They also earn less than Black married opposite-sex couples. From Wordnik.com. [Terrance Heath: Historically Black Homophobia] Reference
If marriage is limited to opposite-sex couples (man and woman). From Wordnik.com. [Jamie Frevele: There Is No "Unless You're Gay" Clause in the Constitution, Prop 8 Supporters] Reference
It is not a threat to same-sex marriage -- to opposite-sex marriage. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript May 15, 2008] Reference
Cooper and Roesgen are supposed to be newsmen, not opposite-sex fowl. From Wordnik.com. [Gorby In, Garbage Out] Reference
Or she said, "opposite marriage," but I know she meant opposite-sex marriage. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Apr 21, 2009] Reference
"I'm asking you to tell me," he said at last, "how it would harm opposite-sex marriages.". From Wordnik.com. [Howard Schweber: Perry v Schwarzenegger Begins Today] Reference
The goal here, as well, is to simply acquire the same rights as legal opposite-sex couples posses. From Wordnik.com. [Gayired.com - Gay OnLine Community for Entertainment and Daily News] Reference
A recipient of many federal benefits must be either an opposite-sex spouse or, in some cases, a child. From Wordnik.com. [The Battle Over Benefits for Same-Sex Spouses] Reference
Cooper had argued that it is "crucial to the public interest" to limit marriage to opposite-sex couples. From Wordnik.com. [Judge strikes California's ban on same-sex marriage, Proposition 8] Reference
Q: I've worked at a fairly conservative firm for years and have always brought opposite-sex "dates" to parties. From Wordnik.com. [Steven Petrow: Gay & Lesbian Manners: Come Out, Come Out Wherever You Are] Reference
Q: I\'ve worked at a fairly conservative firm for years and have always brought opposite-sex \ "dates\" to parties. From Wordnik.com. [Steven Petrow: Gay & Lesbian Manners: Come Out, Come Out Wherever You Are] Reference
"Same-sex couples receive the same tangible and intangible benefits from marriage that opposite-sex couples receive.". From Wordnik.com. [Prop 8 OVERTURNED: Gay Marriage Ban Struck Down In California] Reference
It merely ruled that if the state allows opposite-sex couples to do so, then same-sex couples must be treated equally. From Wordnik.com. [Obama Reaffirms Support For Same-Sex Unions] Reference
This step would guarantee a couple's legal rights, whether the couple was an opposite-sex couple or a same-sex couple. From Wordnik.com. [Anne Dilenschneider: Marriage -- Not Just a "Gay Rights" Issue] Reference
In fact, the truth is that the UCMJ prohibits such behavior, period, regardless of whether it is same-sex or opposite-sex conduct. From Wordnik.com. [Steve Ralls: Elaine Donnelly's Radical Cultural Change] Reference
The City Clerk had rewritten the ceremony a few months earlier to make it work equally well for same-sex and opposite-sex couples. From Wordnik.com. [Katherine Bell: Altering the Tradition of Marriage] Reference
Second, he notes that the "standardized measures" of love "do not differ depending on whether a couple is same-sex or opposite-sex.". From Wordnik.com. [Rev. Patrick S. Cheng, Ph.D.: What About Love?: Why Judge Walker's Proposition 8 Ruling Is Theologically Correct] Reference
A private moral view that same-sex couples are inferior to opposite-sex couples is not a proper basis for legislation, the judge said. From Wordnik.com. [Marjorie Cohn: Landmark Ruling Declares Prop 8 Unconstitutional] Reference
Accordingly, traditional opposite-sex marriages further the fundamental purpose of marriage in a way that same-sex relationships do not. From Wordnik.com. [California Has the Right to Ban Same-Sex Marriages] Reference
He insisted that "a private moral view that same-sex couples are inferior to opposite-sex couples is not a proper basis for legislation.". From Wordnik.com. [Bella DePaulo: Does the Prop 8 Ruling Make the Case for Ending Marital Privilege?] Reference
Same-sex couples are identical to opposite-sex couples in the characteristics relevant to the ability to form successful marital unions. From Wordnik.com. [Marjorie Cohn: Landmark Ruling Declares Prop 8 Unconstitutional] Reference
Transgender feelings result from automatic identification with an opposite-sex figure filling the emotional vacuum left by the same-sex figure. From Wordnik.com. [Terry Krepel: Ann Coulter Doesn't Hate Gays Enough for WorldNetDaily] Reference
If approved by administrators, a new gender-neutral housing policy proposed by the student council would allow opposite-sex roommates at Columbia. From Wordnik.com. ['Boys and Girls' to 'Shack Up,' Reports the Post, Excitedly] Reference
On June 17th, President Obama signed a memo meant to even out some of the benefits opposite-sex couples were given that same-sex partners weren't. From Wordnik.com. [Bil Browning: Ridicule, the federal jobs site, and an ENDA prescription] Reference
Like opposite-sex couples, same-sex couples have happy, satisfying relationships and form deep emotional bonds and strong commitments to their partners. From Wordnik.com. [Prop 8 OVERTURNED: Gay Marriage Ban Struck Down In California] Reference
MINTER: To have an official recognition of one's family relationship that is of equal stature and dignity to the recognition given to opposite-sex couples. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Mar 6, 2009] Reference
The number of opposite-sex unmarried couples who shared living arrangements jumped 13 percent this year to 7.5 million, the Census Bureau reported Thursday. From Wordnik.com. [Number Of Unmarried, Live-In Couples Jumps In 2010] Reference
Indeed, the evidence shows Proposition 8 does nothing more than enshrine in the California Constitution the notion that opposite-sex couples are superior to same-sex couples. From Wordnik.com. [HUFFPOST HILL - AUGUST 4TH, 2010] Reference
Personally, I wouldn't care if they called legal same-sex unions "French vanilla ice cream" so long as they carried the same legal benefits and burdens as opposite-sex unions. From Wordnik.com. [Obama Reaffirms Support For Same-Sex Unions] Reference
"This bill would grant same-sex couples the same immigration benefits -- and responsibilities -- as opposite-sex couples, under the same existing legal framework," they write. From Wordnik.com. [Steve Ralls: Growing Calls for Immigration Reform That Leaves No Family Behind] Reference
"Indeed, the evidence shows Proposition 8 does nothing more than enshrine in the California constitution the notion that opposite-sex couples are superior to same-sex couples.". From Wordnik.com. [California's Proposition 8 gay marriage ban thrown out by court] Reference
Same-sex couples, the judge found, are situated identically to opposite-sex couples regarding their ability to perform the rights and obligations of marriage under California law. From Wordnik.com. [Marjorie Cohn: Landmark Ruling Declares Prop 8 Unconstitutional] Reference
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