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		When the grand coalition of Christian Democrats and Social Democrats was formed in 1966, Brandt became foreign minister and vice-chancellor.
		Des Moines, the most vibrantly growing part of the state, which voted against Branstad in 1982 and 1986, voted for him this time.
		He was appointed a Union officer for political reasons, and his military career was mercurial and often controversial.
	www.rulers.org /indexb5.html (18677 words)

	Civil unions in Rio Grande de Sul - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		2 - Explicitly referred to as "civil unions" in Quebec (2002), Nova Scotia (2001), and Manitoba (2002), common-law marriage extended to same-sex partners nationwide (2000).
		The Brazilian state of Rio Grande do Sul legalised civil unions after a court decision in March 2004.
		Two bills that are already in Congress will be discussed: same-sex civil unions and a constitutional amendment criminalizing acts of discrimination based on sexual orientation and gender identity.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Civil_unions_in_Rio_Grande_de_Sul (269 words)

	Civil union Online Research :: Information about Civil union (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
		In response to the passage of the Civil Marriage Act in the Canadian House of Commons, the Albertan government actively considered replacing civil marriage with civil union for both opposite-sex and same-sex couples as probably the only legal means of preventing same-sex "marriages" from taking place in Alberta.
		Civil unions were introduced in Denmark by law on June 7, 1989, the world's first such law.
		The controversial civil unions law enacted in Vermont in 2000 was passed as a response to the Vermont Supreme Court ruling in Baker v.
	www.ncweddingplanner.com /search/Civil_partnerships.html (2260 words)

	Civil unions in New Zealand (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
		Civil unions in New Zealand were ratified on 9 December 2004 when Parliament passed the Civil Union Bill to establish the institution of civil union for same-sex and opposite-sex couples.
		The Civil Union Bill was treated as a conscience issue by most parties, including the largest parties on the left and right, and passed by 65 votes to 55.
		Civil unions came into effect on April 26, 2005 and at least two couples had applied for licences by 9:30 that morning.
	www.tocatch.info /en/Civil_unions_in_New_Zealand.htm (481 words)

	Brazil - Hutchinson encyclopedia article about Brazil (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
		A republic was proclaimed by Marshal Manuel Deodoro de Fonseca following Pedro's abdication in 1889, and a constitution for a federated nation was adopted in 1891.The so-called First or Old Republic was a loose federation of states, dominated by São Paulo and Minas Gerais.
		Civil war seemed imminent, as Goulart tried to win support from the masses whom he had attempted to enfranchise.
		In January 1998, former president Fernando Collor de Mello was acquitted on eight counts of illegal enrichment.
	encyclopedia.farlex.com /Brazil (3404 words)

	Civil union (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
		It will not be possible to dissolve a civil partnership on the grounds of non-consummation or adultery, although it should be noted that both non-consumation and adultery can be grounds for dissolution of the partnership as they fall under the provision for unreasonable behavior.
		As far as voluntary recognition of the civil union in other jurisdictions is concerned, New York City's Domestic Partnership Law, passed in 2002, recognizes civil unions formalized in other jurisdictions.
		Germany's international civil law (EGBGB) also accords to Vermont civil unions the same benefits and responsibilities that apply in Vermont, as long as they do not exceed the standard accorded by German law to a German civil union.
	www.tocatch.info /en/Civil_unions.htm (2218 words)

