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  • Court rules on gay marriage rights (EU Court of Justice - same-sex unions and pension rights)

    04/01/2008 1:03:15 PM PDT · by NormsRevenge · 4 replies · 127+ views
    AP on Yahoo ^ | 4/1/08 | AP
    LUXEMBOURG - EU nations that recognize same-sex unions as legal marriages must grant surviving partners the same pension rights as given to those in traditional marriages, the EU Court of Justice ruled Tuesday. The Luxembourg-based court ruling was seen as a victory for a German man who was denied his partner's retirement plan payments after his partner died in 2005. The EU court said pension plan had discriminated against the man on the grounds of sexual orientation because the men's relationship had been recognized under German law as a legally registered life partnership equivalent to a traditional marriage. The court...