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Separating Community Interest In Separate Property In California77

Separating Community Interest In Separate Property In California

The State of California is a community property state when it comes to the division of property during divorce proceedings. Generally, in community property states, property acquired during marriage, except...

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The Ethic of Care

“Is it a law that I can’t hit my brother?” my son asks.“No, of course not,” I answered, “but in our family we take care of each other, we don’t hurt each other.”“But, I won’t go to jail,...

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California's Proposition 8

This fall, Californians will get to vote on how to define marriage. Proposition 8 wants to define marriage as being between a man and a woman only. What is the reason for this? Well, the California...

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Five Myths About Same-Sex Marriage

Over the past several weeks I have seen a huge number of articles spring up in protest of last month's CA Supreme Court ruling in favor of same-sex marriages. I want to address some of the arguments and claims...

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Payneful Realities

Now You See It, Now You Don't At the request of someone I love and respect very much, I've deleted the blog entry I had originally posted. It's just as well since, after reading it through (after its initial...

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Birthers vs Obama

Who are the “Birthers?” According to Urban Dictionary a birther is a conspiracy theorist who believes that President Barack Obama is ineligible for the Presidency of the United States, based on any number...

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Senator Shot Over Slavery

 I recently discovered this story and felt the need to share it with all of you.About two years before the first shots deep in the South signaled the beginning of the U.S. Civil War, two men met on a field...

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Proposition 8 Upheld – Don’t Get Me Started!

If I’m honest with myself I didn’t expect the high court of California to reverse the damage that Proposition 8 has done for my equality when it comes to marriage (even though I live in Las Vegas, I lived...

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Religion and Proposition 8

Proposition 8 was passed on November 8, 2008 in California. The proposition would add a new amendment to the California Constitution which will classify marriage as only a union between man and woman....

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Religion, Gay Americans, and the Law

Conservatives are now in an uproar over a decision handed down on August 18, 2008 by the California Supreme Court on Monday, in which the court held that two Christian doctors could not exempt themselves...

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