services for issues arising in divorce, civil unions, parenting plans for unmarried couples, child support, alimony, and property division, as well as guardianships for adults and minors, adoptions, and basic estate planning.

She is experienced in litigation and is also trained in alternative forms of dispute resolution, which offers families and separating couples different options for resolving issues around divorce, child custody, child support, civil union dissolutions and other issues.

While some of these couples eventually marry, or enter into civil unions in other states, some do not.

President Barack Obama is officially opposed to same - sex marriage, although he supports «full civil unions and federal rights» for homosexual couples and a full repeal of DOMA, and called California's Proposition 8 outlawing same - sex marriage in 2008 «unnecessary.»