Deputy Prime Minister Nick Clegg said it was his party's position to extend civil partnerships to everybody, irrespective of their sexuality but the current bill could not be derailed.

BBC: Gay marriage: Deal to allow bill to proceed in Parliament

As noted by the House Judiciary Committee in 1970, Congress has recognized that Federal judges must be held to a different standard of conduct than other civil officers because of the nature of their position and the tenure of their office.

CNN: Sen. Sarbanes' closed-door impeachment statement

Companies will be able to ask applicants for jobs what their position is on issues such as civil partnerships or sexual counselling for gay couples, and refuse them the post if their religious beliefs would prevent them from doing the work.

BBC: Analysis: Milestone left in Christian-secular debate

Last spring, federal antitrust regulators launched a broad civil probe into whether Google has abused its dominant position in search advertising.

FORBES: Government Investigations of Google Pile Up

Obama has had an evolving position on gay rights, once supporting only civil unions.

CNN: STORY HIGHLIGHTS

These moves offer Lockheed two routes to re-enter civil aerospace, reaping the benefits of civil and military integration, and to bolster its European position.

ECONOMIST: Transatlantic aerobatics

Kennedy said the position in the memos would have sharply curtailed the civil rights protections of minorities if adopted.

CNN: Roberts fields senators' queries for second day

Her prolific letters, diaries, and intelligence position papers, no less than her eight books and her magnum opus, Review of the Civil Administration of Mesopotamia, make Gertrude Bell one of the best-documented women of all time.

NPR: Excerpt: 'Gertrude Bell'