31. Most of them were born to heterosexual couples and have been raised by a homosexual couple after a divorce. 32. Neither is there a ground swell to make surrogacy legally available to anyone but married heterosexual couples. 33. She also said that when she was a surrogate for a heterosexual couple, she worried that the woman envied her. 34. Some employers limit such benefits to same-sex relationships on the theory that heterosexual couples could obtain such benefits by marrying. 35. Such a designation would apply to other survivors as well, such as unmarried heterosexual couples or dependent parents. 36. Supporters of same-sex marriage have battled in states across the nation to enjoy the same rights as married heterosexual couples. 37. That measure was blocked in the Republican-led Senate largely because it did not strictly define a family or household as a married heterosexual couple. 38. The civil unions law, which Dean signed, grants to same-sex couples most of the same benefits and responsibilities of heterosexual couples who get married. 39. The Defense of Marriage Act already limits federal marriage benefits to heterosexual couples and defines marriage as a union between a man and a woman. 40. The Hartford now plans to offer these lower rates to gay and unmarried heterosexual couples who live together. |
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