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UK Police: Royal Wedding Guests to Face Security Checks
By not in system - AOL NewsLONDON -- British police say guests at the royal wedding between Prince William and Kate Middleton will have to pass through security checks to enter Westminster Abbey. Indigo / Getty Images Security checks will be required for guests at Friday's wedding of Prince William and Kate Middleton at Westminster Abbey. Police would not say what methods will be used. Some 5,000 police will be deployed at the wedding and 60 people have been barred as part of their bail conditions from entering the area. Metropolitan Police Commander Christine Jones said Wednesday that there is no ...
New York Allows Same-Sex Conjugal Visits in State Prisons
By Mara Gay - AOL NewsNew York inmates who are in same-sex marriages or civil unions are being allowed conjugal visits with their spouses or partners. The state officially announced the change in policy last week, making New York one of the few states to grant the private visits for gay and lesbian inmates in legally recognized same-sex partnerships. Although the policy will directly affect a relatively small number of people, advocates for same-sex marriage say it's an important step toward full equality for gay and lesbian couples. "This is a recognition of same-sex couples as families," Molly McKay of Marriage ...
Texas May Strip Away Transgender Marriage Rights
By not in system - AOL NewsAUSTIN, Texas -- Two years after Texas become one of the last states to allow transgendered people to use proof of their sex change to get a marriage license, Republican lawmakers are trying to roll back the clock. Advocates for the transgendered say a proposal to bar transgendered people from getting married smacks of discrimination and would put their legally-granted marriages in danger of being nullified if challenged in court. One of the Republican sponsors of the legislation said he's simply trying to clean up the 2009 law in a state that bans same-sex marriage under the ...
Beckham, Elton, Mr. Bean to Attend Royal Wedding
By not in system - AOL NewsLONDON - David Beckham, Elton John and Mr. Bean actor Rowan Atkinson will mingle with dozens of royal guests at Prince William and Kate Middleton's wedding, according to an official guest list released Saturday that includes one uncomfortable presence - the Bahraini crown prince accused of a brutal crackdown on protesters. St. James's Palace also released the seating plan at Westminster Abbey, which showed that relatives of William's mother Princess Diana are sitting across the aisle from the royal family, joining the Middletons in an exception to the traditional division of a church into a ...
Montana Judge Rejects Gay Couple Rights Suit
By not in system - AOL NewsHELENA, Mont. -- A Montana judge on Thursday rejected a lawsuit that sought to extend to gay couples the same legal protections as married couples, saying in his decision that he can't grant the benefits partly because of the state's voter-approved constitutional definition of marriage as between a man and a woman. Last year, the American Civil Liberties Union filed the lawsuit on behalf of the gay couples, arguing that the guarantees in the Montana Constitution of equal protection, privacy and dignity should require the state to afford the legal rights to the gay couples. The ACLU said it ...
Prince William Already Has Wedding Day Jitters [VIDEO]
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Carriages Prepared for Royal Wedding [VIDEO]
By not in system - AOL NewsWith little more than a month to the British royal wedding, preparations are frantically under way to ensure an immaculate turnout for the horses and carriages that will form the regal procession through London's streets. ...
Stars Align for Britain's Royal Wedding
By not in system - AOL NewsLONDON -- Kate Middleton and Prince William are a match made in heaven. Just check their horoscopes. The couple will be delighted to know their star signs, Capricorn and Cancer, indicate they are highly compatible and have a good chance of having a successful marriage, according to leading British astrologers. "They probably feel like soulmates," said Wendy Stacey, chair of the Astrological Association of Great Britain. Sang Tan, AP Astrologer Wendy Stacey drew up these star charts for Kate Middleton and Prince William; the charts indicate that the royal couple are a match made ...
Speaker Launches Effort to Defend Gay Marriage Ban
By not in system - AOL NewsWASHINGTON -- House Speaker John Boehner said Friday the House may go to court to defend the federal law against gay marriage, which President Barack Obama's administration has concluded is unconstitutional. Boehner said he would convene a group of bipartisan congressional leaders that has the authority to instruct the House counsel to represent the chamber in court. The panel would include Boehner, Majority Leader Eric Cantor, R-Va.; Majority Whip Kevin McCarthy, R-Calif.; Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi D-Calif., and Minority Whip Steny Hoyer, D-Md. "The constitutionality of this law should ...
Kate Middleton Invites Hometown Folks to Royal Wedding
By Andra Varin - AOL NewsSarah Ferguson doesn't merit an invite to the royal wedding -- but the guy who runs the pub in Kate Middleton's hometown does. And so does the local butcher. And the mailman. And the couple who own the local convenience store. Middleton has invited some of the folks from her hometown in Bucklebury in Berkshire, south-central England, to watch her say "I do" to Prince William. The locals won't be attending the reception at Buckingham Palace or the after-party, but they will be among the 1,900 people watching the royal wedding in Westminster Abbey on April 29. Andrew Milligan, Pool / ...
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