Three Cities Compete For Gay Games
With just two months left before final voting takes place in Cologne, Germany, decision day is drawing near for three U.S. cities vying to be host city of the 2014 Gay Games.
Boston, Cleveland, and Washington, D.C., are all contenders for the event, which draws an estimated 12,000 athletes from 70 countries.
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Lawers argue Ohio Constitution bans gay co-parenting
(Cleveland, Ohio) Despite a ruling by the Ohio Supreme Court that the state’s constitutional ban on same-sex marriage does not automatically bar same-sex partners from co-parenting rights, a second case has made its way to an appeals court.
Rita Goodman and her then-partner Siobhan LaPiana planned to have a family. LaPiana …
Activists Call On Obama To Repeal Federal Gay Marriage Ban
Grassroots gay activists protesting the passage of California’s gay marriage ban on November 4 turned their attention Saturday to the federal-level ban.
The federal Defense of Marriage Act, widely known by its acronym DOMA, is the 12-year-old law that defines marriage as a union between a man and a woman for federal agencies and allows states to ignore legal gay marriages performed in another state.
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Cleveland Approves Gay Domestic Partner Registry
Cleveland City Council approved a domestic partner registry for gay and straight couples at its Monday session.
Passage of the registry was difficult in a state where voters passed one of the toughest gay marriage bans in the country four years ago.
The non-binding registry lacks the serious muscle of marriage or even civil unions; any benefits extended to couples would be strictly voluntary. But gay rights groups contend that in a state like Ohio, where city leaders have been hobbled by a broad constitutional amendment that forbids extending any marriage-like benefits to gay couples, it is a good compromise.
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