	Civil unions in Quebec (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
		A civil union is contracted into by same-sex or opposite-sex partners 18 years of age and older, who are not otherwise married, not in another civil union, or who are not closely related, following prescribed formalities similar to the regime of marriage.
		A civil union ends at death of one of the partners or may be dissolved by judicial dissolution or by a 'transaction agreement' and 'joint declaration' before a civil law notary and recorded en minute if both partners consent and they settle all the consequences of the dissolution (CCQ arts.
		The act establishing the regime of civil union also modified rules creating filiation for biological children of one of the partners, and for adopted children as well as the recognition of parental authority and child support obligations so they will apply to civil union couples as well as married couples.
	www.info-pedia.net /about/civil_unions_in_quebec (458 words)

	agr_Rio_Grande (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
		We are sending you the "Letter of Rio Grande do Sul" on GMOs, that came up in a recent public meeting, with more than 2000 participants coming from many parts of the state, and that culminated in the first massive public street demonstration against transgenics in Latin America.
		Civil society in Rio Grande do Sul, through its movements and social, environmental, consumer, men and women farmers' organizations, labor unions, landless rural workers' organizations, cooperatives, and others, affirm their decision to work for a world free of transgenics, beginning in Rio Grande do Sul.
		Ecologia OAB (Ordem Brasileira de Advogados), Comissão de Direitos Humanos-Passo Fundo, Comissaõ Pastoral da Terra, Comité Gaúcho de Ação Cidadã contra a Fome, Conselho Comunitário de Assoc.
	csdngo.igc.org /agriculture/agr_Rio_Grande.htm (665 words)

	Civil unions - guideofcasinos.com (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
		The debate over Civil Unions was highly divisive in New Zealand, inspiring great public emotion both for and against the passing, and in the build up to the vote, there were many wide spread instances of anti-gay and lesbian attacks, protests and rallies as a way of dissuading public favour.
		The civil union law is hailed by some as a fair compromise to the issues before the legislature.
		Civil unions can be dissolved in Vermont family court in exactly the same manner as divorce of married couples: as of July 2002, four such unions had been so dissolved.
	guideofcasinos.com /Civil_unions.html (2755 words)

	hr-headlines@hrea.org - Argentina: Civil union proposals passed in Rio Negro province and Buenos (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
		Rio Negro has very advanced legislation that is unique to Argentina in areas such as mental health (patients are not hospitalized but cared for by the communities in which they live) and reproductive health (public hospitals provide free contraception and sterilization procedures upon request, both for women and men).
		Those entering a civil union may draft contracts to regulate how their assets are to be divided in case the union is dissolved, as well as other aspects of their personal and financial relationship.
		Civil unions are dissolved by mutual agreement, by the will of one of the members, or if one of them gets married or dies.
	www.hrea.org /lists/hr-headlines/markup/msg00769.html (990 words)

	Encyclopedia topic: Politics of Brazil (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
		Brazilian jurisdiction (In law; the territory within which power can be exercised) courts function under civil law (The body of laws established by a state or nation for its own regulation) and adversarial system (additional info and facts about adversarial system).
		STF is the last instance for the writ of habeas corpus (The civil right to obtain a writ of habeas corpus as protection against illegal imprisonment), including review of a judgment from the STJ.
		Left wing of the Catholic Church, Landless Worker's Movement, and labor unions pressure the government for more intense reforms on taxation and land property, while rightist PFL and PSDB are critical of government's social and economic policies.
	www.absoluteastronomy.com /encyclopedia/p/po/politics_of_brazil.htm (2021 words)

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		municipality of torres de berrellén (saragossa province, aragon, spain)
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	Middle East Open Encyclopedia: Civil unions (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
		The Act came into force on 5 December 2005, so same-sex, but not opposite-sex, couples will be able to form the first civil partnerships on 19 December 2005 in Northern Ireland, 20 December 2005 in Scotland and 21 December 2005 in England and Wales.
		It will not be possible to dissolve a civil partnership on the grounds of non-consummation or adultery, although both non-consummation and adultery can be grounds for dissolution of the partnership as they fall under the provision for unreasonable behavior.
		Iraq Museum International always displays the most recent published revision of the source article, Civil unions; all previous versions may be viewed here.
	www.baghdadmuseum.org /ref/index.php?title=Civil_unions (2378 words)

