The USA continues to fall further behind the rest of the modern developed world. Now this from Ireland of all places, where the public is finally ignoring the bleating of the corrupt Catholic Church. See 365gay.com (http://www.365gay.com/Newscon07/07/072507ireland.htm):
(Dublin) Irish Prime Minister Bertie Ahern announced Wednesday that his government will ring in legislation giving same-sex couples the same rights as married pairs. The legislation would be similar to Britain's civil partnership law that gives gay and lesbian couples all of the rights of marriage except the name.
Ahern said he would push through the legislation "as soon as possible". "This Government is committed to providing a more supportive and secure legal environment for same-sex couples," he said. The announcement comes at the Supreme Court prepares to hear a case involving same-sex marriage rights and five months after a private members bill that would have allowed civil unions was defeated in Parliament.
Two government committees have recommended civil partnerships but without many of the rights of marriage, including the right of couples to adopt children. Recent public opinion polls show that 84 percent are in favor of some recognition of same-sex couples while 53 percent would allow gay couples to marry.
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Wow. We suck.
I could drive less than an hour to be in a state that has just passed civil union legislation. A little further and I'd get to another state that has done the same. Just a little further than that, and beautiful Canada would love to allow us to be hitched. Idaho will most likely be the very last state to consider such a thing. Why do I live here again...?
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