Comments on: Irish parliament to debate civil unions http://www.pinknews.co.uk/news/articles/2005-3759.html/ PinkNews.co.uk Gay News (UK and world) from Pink News - all the gay news for the lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgendered community in the UK and beyond- thegaynews from Pink News Wed, 25 Nov 2009 12:22:07 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 hourly 1 By: Naiyeli http://www.pinknews.co.uk/news/articles/2005-3759.html/comment-page-1/#comment-11505 Naiyeli Wed, 02 Apr 2008 17:21:00 +0000 http://www.pinknews.co.uk/news/articles/2005-3759.html#comment-11505 I'd just be happy if they'd recognize our partnership, the US does not see same sex partnerships as valid for immigration..so we're stuck. I'd just be happy if they'd recognize our partnership, the US does not see same sex partnerships as valid for immigration..so we're stuck.

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]]> By: Zeke http://www.pinknews.co.uk/news/articles/2005-3759.html/comment-page-1/#comment-11506 Zeke Tue, 01 Apr 2008 00:19:00 +0000 http://www.pinknews.co.uk/news/articles/2005-3759.html#comment-11506 Just how divisive could a referendum be with support for marriage so high and climbing every day?Civil Partnerships are a major step toward true equality but they will never be equal as long as CP's are denied to straight couples and marriage is denied to gay couples.We in America learned a long time ago that separate institutions given to minorities are NEVER equal even when they offer the same rights, benefits and responsibilities. If they were REALLY the same then you wouldn't have so many people fighting to keep them separate.Civil Partnerships like civil unions and domestic partnerships, in the eyes of the law and in the eyes of the vast majority of straight people, are nothing more than legally recognized flatmates. Just how divisive could a referendum be with support for marriage so high and climbing every day?Civil Partnerships are a major step toward true equality but they will never be equal as long as CP's are denied to straight couples and marriage is denied to gay couples.We in America learned a long time ago that separate institutions given to minorities are NEVER equal even when they offer the same rights, benefits and responsibilities. If they were REALLY the same then you wouldn't have so many people fighting to keep them separate.Civil Partnerships like civil unions and domestic partnerships, in the eyes of the law and in the eyes of the vast majority of straight people, are nothing more than legally recognized flatmates.

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]]> By: Charlotte http://www.pinknews.co.uk/news/articles/2005-3759.html/comment-page-1/#comment-11507 Charlotte Mon, 31 Mar 2008 14:40:00 +0000 http://www.pinknews.co.uk/news/articles/2005-3759.html#comment-11507 In the USA civil unions provide 1/3 the benefits of marriage. In Massachusetts where gay marriage is the law the only change has been that gay heterosexual couples have equal rights. For the truth about gay marriage check out our trailer. Produced to educate defuse the controversy it has a way of opening closed minds provides some sanity on the issue: www.OUTTAKEonline.com In the USA civil unions provide 1/3 the benefits of marriage. In Massachusetts where gay marriage is the law the only change has been that gay heterosexual couples have equal rights. For the truth about gay marriage check out our trailer. Produced to educate defuse the controversy it has a way of opening closed minds provides some sanity on the issue: http://www.OUTTAKEonline.com

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