domestic-partnership

In the 2008 election, he supported civil unions and domestic-partnership rights, but said marriage should be between a man and a woman.

Obama Steps Into Same-Sex Marriage Carol E. Lee 2011

But he spoke at length about his support for domestic-partnership rights and protections against workplace discrimination.

For Romney, 2005 Was Key Year of Policy Shifts Jonathan Weisman 2011

Illinois already grants domestic-partnership benefits to state employees.

Illinois Legislature Approves Civil Unions for Gay Couples Amy Merrick 2010

On gay rights, Ms. Handel has been dogged for months by claims that she supported domestic-partnership benefits for county employees when she was a local official in metro Atlanta.

In Georgia, Candidates Tack Right 2010

Giuliani is often described as being "pro-gay rights" because he signed 1997 bill creating domestic-partnership benefits in New York City.

Rudy Rises In New Time Poll As Romney Goes On Attack -- Is Rudy Solidifying Frontrunner Status? 2009

Protesters believe the amendment could halt all domestic-partnership benefits for even straight unmarried couples.

How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Lakers 2009

So he voted for Federal level bans on giving equal rights to non-heterosexual couples, claiming he thinks it should be a states rights thing, but then campaigns against equal rights for gay people in 2004, then says that the recently passed domestic-partnership law which gives the same rights/protections under Oregon law as married couples, which Speaker Jeff Merkley got through the razor thin majority state legislature is a "fair compromise".

GOP Senator: Discrimination Against Gays Is Similar To Persecution Of Mormons 2009

They were obsessed with the fact that the domestic-partnership law gives the same rights as marriage, and they completely ignored the fact that they so eloquently argued that separate isn't equal in their previous ruling.

Yesterday's Prop 8 oral arguments in California 2009

R-71 expands domestic-partnership rights, and has been called the \ "everything but marriage\" bill.

Allison Kilkenny: Focus On The Family Funds Anti-Gay Referendum, Loses 2009

R-71 expands domestic-partnership rights, and has been called the "everything but marriage" bill.

Allison Kilkenny: Focus On The Family Funds Anti-Gay Referendum, Loses 2009