Will these changes by the Fed make it harder for women to leave a dangerous domestic partnership?
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Eight such states have civil union or strong domestic partnership laws-- Delaware, Hawaii, Illinois, Nevada, New Jersey, Oregon, and Rhode Island.
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To qualify, the service member and his or her partner must sign a "declaration of domestic partnership" attesting to the exclusive and committed relationship.
There are at least 70 cities and counties that have domestic partnership registries, according to the Human Rights Campaign, a gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender advocacy organization.
But still, you know, socially moderate, refused to sign a constitutional amendment proposal to ban gay marriage, saying it went too far because it banned domestic partnership's benefits.
Another nine have civil union or strong domestic partnership laws.
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The Justice Department argues civil union and domestic partnership laws may themselves be unconstitutional and that those states should go all the way and grant same-sex couples full marriage rights.
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In her remarks, Clinton expressed strong support for a litany of gay-rights initiatives, including extending civil unions and domestic partnership benefits to same-sex couples and allowing them to adopt children.
While each city develops its own registry with different rules, they often help employees provide proof to an employer of domestic partnership for benefits, and also confer legal rights in certain circumstances like hospital and jail visits.
" It bases its definition on a 2012 public health law that says a "domestic partnership" includes someone who has "common ownership or joint leasing of real or personal property" or "common householding, shared income or shared expenses.
In what some have labeled the "eight-state strategy, " the Justice Department argues civil union and domestic partnership laws in California, Delaware, Hawaii, Illinois, Nevada, New Jersey, Oregon, and Rhode Island may be unconstitutional and that they should go all the way and grant them full marriage rights.
"The object of California's establishment of the legal relationship of domestic partnership is to grant committed same-sex couples rights equivalent to those accorded a married couple. but Proposition 8, by depriving same-sex couples of the right to marry, denies them the dignity, respect, and stature accorded similarly situated opposite-sex couples under state law, " the court brief said.
The groups list four states as having some type of domestic-partnership recognition: California, Oregon, Nevada and Wisconsin.
Andrew Pugno, general counsel for ProtectMarriage.com, which is defending the ban in the trial, argues that California's domestic-partnership laws afford gay couples here the economic benefits of marriage.
The assembly will also be asked to commend the Scottish Parliament and Scottish Executive's policies on domestic abuse and politicians' support for the Scottish Partnership for Domestic Abuse.
The Devon Against Domestic Violence and Abuse partnership, which comprises councils, police and social workers, said reports to the force of domestic violence last year showed a fall in incidents of 18.5% over the Valentine's period, compared with an average 48-hour period in June.
It prepared a domestic manufacturing sector for a future partnership with manufacturing-barren Africa.
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Within this context, I informed the President that Thailand will initiate negotiations on the Trans-Pacific Partnership, or TPP, which will engage all stakeholders and undertake the necessary domestic legislative process to make it become a reality.
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