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Their typical reaction is, ‘what do you mean you cannot help me? I am healthy, I exercise, and I cannot have my own baby?’
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my personal belief that same-sex couples should be allowed to marry ... where states enact same-sex marriage, no federal act should invalidate them.
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very frequently involves the deliberate destruction of embryos or the freezing of embryos, which the Church holds to be incompatible with the respect owed to human life.
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There was certainly some disappointment among some of the Presidents. Donors and other supporters who want him to say what everyone already knows that he supports same-sex marriage for committed same sex couples
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Exhibit A of what goes wrong if the exception becomes too broad.
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Ten of the 16 battleground states have marriage amendments. The only thing that stands between the votes these people made and same-sex marriage is the Defense of Marriage Act
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The government can't thrust it on the court.
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Ampong asked me if I'm in favor of Obama's promoting of gay marriage. I told him I am against same-sex marriage
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There must be circumstances where you can't tell what state intestacy law provides. And what does the Social Security Administration do in that case?
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Our style book advises only to use same-sex marriage rather than 'gay marriage,' as that implies a different type of institution.
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There must be circumstances where you can't tell what state intestacy law provides. And what does the Social Security Administration do in that case?
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My baseline is a strong civil union that provides [same-sex couples] the protections and the legal rights that married couples have.
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We were foolishly confident that Leah would not have OI
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Besides, doesn’t it seem just a little too ironic that a state which says it doesn’t believe in same-sex marriage is forcing same-sex couples to stay married?
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All surrogate mothers in Anand belonged to male-headed households. This fact to a great extent reveals that a woman becomes a surrogate mother with her husband’s approval in order to support the family income
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Any Aflac employee who marries in one of the states allowing for same-sex marriage or registers their domestic partnership in states which allow for that, we will extend family benefits to
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We can also think about, perhaps, targeting these cells in the ovaries with hormones that these cells like, and thereby increasing their activity and perhaps increasing the size of the egg cell reserve in the ovary, when it would be desirable to do so.
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It will be his very first interview since coming out in support of same-sex marriage ... I think we want to know what the reaction is, that he's had, especially since 30 states have bans on same-sex marriage.
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The love of same-sex couples is just as real, strong and committed as that of married heterosexual men and women. Prohibiting same-sex marriage devalues and denigrates the love of lesbian and gay couples. It signifies our continuing second class legal status.
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His refusal to come out and endorse same sex marriage in line with President Obama's endorsement of same sex marriage equality overshadows a lot of the great things that the mayor has done
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It will be his very first interview since coming out in support of same-sex marriage ... I think we want to know what the reaction is, that he's had, especially since 30 states have bans on same-sex marriage.
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The love of same-sex couples is just as real, strong and committed as that of married heterosexual men and women. Prohibiting same-sex marriage devalues and denigrates the love of lesbian and gay couples. It signifies our continuing second class legal status.
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Civil union laws absolutely undermine the case for marriage. Make no mistake about it, a vote for this bill is a vote for same-sex marriage
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Justice says he'll defend same-sex marriage vote in campaign; 'I'm not going to let them bully me,' says David Wiggins, who joined 2009 same-sex marriage ruling
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The amendment will certainly ban not only same-sex marriage, but also civil unions in North Carolina and at least state domestic partnership benefits
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