Showing posts with label Civil Unions. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Civil Unions. Show all posts
Thursday, October 22, 2020

Pope Francis Endorses LGBT Civil Union Laws

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Catholic News Agency reported yesterday that in a newly released documentary titled Francesco,  Pope Francis called for the passage of civ...
Monday, November 11, 2019

British Parliament Approves Regulations Extending Civil Partnerships to Opposite-Sex Couples

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Law & Religion UK reports that in Britain, the Civil Partnership (Opposite-sex Couples) Regulations 2019 were approved by the House of...
Friday, October 18, 2019

Hong Kong Court: No Protection For Same-Sex Marriage or Civil Unions

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In MK v. Government of HKSAR ,  (HKCFI, Oct. 18, 2019), the Hong Kong Court of First Instance ruled that Article 37 of Hong Kong's Basic...
Wednesday, July 17, 2019

Britain Announces Next Steps For Opposite-Sex Civil Partnerships

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In a press release last week, Britain's Government Equalities Office announced the release of its report titled Implementing Opposite-S...
Friday, August 18, 2017

Northern Ireland Court Says No Right To Same-Sex Marriage

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A trial court judge in the High Court of Northern Ireland yesterday held that the rights of same-sex couples under the European Convention o...
Wednesday, February 22, 2017

British Appeals Court Refuses To Extend Civil Partnerships To Heterosexual Couples

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In Steinfeld & Keidan v Secretary of State for Education ,  (EWCA, Feb. 21, 2017), Britain's Court of Appeal, in a 2-1 decision, rej...
Thursday, December 01, 2016

Liability of B&B Upheld For Refusing To Host Same-Sex Ceremony

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A 3-member panel of the Illinois Human Rights Commission has adopted a hearing examiner's recommendations (see prior posting ) and ruled...
Thursday, March 31, 2016

ALJ Recommends Damages Against B&B That Rejected Civil Union Ceremony

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In Wathen v. Walder Vacuflo, Inc. , (IL Hum. Rts. Commn., March 22, 2016), an Illinois Human Rights Commission Administrative Law Judge-- af...
Friday, January 30, 2015

Chile's Parliament Approves Civil Unions

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On Wednesday, the National Congress of Chile (Chile's Parliament) gave final approval to the Civil Union Agreement bill.   PanAm Post  r...