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Gender: Male Orientation: More gay than Bi Out Status: Not hiding but not many people know Location: Chicago IL Age: 31 Posts: 4,786 Join Date: Dec 2009 Tournaments Won: 2 |  Protesters criticise Irish partnership laws
http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/...reaking21.html Quote:
Over 2,000 people took part in a march in Dublin this afternoon to highlight shortcomings in the civil partnership legislation introduced recently by the Government.
The Civil Partnership Civil Partnership and Certain Rights and Obligations of Cohabitants Act 2009, signed into law last month, extended marriage-like benefits to gay and lesbian couples in some areas of property, social welfare, succession, maintenance, pensions and tax.
But it did not address the rights of children of same-sex couples.
Organised by lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender campaign group "Noise", the protest began at City Hall and ended at the Department of Justice on St Stephen's Green...
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