	BBC NEWS \| Americas \| Brazilian go-ahead for gay unions
		Civil unions between homosexual couples are not recognised officially in Brazil.
		The ruling binds all judges and justices-of-the-peace in the state to approve civil unions "between persons of sound mind and independent of sexual orientation".
		"This is really a civil rights movement, for our children, for our children's children, we want to make sure that they have the same rights, as well as we do," Mara Gottlieb, who has lived with her female partner for 18 years told local television.
	news.bbc.co.uk /2/hi/americas/3534959.stm (473 words)

	Rio gay march hits the beach
		Rio de Janeiro - Tens of thousands of Brazilians marched and danced from one famous Rio beach to another on Sunday to celebrate gay pride and encourage legal reforms to give homosexuals more rights in South America's largest country.
		Civil unions between same-sex couples are permitted only in Brazil's southernmost state, Rio Grande do Sul.
		A bill to allow civil unions across Brazil has been held up in Congress for years by Evangelical Protestant lawmakers.
	www.news24.com /News24/World/News/0,6119,2-10-1462_1549058,00.html (284 words)

	EMIR SADER - BEYOND CIVIL SOCIETY (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
		The old unions had been based in state enterprises—oil, transport and public services—with Rio de Janeiro, the former capital, their focal point.
		Early on, then, Rio Grande do Sul became a military stronghold and, once the Brazilian army began intervening in government, shortly after the vicious war of the Triple Alliance in 1865–70, an important power base in national politics.
		The second, exclusive aspect of the emphasis on ‘civil society’ lies in its rejection of parties and governments, its embrace of the civil society/state opposition.
	www.newleftreview.org /NLR25105.shtml (4209 words)

	UK Gay News - Gay and Lesbian Marriage, Partnership or Unions Worldwide
		The Unregistered Cohabitation Amendment to Civil Code gave all unmarried "common law" couples, including same-sex couples, limited rights and benefits which have to be applied for to the local government.
		Civil Partnerships are virtually same-sex marriage in all but name and the legislative process was perhaps one of the least provocative anywhere, probably because the word "marriage" was not used.
		Connecticut becomes the second state in the USA to permit same-sex civil unions, despite the state constitution specifically defining “marriage” as being between a man and a woman.
	www.ukgaynews.org.uk /Archive/2005dec/0502.htm (2925 words)

	iMAPP.org \| Institute for Marriage and Public Policy
		The Rio Grande do Sul decision came after a lesbian college professor heading on a sabbatical abroad tried to get her university to pay for her partner's costs, but was refused because they were not married.
		Backers of gay unions argue that their existence in Europe has not harmed the institution of marriage as opponents feared it would, and critics have offered no data to refute that.
		That would weaken the drive for civil unions, registered partnerships, legally recognized cohabitation, etc....The choice of spouse is not a threat to marriage.
	www.marriagedebate.com /mdblog/2004_05_23_mdblog_archive.htm (12456 words)

	Civil union @ FootballLiving.com
		Christians for Civil Unions, an ecumenical group who supported passage of the Civil Union Act last year, is delighted that parliament last night rejected the Marriage (Gender Clarification) Bill.
		Carol Sarler wants to enter into a civil union with her adult daughter.
		She just wants the tax savings and other benefits that come with civil unions.
	www.footballliving.com /moreinfo/Civil_union (2516 words)

	Brazil News Reports 2004-05 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
		Rio De Janeiro – Gay Brazilians prepared to battle a bill in state legislature to subsidise homosexuals for going straight, activist Claudio Nascimento said.
		On New Years Eve in Rio, everyone from t he tourists to cariocas (the name given to the locals of Rio de Janeiro) dress in white, and walk into the water to cleanse their past year’s sins by giving an offering to the sea goddess, Yemanja.
		The parade's main theme was the legalization of civil unions in the South American country of 182 million.
	207.36.40.210 /brazil-news04-05.html (5873 words)

