People are very curious about the results of “referendum” on gay-marriage in Maine. Even the people who are strong advocates of human rights areviewing the gay legislation with abhorring eyes. Although United States of America is considered as the most developed nation of the world yet only very few states have legalized the gay marriage through legislation. The gay marriage legislation was made in...
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Gay-marriage supporters, opponents square off < ');" class="size11 blue"> RateA supporter and an opponent of same-sex marriage made their respective cases on live television Wednesday, less than a week before a statewide referendum on whether to allow gay marriage in Maine.The referendum is about equality under the law, Mary Bonauto of Protect Maine Equality said in a debate before an audience of nearly...
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Delhi court has charged a 61-year-old retired professor of bigamy. He has also been charged with criminal conspiracy to embezzle funds from his first wife.The professor allegedly married a teenage girl and kept his first marriage intact. Kunal (name changed) got married to Sonia (name changed) in 1985.On June 7, 2000, Sonia came to know about Kunal’s second marriage to Kanika (name changed) who was...
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PORTLAND, Maine | Gay marriage is losing by a slim margin in a closely watched referendum in Maine.With 417 of 608 precincts reporting, 52 percent were opposed to same-sex marriage and 48 percent were in favor.Voters had to decide whether to repeal or affirm a state law that would allow gay couples to wed. The law was passed by the Legislature in May but never took effect because of a petition drive...
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BHADRACHALAM: Wedding bells rang for 878 couples in Bhadrachalam, probably the highest in the state, as part of the mass marriages organized under the TTD sponsored Kalayanamastu programme on Wednesday. A majority of the couples were from the Koya and Konda Reddy tribes.A few of them who were united in wedlock had reportedly been postponing their marriages for quite some time because of the drought...
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Advocates of a 2010 vote to repeal California's Proposition 8 were hoping that a victory for marriage equality in Maine would settle the debate over when to bring the issue back to voters.Instead, the surprisingly strong 53 percent vote to repeal a new law allowing same-sex marriage in Maine - socially liberal with a libertarian streak - suggested that public acceptance of civil rights movement for...
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health ministry of the United Arab Emirates (UAE) has published a booklet on medical check-ups to be undertaken by couples before marriage, WAM news agency reported Friday.The booklet was launched in accordance with the personal status law issued by the UAE government in 2005. The law makes medical check-ups mandatory before marriage to build healthy community.Article 27 of the personal status law...
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Dubai, Oct 23 : The health ministry of the United Arab Emirates (UAE) has published a booklet on medical check-ups to be undertaken by couples before marriage, WAM news agency reported Friday.The booklet was launched in accordance with the personal status law issued by the UAE government in 2005. The law makes medical check-ups mandatory before marriage "to build healthy community".Article 27 of the...
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LUCKNOW:Which kind of marriage lasts longer? Love or arranged? Psychiatrists say thatabout 10% of love marriages end in divorce. Not only this, in about 40% lovemarriages, couples have frequent quarrels and such marriages are often savedwith the help of marriage counsellors. Contrary to this, arranged marriagessurvive despite the strains of ego-clash and difference of opinions. Butironically, the main...
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Saif Ali Khan met Kareena Kapoor for the first time when she was just 14 years old and more than a decade later he fell in love with her. The two are now one of the most talked about couples in tinsel town, but say marriage is not on the cards.We do discuss marriage but this is not the right time because Saif is busy in his production house and I am getting very good roles. So marriage can wait, Kareena...
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