All Posts Tagged With: "same sex unions"

Bureau wants same-sex couples to check the ‘married’ box on census form

By ERIC ADLER The Kansas City Star Legally, the federal government, Kansas, Missouri and 43 other states do not recognize same-sex marriages — the union of two men or two women. But one curious aspect of the 2010 U.S. Census? It does — whether gay marriage is legal or not. In fact, representatives of the [...]

8Apr2010 | | 0 comments | Continued

Washington weddings begin for same-sex couples

By JESSICA GRESKO (AP) WASHINGTON — It’s a day of wedding bells for some gay couples in Washington. Couples who applied for marriage licenses on the first day they were available last week can pick them up Tuesday and tie the knot. Three weddings are planned at the city’s Human Rights Campaign office. The advocacy [...]

9Mar2010 | | 0 comments | Continued

Colorado sidles up to civil unions

Small, quiet steps have made the state one of the region’s friendliest to same-sex pairs. By Jessica Fender The Denver Post In five years’ time, Colorado has quietly become one of the most welcoming states in the region for gays, lesbians and transgender individuals seeking the same legal rights as in liberal states. As gay-rights [...]

17May2009 | | 0 comments | Continued

Gay Marriage Demonstrators Move to L.A. Cathedral, Saddleback Church

‘What a lot of religious people of all faiths did to us on last Tuesday was just wrong and it’s unfair,’ says one protestor. About 200 gays and lesbians upset over the voter- approved ban on gay marriage marched from East Los Angeles to the downtown Catholic Cathedral of Our Lady of the Angels Sunday. [...]

10Nov2008 | | 0 comments | Continued