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Source: CNN , Press Association Argentina has approved its first nationwide gay rights measure -- granting gay couples the right to claim a deceased partners' pensions. Amado Boudo, director of the National Social Security Administration, is to sign the resolution on Tuesday. It will become law upon...

Source: AP via Canadian Press MADRID, Spain (AP) A generation ago, traditional families were sacred in Spain. Gen. Francisco Franco liked them big and Catholic and gave hefty cash prizes to parents with the most copious broods. These days, a civics course in Spain's public schools teaches that modern...

Source: Ha'aretz and Reuters JERUSALEM -- Israel's attorney general said on Sunday that same sex-couples will be allowed to adopt children that are not biologically linked to either partner. Meni Mazuz decided that gay adults will be allowed to adopt the biological or adopted child of their partner...

Source: The Independent (Dublin) A GROWING number of Irish emigrants are being put off returning to Ireland -- because they can't bring their gay partner with them. The Gay Lesbian Equality Network (GLEN) said the issue of foreign partners of Irish nationals not being allowed to live or work here...

Source: News.com.au (Herald Sun) GAY couples and de factos will have their relationships officially recognised and registered with a certificate under planned Victorian laws. The State Government's move means unmarried couples will not have to repeatedly prove they are in committed relationships...

Source: The Independent and Press Association Dublin -- THE IRISH GOVERNMENT yesterday ruled out the introduction of legally recognised gay marriage -- in the way that marriage is defined by the Constitution. Minister of State for Equality Sean Power, said the special protection afforded to marriage...

Source: Reuters via SignOnSanDiego MONTEVIDEO (Reuters) Uruguay will legalize civil unions for homosexuals and heterosexuals next month, making it the first Latin American nation to treat gay and straight couples alike, a lawmaker said Thursday. Deputies in the early hours of Thursday passed legislation...

Source: Evening Echo (Cork) Draft laws to legalise gay marriages will be debated in the Dáil today and tomorrow for the second time this year. The Labour Party tabled its Civil Union Bill last February but the Government decided to stall it for six months knowing it would fall when the 29th Dail was...