Sentences with phrase «joining in a civil union»

have you ever wonder why the Gov. / when Dems had full control, did not change the law by dropping the word marriage?Just say if any two people joining in a civil union can have all the rights the Gov allow.

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.

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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.

Join First Things editor R. R. Reno, veteran civil rights activist John M. Perkins, Professor Robert P. George of Princeton University, and others at the Union League Club in New York City to honor the life of Plough author Johann Christoph Arnold, who died earlier this year.

The string of discordant communities along the Atlantic coast has grown into a mighty people, joined in a union which the earthquake of civil war only served to compact and consolidate.

The phrase has its origins in the American Civil War, originally used to describe US Army officers who abandoned the Union to join the Confederate Army.

She joined Dr. Allen in hosting fund - raisers for liberal groups like the American Civil Liberties Union and for his clinic and expressed strong support for abortion rights, said Herbert Greenberg, a concert violinist and friend of Dr. Allen.

He spoke out as sources at the civil service PCS union, which joined teachers on strike in June in a row over the Government's pension reforms, said its national executive had agreed to hold another one - day walkout in the autumn.

During a press conference in Buffalo, Attorney General Eric Schneiderman discussed his office's decision to join the America Civil Liberties Union in suing the Trump administration.

Before joining the Washington - based national office in 1995, he was executive director of the union's biggest affiliate, the Civil Service Employees Association in New York.

Members of the union will join firefighters, civil servants and local government staff in the protest on Thursday, part of a dispute over pay and other issues.

Norman Siegel, former director of the New York Civil Liberties Union, joins in calling for an independent commission to investigate wrongful convictions in Brooklyn.

Growing up on a farm in Iowa, Earp tries to run away to join the Union Army in the Civil War, but he is turned away because of his youth.

Public Advocates joined the American Civil Liberties Union in filing a complaint last year against the Los Angeles Unified School District, accusing the giant district of «undermining» the LCFF by diverting $ 450 million in money for disadvantaged students in 2014 to cover special - education costs for students with disabilities.

Last year's equity DCL was signed by the assistant secretary for civil rights, Catherine E. Lhamon, who prior to joining OCR had served as lead attorney for the American Civil Liberties Union in a major California school - finance civil rights, Catherine E. Lhamon, who prior to joining OCR had served as lead attorney for the American Civil Liberties Union in a major California school - finance Civil Liberties Union in a major California school - finance case.

Ed Trust — West has joined a diverse coalition of organizations including the American Civil Liberties Union, Californians Together, the California Association of Bilingual Educators and the California Latino School Boards Association in asking Gov. Jerry Brown to appoint an English learners advocate to the State Board of Education.

In late fall 2013, CCLA joined the American Civil Liberties Unions, the Irish Council for Civil Liberties, the Egyptian Initiative for Personal Rights, the Hungarian Civil Liberties Union, in making an application to the Investigatory Powers Tribunal UK, under Section 7 of the Human Rights Act 1998, with respect to Tempora (the United Kingdom's -LSB-..In late fall 2013, CCLA joined the American Civil Liberties Unions, the Irish Council for Civil Liberties, the Egyptian Initiative for Personal Rights, the Hungarian Civil Liberties Union, in making an application to the Investigatory Powers Tribunal UK, under Section 7 of the Human Rights Act 1998, with respect to Tempora (the United Kingdom's -LSB-..in making an application to the Investigatory Powers Tribunal UK, under Section 7 of the Human Rights Act 1998, with respect to Tempora (the United Kingdom's -LSB-...]

Before joining EFF, he litigated Internet - related free speech cases at the national office of the American Civil Liberties Union in New York City as a Justice William Brennan First Amendment Fellow.

Today, Planned Parenthood Minnesota, North Dakota, South Dakota (PPMNS), represented by attorneys from Planned Parenthood Federation of America (PPFA) and joined by attorneys from the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) filed a lawsuit in Federal District Court in Sioux Falls, South Dakota, challenging the constitutionality of HB 1217.

Planned Parenthood Minnesota, North Dakota, South Dakota (PPMNS), represented by attorneys from Planned Parenthood Federation of America (PPFA) and joined by attorneys from the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU), filed suit today in Federal District Court in Sioux Falls, SD, against a new law that severely restricts abortion access.