LGBT Relationships - Recent Court Cases, Issues and Articles. Marriage has long been one way that couples express their love for one another and their commitment to their relationship.
Despite arguments that so-called “same-sex marriage” seeks to redefine “traditional marriage,” allowing committed gay and lesbian couples to get married does not change the meaning of marriage. Gay and lesbian couples want to get married to make a lifetime commitment to the person they love and to protect their families. In America, 17 states plus D.C. allow same-sex couples to marry. That means nearly 40 percent of the American population lives in a freedom-to-marry state. These facts are heartening, but there is still a lot of work to do to improve laws that will protect all families. Additional Resources LGBT & AIDS Project Case Profiles - LGBT Relationships: A listing of all LGBT-related ACLU cases tackling various issues including the legal status of relationships. Most Popular Windsor v. Maps Relationship Restrictions Map Same-Sex Relationship Recognition Map. EU – Marriages: recognition/registration in different countries – Your Europe
Updated : 04/04/2016 family Marriage (civil marriage: meeting legal requirements, but without any religious affiliation) is a legal status recognised in all EU countries.
Different rules apply to partnerships other than marriage, such as registered partnerships and de facto unions. National rules and practice for marriage differ from one country to another, mainly as regards: rights and obligations of married couples - for instance concerning their property, role as parents or their marital name. Formalities - before the wedding If different EU countries are involved - for instance because you marry someone of a different nationality or because you plan to move abroad after getting married - check which country's laws apply to your marriage and to your matrimonial property regime.
If you are getting married in a different EU country from the one where you live, check with the authorities in both which formalities are needed for your marriage to have full force and effect in both countries. Gay marriage laws around the globe - Europe. Lena Dunham Boyfriend: 'Girls' Star Won't Marry Until Gay Marriage Is Legal. French Right Mounts Spirited Protests Against Gay Marriage Bill. The secretary of state said that if Israel doesn’t make peace soon, it could become ‘an apartheid state,’ like the old South Africa.
Jewish leaders are fuming over the comparison. If there’s no two-state solution to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict soon, Israel risks becoming “an apartheid state,” Secretary of State John Kerry told a room of influential world leaders in a closed-door meeting Friday. Senior American officials have rarely, if ever, used the term "apartheid" in reference to Israel, and President Obama has previously rejected the idea that the word should apply to Jewish State. Kerry's use of the loaded term is already rankling Jewish leaders in America—and it could attract unwanted attention in Israel, as well. It wasn't the only controversial comment on the Middle East that Kerry made during his remarks to the Trilateral Commission, a recording of which was obtained by The Daily Beast.
“A two-state solution will be clearly underscored as the only real alternative. Same-Sex Marriage News.