1.   Sweden allows gay partners to receive many of the benefits awarded to heterosexual Married couples.

2.   Sweden allows gay partners to receive many of the same benefits that Married couples get.

3.   All new partners receive a T-shirt, autographed photo of driver Mardy Lindley and a chance to win prizes like pit passes, used tires and autographed lug nuts.

4.   But most gay and lesbian partners do not receive domestic-partner benefits.

5.   Despite the tolerance of big companies like IBM, most gay partners do not receive spousal health benefits.

6.   Ground-breaking is pending the approval of a license, which Hoang said should the partners should receive by the end of September.

7.   In exchange for their partnership interest in Sprint PCS, the cable partners would receive tracking shares of Sprint PCS.

8.   In return, partners receive income, capital gains and tax benefits generated by the business.

9.   Inclusion in the registry would ensure that partners receive the same hospital visitation rights as family members, that they can become conservators for incapacitated partners.

10.   Partners received two or three weeks of intensive therapy at their sex clinic in St. Louis, and then follow-up consultation for as long as five years.