04.07.11

Martin and his sidekick, Charlie Bordier, have what is known as a PACS in France - a secular-union contract applicable to same-sex couples and heterosexuals. Technically, however, they are not married. France has explored the probability but so far has refused to grant marriage rights to homosexual couples, as has happened in other European countries like Spain, Sweden, the Netherlands and, more recently, in Portugal.

June 14 - 10 days before fitting New York became the largest U.S. state to allow same-sex marriage - the National Assembly voted against France later gay-affiliation proposal.

Because many same-sex couples, however, Martin and Bordier always wanted to have the case of a marriage. "The 20th arrondissement town hall hosts wedding ceremonies for couples who have signed a cordial, and we wanted to have one too," said Martin.

The couple signed their PACS over a year ago, April 22, 2010, a district court in Paris. A photo shows captured that day and Martin Bordier sitting on plastic chairs next to a fire extinguisher. They are generous in a hallway waiting for the court clerk to sign the contract.

Source: TIME

by Karina Ioffee

The ceremonies do not create new rights or benefits to same-sex couples - other than the break to have a credit union in the urban district renovated by the Confederation of drawers.

The show has of gays and lesbians to manifest as private partners since 1993, but the additional rights granted to them needed if city limits of validity. Housekeeper partnership gives gay couples more rights, such as exemption bereavement, benefits guarantee safety and clinic visits as a family member.

Now the diocese is hoping to attract same-sex partners of its subdivision of the Union, which has undergone a $ 12.3 million renovation and re-opened last year in Las Vegas to oversee provocation that the end of a journey for people to marry. The buffet offers a purchase of flowers and talented wedding and two understandable, but sweet chapels where couples are married by a registrar of marriage.

The new rules allow same-sex ceremonies did Thursday, but only two same-sex couples presented themselves for the rite, said spokesman City Clerk Michael McSweeney....

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by Tana Ganeva

Ted Cadaverous, inconveniently busted for having meth-soaked gay sex while advocating for anti-gay matrimony legislation in 2006, barely announced he’s starting a new church that welcomes gays and abruptly people … and Democrats:

“All are well-received. Whether you’re a Democrat, a Republican, gay, direct, bi-[reproductive] gangling, in a word, hound, recovering teeny-bopper….I into Jesus’ arms are gaping to all,” said Wearied in a advice forum this morning.

Scraggy said that the 2006 slander that ended his pursuit as rector of New Viability Mega Church and dedicated gay-basher helped him welcome a more accepting Christianity. “I don’t appraiser people anymore.” Also kind in Spent’s transfiguration: the Prenner Rank, a Los Angeles based PR association that also counts as its clients “Girls Next Door”, according to their position.

Don’t distress, Scraggy still thinks gay union is villainous: “God’s mythical drawing for a coupling is the togetherness of a man and a helpmeet,” he said the the force bull session (he did, however, continue the “I’m not judgy” gift of the gab, adding that it’s also “God’s supreme” that preponderancy be kept under steer).

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