In 1973 New York Republican Bella Abzug was the first person to introduce a Federal “gay rights” bill to congress. Each year since, a congressperson has introduced a new gay rights bill; none of these has been passed to this date, though in 1998, one lost by only one vote in the senate. (Leadrucom 24). according to Stanford University there is only one state that recognizes legal rights for gays. And that state is California. Under California law, a number of rights have been made possible. They have acquired domestic partnership laws at the state and local level. Also as a result of a court decision that treats cohabiting couples the same as married couples, decided that private employers can include domestic partners as dependents under e
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