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		<title>Arizona and Florida ban &#8216;gay marriage&#8217;</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 05 Nov 2008 11:19:38 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mike Judge</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Voters in Arizona and Florida have supported measures to defend the definition of marriage. A similar vote in California looks set to go the same way. Meanwhile, voters in Arkansas have agreed with proposals to restrict adoption and fostering to married heterosexual couples only. Michigan has voted in favour of allowing destructive stem cell research [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Civil partnership numbers plunge</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 25 Jun 2008 11:17:10 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mike Judge</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The number of civil partnership registrations dropped by almost 50 per cent last year, new figures reveal. Following an initial ‘boom’ in registrations after the law was changed in 2005, there were only 8,728 registrations last year compared to 16,106 in 2006. It means fewer than 0.1 per cent of unmarried adults took out a [...]]]></description>
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		<title>TV star&#8217;s gay split may be test case</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 19 Jun 2008 09:52:46 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mike Judge</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Matt Lucas, star of the controversial comedy show Little Britain, wants to dissolve his homosexual civil partnership after only 18 months. It is the first dissolution involving a wealthy celebrity – Mr Lucas is reported to have a £15 million fortune. It could be a test case for whether civil partnership dissolutions will be treated [...]]]></description>
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		<title>RC adoption agency to fight &#8216;gay rights&#8217; laws</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 09 Jun 2008 11:00:43 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jen Davis</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[A Roman Catholic adoption agency which only places children with married couples is refusing to cave in under pressure from new homosexual discrimination laws. The agency from Westminster wants the liberty to place children only with married couples, in accordance with its religious ethos. But religious adoption agencies were controversially denied an exemption from the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Stonewall wants tax hit for Earl over civil partnerships</title>
		<link>http://www.christian.org.uk/news/stonewall-wants-tax-hit-for-earl-over-civil-partnerships/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 30 May 2008 11:00:45 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dave Hewer</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Homosexual activists want the Earl of Devon&#8217;s castle to be slapped with a huge inheritance tax bill because of the Earl&#8217;s religious beliefs on marriage. Lord Devon, a Christian, does not wish to allow homosexual civil partnership ceremonies at his family home, Powderham Castle, which is one of the oldest family houses in England. Because [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Christian registrars fear for their jobs, tribunal is told</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 22 May 2008 11:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dave Hewer</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Some Christian registrars fear losing their jobs or are forced to resign because of their beliefs about same-sex civil partnerships, an employment tribunal has heard. The tribunal is currently hearing the case of Lillian Ladele, a Christian registrar who is asking her employer, Islington Council, to exempt her from registering same-sex unions. Elizabeth Thatcher, a [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Christian registrar seeks conscience exemption</title>
		<link>http://www.christian.org.uk/news/christian-registrar-seeks-conscience-exemption/</link>
		<comments>http://www.christian.org.uk/news/christian-registrar-seeks-conscience-exemption/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 19 May 2008 11:00:49 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dave Hewer</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[A Christian registrar, Lillian Ladele, is presenting her case to an employment tribunal after her Council employers refused to grant her a conscience exemption from registering same-sex unions. Watch a BBC London news report featuring Mike Judge of The Christian Institute Miss Ladele, who currently works for Islington Council, has been a registrar for nearly [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Elderly sisters told they can&#8217;t have same tax rights as gays</title>
		<link>http://www.christian.org.uk/news/elderly-sisters-told-they-cant-have-same-tax-rights-as-gays/</link>
		<comments>http://www.christian.org.uk/news/elderly-sisters-told-they-cant-have-same-tax-rights-as-gays/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 29 Apr 2008 15:00:53 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dave Hewer</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Two elderly sisters have lost their battle to enjoy the same tax benefits as same-sex couples who register for civil partnerships. Joyce Burden, 90, and her sister Sybil, 82, have lived together in the same house for years, caring for older family members and now for one another. Concerned that when one of them dies [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Married couple win first round in &#8216;civil partnerships&#8217; dispute</title>
		<link>http://www.christian.org.uk/news/married-couple-win-first-round-in-civil-partnerships-dispute/</link>
		<comments>http://www.christian.org.uk/news/married-couple-win-first-round-in-civil-partnerships-dispute/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 11 Mar 2008 11:00:18 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dave Hewer</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[A married couple have won the first round in a tribunal action against employers who categorised their marital status with civil partnerships. Lucille and Frank McQuade complained after Strathclyde Police began recording employees&#8217; marital status as &#8216;married/civil partnership&#8217;, rather than identifying married status separately. The McQuades, who are Roman Catholics, were both employed by the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Civil partnerships down by 55% after first year</title>
		<link>http://www.christian.org.uk/news/civil-partnerships-down-by-55-after-first-year/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 04 Feb 2008 11:00:39 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dave Hewer</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The number of civil partnerships registered in 2007 was half that of the previous year, new figures show. The findings from the Local Government Association (LGA) were confirmed by the Office for National Statistics (ONS). According to the ONS, 16,100 couples formed civil partnerships in 2006, the first full year in which they were legal. [...]]]></description>
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