Women to seek legal recognition of their marriage


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Attorney says gay marriage must be allowed
By Evan Goodenow, Record-Journal staff
HAMDEN — Not allowing same-sex couples to marry is discriminatory and immoral, the attorney who won a landmark case allowing gay marriage in Massachusetts argued Friday.
"The decision is really a beacon of hope and a beacon of fairness," attorney Mary Bonauto told about 100 people who attended a gay marriage symposium at the Quinnipiac University School of Law.
"The history of our country shown that separate is seldom, if ever, equal,"


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Maryland Moves Toward Recognizing Gay Couples
by 365Gay.com Newscenter Staff
Posted: March 27, 2004 12:01 a.m. ET
(Annapolis, Maryland) It isn't marriage.  It isn't quite civil unions.  But, for gay and lesbian couples in Maryland it's a major step in the right direction. A key House committee voted Friday to approve creating a state registry for domestic partners to grant same-sex couples  grant them the right to make medical decisions for each other.