The Washington Supreme Court stated homosexuals could be prevented from marrying "because Washington has a legitimate interest in preserving marriage for couples who can procreate." tags gay lesbian same sex marriageIn response, Initiative 957 has been accepted by Washington Secretary of State Sam Reed. This initiative, if passed, would in part, require "married couples to provide proof of procreation within three years of the date of marriage or have their marriage automatically annulled" picked by 2manyusernames 3 years ago |
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The most controversial aspect of the new law is offering state funded fertility treatment to lesbian couples. Denmark, Sweden, Finland and Great Britain already provides this service. Up to now, Norwegian lesbian couples have gone to Denmark for this procedure. picked by suebe 1 year ago 5 comments edit related share world |
The State of Washington accepted an application from an atheist group, the Freedom From Religion Foundation, to place an anti-religion message as part of the state's official holiday display in the state capitol rotunda steps from a traditional nativity scene. The decision is the culmination of a three-year long battle in Washington over inclusiveness in holiday displays. picked by ImNotBlue 12 months ago 11 comments edit related share politics |
The New Jersey Supreme Court gave the legislature six months to either amend the state's marriage statutes to include gay people, or write a new law in which same-sex couples "would enjoy the rights of civil marriage." picked by hypnotode 3 years ago 0 comments edit related share politics |
Most unmarried couples who live together aren't trying to test their relationship. They just want to spend more time together. 6 comments edit related share plime.comThat study of dating and cohabitation, seemingly contradicts the popular wisdom of cohabitation as a trial marriage. It's among early results from the study, scheduled to continue for years picked by Bingo 5 months ago |
Gorgeous pictures of top california State parks picked by myrthachang 3 years ago 0 comments edit related share plime.com |
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A state of emergency is declared in Whatcom County, Washington after fifteen inches of rain falls in only 48 hours. This might not be the biggest news of the day, except, this is where I live. picked by equinox 11 months ago 3 comments edit related share world |
The U.S. Supreme Court has agreed to hear a case involving a woman's claims that she suffered physical, emotional, and mental damage from a 2-day violent exorcism when she was 17. Texas state court gave the church a blank ticket to do whatever they want because it would be religious practices. picked by 2manyusernames 1 year ago 1 comments edit related share plime.com |
A Roseville couple who refused to sign their marriage license because new forms didn't use the terms bride and groom have settled their lawsuit with the state, their attorney said. picked by kakana 8 months ago 6 comments edit related share politics |
The California Supreme Court upheld Tuesday a ban on same-sex marriages that state voters passed in November, but it allowed about 18,000 same-sex marriages performed before the ban to remain valid. picked by greenfourth 6 months ago 13 comments edit related share plime.com |
The National Organization for Marriage has a series of ads set to run on CNN, the Fox News Channel, and MSNBC in the coming days. In the ad, actors make disproven claims about marriage for lesbian and gay couples. picked by suebe 8 months ago 5 comments edit related share politics |
Federal judge, Vaughn Walker presiding over a lawsuit questioning the constitutionality of California's Proposition 8, asked the attorney for the backers of the proposition how allowing same-sex couples hurts heterosexuals from marrying and having children. The lawyer admitted he didn't know. picked by bernardblack 2 months ago 6 comments edit related share politics |
The bill was passed in both House and Senate over the course of the last couple weeks, and signed by the governor a couple hours ago. Maine is now the 5th state in the nation allowing same-sex couples to marry. 7 comments edit related share politicsMore info at a local site, but in anticipation of their site not being able to handle the traffic, I'm linking to the AP. picked by Marli 7 months ago |
Some seven percent of couples seen by ACCORD, the Catholic Church's marriage care service, say too much time spent in cyberspace by one partner is their main problem. picked by nateebiinature 5 months ago 1 comments edit related share sex |
Lawyer says couples married in other states and other countries are routinely granted divorces in Rhode Island, and that the same freedom should apply in this case. picked by cb__ 2 years ago 3 comments edit related share plime.com |
The state joins California and Massachusetts as the only states to permit same-sex marriages. picked by suebe 1 year ago 3 comments edit related share world |
A Saudi court has rejected a plea to divorce an eight-year-old girl married off by her father to a man who is 58, saying the case should wait until the girl reaches puberty. picked by Bornbad 11 months ago 9 comments edit related share world |
Stephanie Meyers wanted a town in North America where it rained a lot. She got Forks in Washington State. Forks, in return, got an influx of fans of the Twilight books and film. picked by pocksucket 5 months ago 7 comments edit related share plime.com |
Some high school sporting officials in Washington state are considering tough new rules — including a ban on booing. Yea that'll teach kids how to lose. picked by sholom22 3 years ago 5 comments edit related share sports |
Vermont has become the fourth state to legalize gay marriage — and the first to do so with a legislature’s vote. The senate and house was able to override the governor's veto. picked by 2manyusernames 8 months ago 9 comments edit related share plime.com |
Set to be put down, and then kicked out of his native Ontario, Neville the pit bull was given a new life in WA state, as a bomb sniffing dog with the Washington State Police. 2 comments edit related share plime.com*I know this story is old, but I didn't find it during a search, and since I know some of the folks who worked on Neville's rescue, I really wanted it to be on Plime. picked by marli 2 years ago |