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Thursday, December 02, 2010
Law - "Civil Unions Advance in Illinois"
Updating yesterday's entry, Monica Davey of the NY Times has this story today. It is accompanied by a helpful sidebar:
Commitments Vary From State to StateSAME-SEX MARRIAGE is legal in Connecticut, Iowa, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Vermont and Washington, D.C.
CIVIL UNIONS are legal in New Jersey, and are expected to start in Illinois in July.
DOMESTIC PARTNERSHIPS that grant nearly all the state-level spousal rights as civil unions exist for same-sex couples who register in California, Nevada, Oregon and Washington State.
DOMESTIC PARTNERSHIPS that grant some rights exist in Hawaii, Maine, Wisconsin and Washington, D.C.
IN CALIFORNIA, same-sex marriage is not currently allowed, while the issue makes its way through the courts, but same-sex marriages were performed there in 2008 before voters amended the State Constitution to define marriage as between a man and a woman.
Posted by Marcia Oddi on December 2, 2010 09:29 AM
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