But Kate Kendall, spokeswoman for the National Center for Lesbian Rights, says she's not worried.
Washington law currently provides domestic partnerships for lesbian, gay and heterosexual couples.
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"There are many same-sex spouses who married elsewhere who now live in Maryland, " said National Center for Lesbian Rights Legal Director Shannon Minter.
Ms. KATE KENDALL (Executive Director, National Center for Lesbian Rights): I do not believe this is a state that will endorse that constitutional amendment.
Mr. DAVIDSON: Well, right now, Lambda Legal, the National Center for Lesbian Rights and the ACLU have filed a lawsuit directly with the California Supreme Court to invalidate Proposition 8.
"It is impossible to square the elation that we felt just a year ago with the grief that we feel today, " said Kate Kendell, head of the National Center for Lesbian Rights.
Mr Woolley added that the CPS will continue to work with its partners in the police and Stonewall Cymru "to improve the conditions for lesbian, gay and bisexual people to come forward".
"Furthermore, it seems likely that the promotion of change therapies reinforces stereotypes and contributes to a negative climate for lesbian, gay, and bisexual persons, " says the APA, the largest scientific and professional organization representing psychology in the United States.
"Divorce is never easy, but when a couple has made the decision to end their marriage, there is no reason why the state should prevent them from ending their legal relationship and moving on with their lives, " said Erik Olvera, a spokesman for the National Center for Lesbian Rights.
It is true that Christina Santiago died in the Indiana State Fair stage collapse, that she worked for the Lesbian Comunnity Care Project and (apparently) that her partner was also injured.
He went on to revise hospital visitation rights for gay and lesbian couples, which went into effect this past January for any hospitals receiving federal Medicare or Medicaid funds.
Four states recognize marriage for gay and lesbian couples: Connecticut, Massachusetts, Iowa and Vermont.
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The Rainbow Project, which lobbies for gay, lesbian and transgender rights, also carries out free testing.
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Vermont, New Hampshire, and New Jersey allow civil unions for gay and lesbian couples.
Emmer was known as a social conservative who opposed civil rights for gay and lesbian people and opposed immigration reform.
This was a dramatic reversal of fortune for gay and lesbian advocates, who historically have not done well at the polls.
"As a cardinal in Argentina, the new pope spoke strongly against marriage equality and against the right for gay and lesbian people to adopt children, " said Francis DeBernardo.
He became a leader on public-housing reform, voted for gay and lesbian domestic-partner health benefits and executed a complicated straddle on abortion--nominally pro-choice but against federal funding and late-term abortions.
In eight of the 11 states that voted Tuesday, the constitutional amendments contain additional language that opponents said could also ban civil unions and other legal protections for gay and lesbian people, though proponents in some of those states disputed those claims.
Lublin hopes the Crisis Text Line, due to launch in August, will serve as a New York-based umbrella, shuttling texts for help to partner organizations around the country, such as The Trevor Project for gay, lesbian, bisexual and questioning youth or other groups already providing hotlines on dating and sexual abuse to bullying, depression and eating disorders.
The prominent National Longitudinal Lesbian Family Study, for instance, relied on a sample recruited entirely at lesbian events, in women's bookstores and through lesbian newspapers.
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Even so, perspectives are also changing among gay and lesbian couples for whom marriage was once out of reach.
"Public opinion does not change overnight, " said Joan Garry, executive director for the Gay and Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation.
Roberta Kaplan, a lawyer for the gay and lesbian couples, told the court that it turned out the Massachusetts justices were right.
But when all was said and done, Jeffrey Prang, a city councilmember from West Hollywood, thought the very fact that the forum took place represented real progress for the gay and lesbian community.
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