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American Psychologial Association Applauds Prop 8 Ruling

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  The American Psychological Association praised today’s U.S. 9th Circuit Court of Appeals ruling upholding a U.S. District Court’s 2010 decision overturning Proposition 8. APA had filed a brief in the case (Perry vs. Brown) providing the scientific research relevant to the association’s support for marriage equality for same-sex couples. Proposition 8 took away the right of same-sex couples to marry in California that had been granted by the state Supreme Court in 2008. “Research shows that marriage provides important health and wellness benefits and that same-sex couples are similar to heterosexual couples in essential ways including the fact...

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Domestic Partnership in Wisconsin – What to expect

Domestic partnership in Wisconsin is a legal status that provides same sex couples who register as domestic partners with certain limited legal protections. This is the only state with an anti same-sex marriage law that will have a domestic partnership. The proposed domestic partnerships would provide couples 1/8 protections, compared to more than 200 state protections granted to married couples. For this reason, a domestic partnership is not â’substantially similarâ’ to marriage. What do you get in a domestic partnership package? Inheritance and Survivor Protections – The surviving domestic partner: inherits from the estate of domestic partner who dies...

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Domestic Partnership in Wisconsin

Itâ’s not marriage, but some say itâ’s marriage-like. There will be a waiting period and a fee, but no ceremony is needed. In a couple of weeks, same-sex couples in Wisconsin will be allowed to declare domestic partnerships and take advantage of some of the rights and benefits extended to married couples. County clerks around the state are preparing to accept domestic partnership declaration applications starting Aug. 3. The Domestic Partnership Law was included in the 2009-2010 state budget signed by Gov. Jim Doyle June 29. The budget also includes domestic partner benefits for state employees. The application process...

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Project Pushback Winners

The L.A. Gay & Lesbian Center and the Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual & Transgender Community Center of New York City announced Wednesday that the Grand Prize winner of the marriage equality video contest, Project Pushback, is Family Values created by L.A.-based filmmaker Andrew Putschoegl To view the winning video and others, visit: www.equalityvideo.org. Family Values by Andrew Putschoegl Family Values features Putschoegl’s housemates — a married gay couple with two children — and the children’s grandparents. He said he wanted to create a video that reflected LGBT-parented families and resonated with voters over age 65, who are among the least...

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Wussy People Make Great Conservatives : Is that Nature or Nurture?

Wussy People Make Great Conservatives : Is that Nature or Nurture?

Are you someone who squirms when confronted with slime, shudders at stickiness or gets grossed out by gore? Do crawly insects make you cringe or dead bodies make you blanch? If so, chances are you’re more conservative — politically, and especially in your attitudes toward gays and lesbians — than your less-squeamish counterparts, according to two Cornell University studies. The results, said study leader David Pizarro, Cornell assistant professor of psychology, raise questions about the role of disgust — an emotion that likely evolved in humans to keep them safe from potentially hazardous or disease-carrying environments — in contemporary...

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