Mass. Unmarried Gay Couples Lose Health Benefits
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Many Massachusetts companies say they are dropping domestic-partner benefits for their gay and lesbian for reasons of fairness: Since marriage between same-sex couples became legal in the state May 17, they should no longer receive special treatment in
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A country club sued the city after it was fined for refusing to extend spousal benefits to the partners of two gay members.
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More U.S. companies have started to  offer benefit coverage for same-sex couples and other  "nontraditional" families, according to a new survey.
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MSPs back a new law for Scotland, allowing unmarried couples, including gay couples, to adopt.
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TORONTO (CP) - Denying retroactive same-sex benefits to widowed gays and lesbians violates their rights and is unconstitutional, Ontario's highest court ruled Friday.
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Less than five years ago the idea of gay couples joining in a legal union akin to marriage was enough to rip apart the very social fabric of this small New England state that prides itself on its sense of community.
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So concludes a large study of US male health professionals who were monitored for up for eight years. Men are healthier when married, the study shows, but being remarried is a mixed blessing.
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(KSL News) -- A new report out today by the National Center for Health Statistics says married adults are healthier and happier than single people.
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Same-sex partners of New York state government workers who get married in Canada qualify for the same pension benefits as heterosexuals, state Comptroller Alan Hevesi has determined.
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Proponents of same-sex marriage have introduced a ballot measure that would require heterosexual couples to have a child within three years or have their marriages annulled
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Some heterosexual couples are protesting the inability of gay and lesbian couples to marry by putting off their own marriage.
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The Social Security Administration is rejecting marriage documents issued for heterosexual couples in four communities that performed weddings for gay couples earlier this year.
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US government researchers recommends that married people are healthier than those who keep the single condition. A report from the National Center for Health Statistics shows
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The resounding &quot;no&quot; that voters gave to officially recognizing homosexual couples as married marks a major setback for
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The risk of divorce increases if one  partner suffers from testicular or cervical cancer, but other  types have no effect on whether a couple stays together,  Norwegian researchers said on Thursday.
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BOSTON -- Smokers would pay an extra 50 cents a pack for cigarettes under a plan being pushed by a health care advocacy group. The plan is designed to dramatically reduce the number of uninsured people in Massachusetts.
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Gay marriage in Massachusetts withstood a challenge on Thursday when lawmakers beat back a four-year effort by social conservatives to ban same-sex unions in the only U.S. state where they are legal.