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Bill Proposes Immigration Rights for Gay Couples

Jun. 2, 2009
Senator Patrick J. Leahy has offered a bill that would allow American citizens and legal immigrants to seek residency in the United States for their same-sex partners.
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CONCORD, N.H., April 20 (UPI) -- Some gay rights advocates say civil unions, the middle-ground to marriage for same-sex partners in the United States, are dropping off.

Bill gives gay couples healthcare benefits

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Britain to give gay couples equal rights

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President Obama awards the Presidential Medal of Freedom in Washington
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President Barack Obama awards the the Presidential Medal of Freedom to singer/songwriter Bob Dylan during a ceremony in the East Room at the White House in Washington on May 29, 2012. The Medal of Freedom is our NationÕs highest civilian honor, presented to individuals who have made especially meritorious contributions to the security or national interests of the United States, to world peace, or to cultural or other significant public or private endeavors. UPI/Kevin Dietsch