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	Rights and responsibilities of marriages in the United States - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Rights and responsibilities of marriages in the United States
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		It should be noted that these rights and responsibilities only apply to opposite-sex married couples, as the 1996 Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA) barred same-sex married couples from receiving any federal benefits.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/US_rights_and_responsibilities_of_marriage (599 words)

	wife (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		Some states allow civil marriages which are not allowed by many religions, such as same-sex marriages or civil unions, and marriage may also be created by the operation of the law alone as in common-law marriage, which is a judicial recognition that two people living as domestic partners are entitled to the effects of marriage.
		Marriages can also be annulled, which is a legal proceeding that establishes that a marriage was never valid from the beginning.
		In many areas of the world, when a woman was in her early teens her father arranged a marriage for her in return for a brideprice, sometimes to a man twice her age who was a stranger to her.
	www.yourencyclopedia.net /wife.html (2389 words)

	Marriage - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Marriage of some kind is found in most societies, and typically married people form a nuclear household, which is often subsequently extended biologically, through children.
		In Imperial China, formal marriage was sanctioned only between a man and a woman, although among the upper classes, the primary wife was an arranged marriage with an elaborate formal ceremony while concubines could be taken on later with minimal ceremony.
		Marriages can also be annulled or cancelled, which is a legal proceeding that establishes that a marriage was invalid from its beginning.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Marriage (5820 words)

	Women's Rights Handbook - Chapter 6 - Domestic Relations -California Attorney General's Office
		This means that to dissolve your marriage and restore you to the state of an unmarried person, it is not necessary to prove that you or your spouse have done something wrong.
		An incestuous marriage is defined as marriage between parents and children, ancestors and descendants of every degree and between brothers and sisters, including half-brothers and sisters, and between uncles and nieces, or aunts and nephews.
		Engaging in an incestuous marriage or in incestuous sexual intercourse is a criminal offense and is punishable by imprisonment in the state prison.
	caag.state.ca.us /publications/womansrights/ch6.htm (17738 words)

	Protections, Benefits, and Responsibilities of Marriage
		Many same-sex couples see marriage as a personal commitment and loving partnership and want to accept the legal rights and responsibilities that go along with the responsibilities they have already assumed for each other and, in some cases, their children.
		Surviving lesbian and gay partners are denied inheritance rights in the absence of a written will, as well as an automatic spousal preference for administering the estate, and the automatic right to taking care of a loved one’s remains.
		It is not fair to deny the full protections of marriage to same-sex couples who take on all of the responsibilities and obligations of marriage for each other and their children.
	www.glad.org /rights/CT-protectionsbenefits.html (861 words)

	"Why Marriage?"
		That same-sex marriage has emerged as the most passionately debated civil rights issue of the early 21st century should come as no surprise to anthropologists, many of whom, after all, have devoted their lives to studying kinship.
		Marriage may seem like a small step, but it is what other people—other citizens—have access to, and it is what many lesbian and gay people, as participants in the wider culture, use as a standard of legitimacy.
		Marriage certificates issued by the state or religious institutions clearly offer another example as they constitute evidence that the relationship is just what the couple claims it to be—a marriage.
	www.aaanet.org /press/an/0405if-comm3.htm (1426 words)

	The Sacrament
		Marriage is the foundation of a family, and a family is a small church of Christ.
		Human responsibility to God is in proportion to ones duties, but the reward in heaven is determined not by the status or privilege that he had in the community but by the effort with which he carried out his service.
		By Thine own right hand, O Lord, Thou didst arm Moses in the Red Sea; by Thy true word the heavens were established, and the foundations of the earth were made firm; and the right hands of Thy servants also shall be blessed by Thy almighty word and by Thine upraised arm.
	www.fatheralexander.org /booklets/english/marriage.htm (6108 words)

	CNN.com - Gay marriage debate takes on form of civil rights movement - Jan. 15, 2004
		A 21st century battle for gay rights is being fought with rhetoric from the civil rights movement of the 1960s -- ideals that have echoed through Massachusetts' gay marriage campaign from its outset.
		U.S. Rep. John Lewis of Georgia, who helped organize the 1963 March on Washington, has weighed in with a brief to the state's highest court, as the legislative phase of the debate began and the courts prepared to revisit the landmark decision.
		References to the civil rights fight against the ban on interracial marriages were numerous in both the plaintiffs arguments to the Supreme Judicial Court and, subsequently, in the majority opinion issued November 18.
	cnn.com /2004/LAW/01/15/gay.marriage.ap (638 words)

