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Recent Posts from Gay Couples Law Blog

• How Lesbian Couples Can Prevent Sperm Donor from Asserting Legal Rights to Children

  Lesbian couples wishing to raise children can either (1) adopt a child or (2) have one of the couple give birth with donated sperm. But there's risks with the second option. Depending on the state…

• How D.C. Domestic Partnership Law Will Affect Employers

  A new Washington D.C. "everything but marriage" law will give registered domestic partners all the rights that married couples have starting December 3rd. As lot of the press and blogs on the new law have…

• Washington Domestic Partnership Law May Influence Rhode Island and Other States

  Earlier this month Washington voters passed an expansion of dometic partnership rights for gay couples living in the state. While this is good for those living in Washington, couples in other states might benefit as…

• Health Care Bill Would Make Domestic Partner Benefits Tax Free

  The new health care bill passed by the U.S. House on Saturday would do more than help reduce the amount of people without health insurance. It also would reduce the taxes usually owed by gay…

• Getting Divorced After Marrying in Canada Isn't Easy for Gay Couples

  Folks who live in Maine might be thinking about getting married in Canada after their state voted down a law that would have allowed gay marriage. In fact, many U.S. gay residents go to Canada…

• Maine Gay Marriage Result Won't Slow Nationwide Trend of Increasing Support

  The people of Maine voted yesterday to repeal a law that would have allowed gay marriage, but the vote will not slow increasing public support for gay marriage overall. Law professors Patrick Egan and Nathaniel…

• Hate Crimes Act Doesn't Violate Freedom of Speech Rights

  Some people object to the new Hate Crimes Prevention Act because they say it restricts First Amendment free speech rights. For example, Pat Robertson said last week in a TV ." But actually the law…

• Gay Marriage Statistics from 2010 Census Will Probably Increase Legal Protections

  Gay marriage statistics are hard to find. That's because the U.S. Census, the primary tracker of demographics, has never counted them. In fact, gay couples who reported as married on the 2000 census were changed…

• E-Marriage Laws Could Spur Out of State Gay Marriage

  Video conferencing and remote connection technologies could make it easier for same sex couples who live in states that don't allow gay marriage to get married in states that do. Professors Adam Candeub and Mae…

• Female, Not Male, Same Sex Couples Have Less Retirement Income Than Straight Couples

  A study by Naoimi Goldberg of the UCLA Law Williams Institute says that same sex couples have less retirement income than straight couples, but only if they're women. The study was the first to look…