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California has cid to sanctn gay sex wh prison walls for the first time by allowg mat to have njugal viss wh registered same-sex domtic partners, officials said on Friday.

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GAYS AND LBIANS ALLOWED NJUGAL VISS PRISONS

ALBANY - State prison officials are allowg njugal viss for gay mat volved same-sex marriag or civil unns. * prison gay conjugal visits *

Many stat did not beg to jo Mississippi offerg njugal viss until much later the century, when nservative ernors like California's Ronald Reagan would terme 1968 that allowg some married men to have sex wh their wiv was the bt way to rce "stanc of homosexualy" prisons. ALBANY - State prison officials are allowg njugal viss for gay mat volved same-sex marriag or civil regulatn chang will also allow gay prisoners to take leave om their cell when their loved one is termally ill. Cuomo's office a bid to w approval of gay marriage before the end of the state's legislative ssn has said legalizg gay marriage is a prry for his admistratn.

A recent Qunipiac Poll showed 56% of New Yorkers support legalizg gay marriag.

2007-06-01 04:00:00 PDT Sacramento -- California's prison system is changg s regulatns to allow njugal viss for gay and lbian mat rponse to a legal threat and a 2003 law that gave domtic partners many of the same rights as married a plat om an mate a Vaville prison and prsure om the Amerin Civil Liberti Unn, the state Department of Correctns and Rehabilatn has begun to allow overnight viss for mat wh registered domtic partners and is to adopt permanent regulatns later this year.

CALIFORNIA ALLOWS GAY NJUGAL VISS PRISONS

California's prison system is changg s regulatns to allow njugal viss for gay... * prison gay conjugal visits *

The change will allow gay and lbian mat the same rights as other mat, who are eligible to spend up to three days wh fay members livg areas -- ually trailers -- on prison grounds. A gay-rights advote praised the partment's move and said the rights of gay and lbian mat were nsired durg the creatn of the law 2003 unr AB205.

AdvertisementArticle ntu below this adGroups that oppose gay marriage and domtic partnerships were upset wh the new regulatns.

CALIF. GAY, LBIAN MAT GET NJUGAL VISS

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SAN FRANCISCO (Rters) - California has cid to sanctn gay sex wh prison walls for the first time by allowg mat to have njugal viss wh registered same-sex domtic partners, officials said on change the l follows mands by Vernon Foeller, 40, a former club disc jockey who repeatedly sought permissnfor a vis om his domtic partner. He had the state’s first gay njugal vis December, even though the formal change the le is still pendg.

”Gay sex outsi of njugal viss is still banned California prisons and mat who marry prison or same-sex upl prison are eligible for the the program, an mate is allowed to live a small apartment or trailer wh the prison grounds for up to 72 hours wh a spoe or partner or immediate fay members.

GAY NJUGAL VISS PRISONS

1This is an tertg time the changg legal landspe relatg to gay and lbian prisoners, but public and scholarly attentn is lackg.

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