	Euro2day :: Same-sex unions come to Mexico
		It is certainly a far cry from the progressive civil liberties on offer to gay couples living in the US, the country with which Mexico shares a border.
		According to Mr Luna, who acted as a witness in the first union of its kind – between two female factory workers from Mexico's Tamaulipas state on the Pacific coast – five couples have so far taken advantage of the change in the law.
		Mr Luna was not sure whether the union would carry legal weight for US citizens returning to their country.
	www.euro2day.gr /articlesfna/29241112 (895 words)

	FOXNews.com - Mexico City Approves Gay Civil Unions
		MEXICO CITY — Mexico City's assembly on Thursday passed legislation to legally recognize gay civil unions in the capital, the first such vote by a legislative body in the history of the conservative, predominantly Roman Catholic country.
		Mexico City Mayor Alejandro Encinas has spoken in favor of the bill and was expected to sign it into law, while at least one conservative non-governmental group said it was considering seeking a court injunction against the measure.
		The bill has been severely criticized by the Catholic Church and conservative civil groups in the country, which is 90 percent Roman Catholic.
	www.foxnews.com /printer_friendly_wires/2006Nov09/0,4675,MexicoGayUnions,00.html (628 words)

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		After the controversial ceremony of the union at a registrar's office, the gay couple smiled cheek to cheek as cameras televised them shaking hands with officials.
		She served as an official witness to the union, which was made possible by a law that passed earlier in January.
		The assemblywoman commented that "The object of this law is that unions of people of the same sex be legally regulated and recognized, so that they can have some security in their future." She later recognized Wednesday's ceremony as Mexico's first gay civil union.
	www.cbn.com /CBNnews/97190.aspx (408 words)

	The Brazilian Workers Party and the participatory budget in Rio Grande do Sul (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
		The Rio Grande do Sul government, in its literature, emphasises the ways the OP combines with a set of programs aimed at promoting what can be broadly defined as a strong social development-centred strategy.
		Rather like a trade union or any mass organisation in which the left achieves leadership, the OP is a way of facilitating mass involvement within non-national levels of the state.
		The implications of this for the PT in Rio Grande do Sul, where, despite losing the governor's position, it retains control of Porto Alegre and a number of other municipal councils, are not clear.
	www.dsp.org.au /links/back/issue23/Reid.htm (4951 words)

	Lesbians Register Mexico's 1st Gay Union
		The couple, Karina Almaguer and Karla Lopez, traveled to Saltillo from their home state of Tamaulipas to register as a "civil solidarity union" under a newly passed law that made Coahuila the first of Mexico's 31 states to grant recognition to such unions.
		"The object of this law is that unions of people of the same sex be legally regulated and recognized, so that they can have some security in their future," she said.
		Lopez Fuentes said it was the first gay civil union in Mexico.
	www.620ktar.com /index.php?nid=46&sid=361551 (310 words)

	Gay News From 365Gay.com
		Congress is expected to pass legislation creating a civil union registry for same and unmarried opposite-sex couples.
		But, they say the civil union bill is a major step in the right direction in a region where the Catholic Church dominates much of everyday life.
		In neighboring Brazil, Rio Grande do Sul state which lies along the border, passed civil union legislation in 2004, two years after Buenos Aires passed a similar law.
	www.365gay.com /Newscon06/09/091406uruguay.htm (293 words)

	MEXICO: Capital Joins Global Trend Towards Same-Sex Unions
		In the region, Mexico City thus followed on the heels of the capital of Argentina and the Brazilian state of Rio Grande do Sul, and even the northern Mexican state of Coahuila, where same-sex civil unions are legal.
		In Latin America, the pioneer in same-sex civil unions was Buenos Aires, the capital of Argentina, where they became legal in 2002.
		Authorities in the Brazilian city of Sao Paulo later ruled that homosexual couples can adopt children, while in Rio de Janeiro, the city government granted public employees who are in stable same-sex relationships the same rights as married heterosexual civil servants.
	ipsnews.net /interna.asp?idnews=36969 (1029 words)

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