Sentences with phrase «sex civil unions»

• Same - sex civil unions recognized (Connecticut, Delaware, Hawaii, Illinois, New Hampshire, New Jersey, Rhode Island, Vermont)

Recognized by SJ Magazine as a «Top Attorney» for many years, as one of the «Super Lawyers» by Thomson Reuters, and as an Awesome Attorney by South Jersey Magazine, Bruce has over 26 years of experience handling all types of family law matters including but not limited to divorce (including complex divorce litigation), custody and parenting time (visitation), child support, alimony / spousal support, adoption, domestic violence, equitable distribution of marital property, equitable allocation of marital debt, child abuse and neglect (formerly DYFS) matters, and same sex Civil Unions and Domestic Partnerships.

He also has substantial experience in matters involving custody and parenting time (visitation), child support, alimony / spousal support, adoption, domestic violence, equitable distribution of marital property, equitable allocation of marital debt, DYFS matters, same sex Civil Unions and Domestic Partnerships.

Bruce has over 24 years of experience handling all types of family law matters including but not limited to divorce (including complex divorce litigation), custody and parenting time (visitation), child support, alimony / spousal support, adoption, domestic violence, equitable distribution of marital property, equitable allocation of marital debt, child abuse and neglect (formerly DYFS) matters, same sex Civil Unions and Domestic Partnerships.

Bruce P. Matez has over 20 years of experience handling all types of family law matters including but not limited to divorce (including complex divorce litigation), custody and parenting time (visitation), child support, alimony / spousal support, adoption, domestic violence, equitable distribution of marital property, equitable allocation of marital debt, DYFS matters, same sex Civil Unions and Domestic Partnerships.

Recognized by SJ Magazine as a «Top Attorney» for many years, one of SJ Magazine's 2015 Men of Distinction, and as an Awesome Attorney by South Jersey Magazine, Bruce has over 25 years of experience handling all types of family law matters including but not limited to divorce (including complex divorce litigation), custody and parenting time (visitation), child support, alimony / spousal support, adoption, domestic violence, equitable distribution of marital property, equitable allocation of marital debt, child abuse and neglect (formerly DYFS) matters, same sex Civil Unions and Domestic Partnerships.

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

World Italy has passed legislation legalizing same - sex civil unions — it's the last country in Western Europe to do so.

On 7 October 2015, Renzi introduced a bill to Parliament that would establish same - sex civil unions and gender - neutral cohabitation agreements.

Throw into the mix all sorts of new ways of partnering — from cohabitation to same - sex civil unions — and already convoluted and outdated family laws are being stretched in ways they can no longer handle, he says.

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 marriage.

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.

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)?

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.

In European Union law, civil law of most member states and judge - made law in the United States, the right to marry has been «modernized» so as to include partnerships and same - sex unions.

Here is another thing, the Colorado constitution bans same sex marriage, though not civil unions since March of this year.

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).

(CNN)- Men in a civil union will now be allowed to become bishops in the Church of England, but they are not allowed to have sex.

While New England, the Pacific Coast and northern Middle Atlantic states may support full - fledged marriage, comparisons of polling from a decade past to today reveals significant growth in support for same sex marriages and civil unions in those regions.

Meanwhile polling from other regions show that while support for same sex marriages or civil unions have increased across the country, the growth of support is not uniform, with a significantly lower level of support occurring in the Deep South compared to the rest of the country.

Rather, they issue civil unions allowing for legal connection in matters of health, access, finances, custody and adoption etc. regardless of sex.

But as more states pass civil - union and same - sex marriage laws, he acknowledges a need for gay - marriage...

(An enduring question is why he opposed it: Obama said he opposes same - sex marriage but supports civil unions.

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.

LAS VEGAS — American Civil Liberties Union of Nevada (ACLUNV) is hosting a sex education essay competition for Clark County students attending public schools.

Since our state doesn't recognize a same - sex couple with marriage, civil unions or a domestic partnership, we knew we would face extra hurdles to becoming parents.

There are a number of other countries which have stopped short of allowing gay marriage but have introduced civil unions or registered partnerships for same - sex couples.

On same - sex marriage, he says he is for civil unions and says his position is basically in line with President Obama's.

Obama, who as a state senator checked a box acknowledging support for same - sex marriage, later fell back to what at the time was the politically safer position of supporting civil unions.

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.

The NASUWT - the Teachers» Union has written to the Secretary of State for Education to demand that there is immediate implementation for teachers of the decision relayed to the NASUWT by HM Treasury to equalise adult survivor benefits in public service pension schemes for same - sex married and civil partners.

Their first meeting, and interactions with Edie Windsor, the plaintiff in the landmark 2013 civil rights case in which the Supreme Court held that restricting U.S. federal interpretation of «marriage» and «spouse» can apply only to opposite - sex unions was unconstitutional.

The New Jersey Supreme Court's decision to recognize same - sex couples will compel the State Legislature to either allow gay marriage or create civil unions.

«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.

he NASUWT, the largest teachers» Union today highlighted the discrimination faced by same sex married couples and civil partners with regard to their survivor pension benefits.

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

In 2008, Barack Obama ran against same sex marriage (he was for a civil unions alternative).

[67] After same - sex marriage was legalised, the church asked for the government to continue to offer civil unions saying «The Church of England recognises that same - sex relationships often embody fidelity and mutuality.

It appeared to be a departure from his stance of supporting civil unions only but not same - sex marriage.

The American Foundation for Equal Rights — with its attention - getting political odd couple of conservative Republican lawyer Theodore Olson and liberal Democrat David Boies — will announce Monday it is joining a lawsuit against what the lawyers called Virginia's «draconian» laws prohibiting same - sex marriages, the recognition of such marriages performed where they are legal, and civil unions.

But Cuomo has come along: When he first ran for governor in 2002, he declared that he supported civil unions over same - sex marriage.

That could mean same - sex marriage, or it could mean Vermont - style civil unions, and the Court gave the state legislature 180 days to decide which.

You said you think New Jersey will go for same - sex marriage rather than the other option, which is Vermont - style civil unions.

O'Malley, who earlier in his political career supported civil unions as an alternative to same - sex marriage, asked the crowd of about 200 to be respectful of those whose positions might still change.

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

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.

PR NEWSWIRE — Jan 17 — A survey, released by Chemistry.com, reveals 84 % of Americans agree there's nothing wrong with premarital sex, 72 % of singles agree that gay people fall in love the same way straight people do, 79 % believes that gay people should have the right to find a meaningful relationship and 74 % endorse the idea of gay marriage or civil unions.

Last August, the American Civil Liberties Union won the latest in a series of lawsuits against single - sex public schools in a district where, it argued, children were given no other choice.

Lawyers for the American Civil Liberties Union went before a federal appeals court last week in an effort to stop what they say is an unconstitutional system of sex - segregated classes at a southern Louisiana school.

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