	Institute for Communitarian Policy Studies - Rights and Responsibilities
		A communitarian perspective recognizes that communities and polities, too, have obligations--including the duty to be responsive to their members and to foster participation and deliberation in social and political life.
		At the heart of the responsive communitarian vision lies a simple precept: the quest for the good society is in part the search for a healthy balance between rights and responsibilities, between individual freedom and the requirements of the social order.
		Harvard law professor Mary Ann Glendon's Rights Talk shows how the terms of our political discourse--especially as shaped by court rulings in recent decades--leads to systematic neglect of responsibilities and ultimately to a counterproductive approach to the social problems that face us.
	www.gwu.edu /~icps/rights.html (712 words)

	Wisconsin: Pending Father's Rights Bills (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		A parent's right to fully participate in the caring and rearing of his or her child is a constitutionally-protected, fundamental right, one affirmed by U.S. Supreme Court decisions of Wisconsin v.
		U.S. the federal court concluded "...a [once] married father who is separated or divorced from the mother and is no longer living with his child could not constitutionally be treated differently from a currently married father living with his child."
		The proposed Equal Parents' Rights and Responsibilities Bill would ensure that Wisconsin fathers and mothers are no longer denied their fundamental right to a full and equal role in the caring and rearing of their child.
	www.menweb.org /throop/criminal/WI/eq-right-res.html (1326 words)

	Protections, Benefits, and Responsibilities of Marriage
		Marriage confers automatic rights and responsibilities that are integral in the formation and sustenance of a family.
		Marriage also provides security for children; a child who grows up with married parents benefits from the fact that his or her parents' relationship receives the support of the law.
		Marriages are more likely to be respected by other states, and ultimately the federal government than some other status that has no parallel in our history.
	www.glad.org /rights/OP2-protectionsbenefits.shtml (924 words)

	Non-Discrimination in Civil Marriage: Perspectives from International Human Rights Law and Practice (A Human Rights ...
		Specifically, the Human Rights Committee held that “sexual orientation” was a status protected under the ICCPR from discrimination, finding that the reference to ”sex” in articles 2 and 26 was to be taken to include sexual orientation.
		The same reasoning applies to civil marriage: excluding gay and lesbian people from the status of civil marriage is a form of discrimination based on sexual orientation.
		Prohibitions on same-sex marriage can also be understood as discrimination based on sex, since marriage would be open to those persons but for the sex of their chosen partner.
	hrw.org /backgrounder/lgbt/civil-marriage.htm (1867 words)

	Letters to the Editor
		Growing up, each of us is taught that one day finding a soul mate and building a life together is an integral part of the American dream, and GLBT people share in that dream.
		We must educate people on the rights that come with a marriage license, and the difference between civil and religious marriage, and we must ensure that fairness is always a part of the discussion.
		Opponents of marriage equality are pushing a deeply discriminatory amendment to the U.S. Constitution that would forever ban legal recognition of GLBT families.
	www.hrcactioncenter.org /actioncenter/letters_marriage.html (1266 words)

	New Hampshire Freedom to Marry Education Fund
		The Commission is charged with studying same-sex marriage and all its legal equivalents' and the impact on existing state law.
		rights and responsibilites of marriage There are over 350 laws governing protections and rights of marriage in New Hampshire.
		Read the latest information from GLAD to learn what they are and why marriage is vital to same sex couples and their children...more...
	www.nhfreedomtomarry.org (208 words)

	Title 19-A - §1653. Parental rights and responsibilities
		When the parents have agreed to an award of shared parental rights and responsibilities or so agree in open court, the court shall make that award unless there is substantial evidence that it should not be ordered.
		An award of shared parental rights and responsibilities may include either an allocation of the child's primary residential care to one parent and rights of parent-child contact to the other parent, or a sharing of the child's primary residential care by both parents.
		In an order of parental rights and responsibilities, a court may require that parent-child contact between a minor child and a person convicted of a child-related sexual offense may occur only if there is another person or agency present to supervise the contact.
	janus.state.me.us /legis/statutes/19-A/title19-Asec1653.html (2405 words)

	Basic Rights Oregon - gay rights, civil rights, gay marriage, lesbian, glbt: Answers to Your Questions About the ...
		Third, marriage licenses issued to same-sex couples in Multnomah County before that date were issued without authority and were void at the time that they were issued, and we therefore need not consider the independent effect, if any, of Measure 36 on those marriage licenses.
		BRO and the ACLU had originally sought marriage as the only acceptable remedy in the case, but after the passage of Measure 36 suggested that civil unions would be an appropriate remedy in light of the amendment.
		While any attempt to protect same-sex couples is a step in the right direction, we believe that civil unions, even at their best, do not provide the same broad legal and social recognition as marriage and, ultimately, result in unfair treatment of same-sex couples.
	basicrights.blogspot.com /2005/04/answers-to-your-questions-about.html (2426 words)

