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...marriage supporters do press the vote again, they will have one ready source of allies - the 18,000 couples who were married in the brief window of time when gay marriage was legal in California and whose marriages remain intact. The court unanimously upheld those marriages in Tuesday's opinion. At the end of last week, as if anticipating the court defeat, the Human Rights Campaign, a gay-rights advocacy group, released an inspirational video to rally support, promising that the 18,000 couples and their friends around the country would not be backing down. (See pictures...
...interest groups on both the right and left care passionately about court nominations, this is not one that is likely to tip the balance of the court in either direction when it comes to hot-button social issues like abortion. That means, for most Americans, Sotomayor's nomination will remain secondary to other issues, like fixing the economy. And those who fight over it will seem needlessly partisan. (Read "Judge Sonia Sotomayor Headed for Easy Supreme Court Nomination...
...Still, many restrictions on cross-strait business remain. Taiwan banks, for example, can't operate on the mainland because the necessary agreements aren't in place to allow regulators from the two sides to cooperate, cutting off a key source of growth. Victor Kung, president of Fubon Financial Holding Co., says Taiwan's isolation from a burgeoning China has stunted the development of the entire economy. As costs at home have risen and the island's manufacturing has moved offshore, Taiwan has needed to foster new industries, especially in the service sector, to generate growth and jobs, but a lack...
...largely unprepared to deal with this crisis. Autism funding and research, so far, have predominantly focused on children. When I have visited autism conferences, there have been exceedingly few research projects devoted to low-functioning adult autistics. It remains difficult for families of adult autistics to find the programs they need, to access those services that are available and even to locate medical professionals and dentists who can handle adult autistics. Too much of the burden rests on the families themselves, who remain in the picture as caregivers, advocates and, too often, the only party with the autistic adult...
...while Backman saved a lot of money by withstanding the pressure to have a lavish wedding, over time it is costing him a bundle to remain unmarried: since he is not covered by his partner's company health-insurance plan, he pays $12,000 a year for his own policy. "As I get older and sicker, I'm much more likely to get the rubber stamp," he admits...