	Civil Rights Now - Marriage Rights Now (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		Legal or civil marriage is a civil contract between a couple and the state and is recognized in the form of a state-issued marriage license.
		When the state begins to recognize civil marriages for all couples, regardless of the genders of the two individuals, individual religions will continue to have the right to marry or not marry couples according to their teachings.
		Civil marriage initiates responsibilities such as shared custody, child support, alimony and rights such as the ability to inherit without a will, the ability to cover a spouse and childen under insurance, the right to social security survivor benefits and wrongful death settlements.
	www.civilrightsnow.org /marriage.html (2874 words)

	Civil Marriage = Civil Rights
		When a spouse dies, marriage entitles the surviving spouse to bereavement leave from work, to file wrongful death claims and to decide numerous other legal rights and protections.
		Since same-sex couples are denied the right to marry, lesbian and gay families are taxed for health benefits provided to their domestic partners.
		I have attached a brochure produced by the Human Rights Campaign that I found to be extremely useful.
	www.gracecathedral.org /enrichment/reflections/ref_20040310.shtml (1586 words)

	Marriage vs. civil unions (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		Vermont legislators set up civil unions as a system of rights parallel to civil marriage after the Vermont Supreme Court ruled in 1999 that the state constitution requires that all citizens be afforded the same benefits, protections and responsibilities of marriage.
		These rights and responsibilities apply only in Vermont, however, meaning that civilly united couples from Vermont are subject to the laws that apply in other states when they travel or move.
		Proponents of full marriage rights for same-sex couples find civil unions unacceptable because they suggest a lower status than marriage and provide no guaranteed legal recognition outside of Vermont.
	www.post-gazette.com /pg/04138/317477.stm (343 words)

	CNN.com - How same-sex marriage became legal in Massachusetts - Feb. 6, 2004
		State, the Vermont Supreme Court held that it was a violation of the Common Benefits Clause of Vermont's Constitution to deny same-sex couples the right to marry or the right enter into a substantially comparable, and legally recognized, relationship.
		The Court found that the right being withheld was very significant, and that it was being withheld without appropriate justification.
		And the motivation to amend the Constitution may look different, even to opponents of same-sex marriage, when the issue is stripping citizens of a right they already have, as opposed to granting them a new one.
	www.cnn.com /2004/LAW/02/06/findlaw.analysis.grossman.mass.ruling (1761 words)

	The Rights & Responsibilities Of Marriage (14 CDs) :: simplyislam.com
		In The Rights and Responsibilities of Marriage, Hamza Yusuf discusses the critical elements of a successful marriage based on the Prophetic teaching.
		People who attended the course said that it gave them a greater appreciation of their spouse, improved the quality of their marriage,and many remarked that it was a life transforming experience.
		This set is invaluable for couples desiring a marriage that reflects affection, compassion, and spiritual harmony.
	www.simplyislam.com /53024.html (193 words)

	Attorney General Lockyer Issues Statement on Same Sex Marriage Lawsuit Filed by San Francisco (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		"As Attorney General, it is my duty and responsibility to defend state departments and agencies, and the laws they administer which have been enacted by the Legislature and the people of California.
		The issue of whether state statutes prohibiting same-sex marriages violate Constitutional protections is emerging as one of the great legal and civil rights issues of our day, and the question must be answered by our courts.
		That is why I have and continue to strongly support extending the benefits and responsibilities of marriage to same-sex couples through domestic partnerships and civil union statutes.
	caag.state.ca.us /newsalerts/2004/04-025.htm (367 words)

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	Gay couples redefining love that's now legal / They say new law gives them responsibilities as well as rights
		Now, with California's landmark Domestic Partners Rights and Responsibilities Act of 2003 signed into law by Gov. Gray Davis Friday, gay and lesbian domestic partners don't have to jump through the same legal hoops Leung and Walter faced.
		The new law grants same-sex domestic partners who register with the state community property rights, child custody rights, the right to child support and alimony, access to married student housing, the right to make funeral arrangements and health care decisions, extended family leave benefits and the obligation of mutual responsibility for debts.
		If the law had been around earlier, she said, "we wouldn't have had to go through all of this to feel like an official family, even though we were a family from the onset.
	sfgate.com /cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2003/09/20/MN187419.DTL (742 words)

	Welcome to New Hampshire Freedom to Marry Coalition
		Marriage discrimination denies U.S. citizens hundreds of rights and responsibilities:
		She worked with us on a contractual basis in the early half of the year, but after a thorough search, we determined that we were already working with the best candidate.
		According to a new poll, 55% of New Hampshire residents are in favor of "a law that will allow the state to issue civil marriage licenses to gay and lesbian couples".
	www.nhftm.org (405 words)

	Marriage Equality USA (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		In 1997, the General Accounting Office of the Federal Government compiled a list of 1,049 rights and benefits which were related to civil marriage.
		The list includes thirteen categories of rights and benefits, including:
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	www.marriageequality.org /facts.php?page=1049_federal (59 words)

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