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		<title>Exploring &#8220;marriage penalties&#8221; in health reform</title>
		<link>http://unmarried.org/blog/2010/01/27/exploring-marriage-penalties-in-health-reform/</link>
		<comments>http://unmarried.org/blog/2010/01/27/exploring-marriage-penalties-in-health-reform/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 28 Jan 2010 00:50:46 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Nicky</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[health care]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[poverty]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://unmarried.org/blog/?p=520</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Though it didn&#8217;t get much major media attention, several small and so-called conservative outlets have been complaining that the health reform bills moving (or not) through Congress are unfair to married people.  AtMP tracks news about &#8220;marriage penalties&#8221; for two reasons: first, we oppose and look for ways to solve all forms of marital status [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Conversations with a chief marriage promoter</title>
		<link>http://unmarried.org/blog/2010/01/19/conversations-with-a-chief-marriage-promoter/</link>
		<comments>http://unmarried.org/blog/2010/01/19/conversations-with-a-chief-marriage-promoter/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 19 Jan 2010 20:31:13 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Nicky</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[marriage promotion]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[poverty]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[A few days ago as I was heading into the office, my Blackberry picked up an email posting to AtMP-Talk, our interactive listserve.  AtMP-TALK has been hosting important, enlightening and sometimes silly conversations among over 500 members for over a decade, but it had been pretty quiet in recent months.  This posting caught my eye [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Guilt by association?</title>
		<link>http://unmarried.org/blog/2010/01/14/guilt-by-association/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 14 Jan 2010 12:29:23 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Nicky</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[beyond same-sex marriage]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[What does the Alternatives to Marriage Project have to do with Prop 8?  Very little!  But we were mentioned during cross-examination anyway, so let&#8217;s clear up some misunderstandings and provide some context here.
One live-blogger described it like this:
Thompson begins making the case that because Cott supported an organization called Alternatives to Marriage, started by a [...]]]></description>
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		<title>India&#8217;s single women resist stigma, demand rights</title>
		<link>http://unmarried.org/blog/2010/01/10/indias-single-women-resist-stigma-demand-rights/</link>
		<comments>http://unmarried.org/blog/2010/01/10/indias-single-women-resist-stigma-demand-rights/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 10 Jan 2010 19:13:39 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Nicky</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[India]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[international]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[singlism]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://unmarried.org/blog/?p=499</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[A must-read article from Women&#8217;s ENews!  quick highlights:
Formerly-married women in India outnumber the entire population of Canada.  Ever-single women haven&#8217;t even been counted.  But 58,000 women belong to single women&#8217;s organizations in 8 of India&#8217;s federated states.  These organizations have lobbied for economic support, equal pay, and the right not to be burned as witches.
The [...]]]></description>
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		<title>News roundup for the new year</title>
		<link>http://unmarried.org/blog/2010/01/08/news-roundup-for-the-new-year/</link>
		<comments>http://unmarried.org/blog/2010/01/08/news-roundup-for-the-new-year/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 08 Jan 2010 14:41:19 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Nicky</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[health care]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[international]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[marriage promotion]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://unmarried.org/blog/?p=490</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Several AtMP members around the county used their winter holidays to scour the news for interesting stories about marriage and its alternatives.  Here are just a few of the many worth talking about:
Ann was the first to spot the efforts of different-sex unmarried couples to be included in domestic partner coverage being offered to employees [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Happy Holidays to everyone on our family tree*</title>
		<link>http://unmarried.org/blog/2009/12/24/happy-holidays-to-everyone-on-our-family-tree/</link>
		<comments>http://unmarried.org/blog/2009/12/24/happy-holidays-to-everyone-on-our-family-tree/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 24 Dec 2009 17:15:38 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Nicky</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Uncategorized]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://unmarried.org/blog/?p=484</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[
Season’s Greetings from the Alternatives to Marriage Project
May Your New Year be Merry and Bright!
*The Census estimates that, from 2006-2008, in all the homes in the U.S., 27% were occupied by people living alone (15% women and 12% men); 27% by married couples without children; 23% by spouses with children; 5% by unmarried different-sex couples [...]]]></description>
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		<title>AtMP&#8217;s e-newsletter is now online</title>
		<link>http://unmarried.org/blog/2009/12/17/atmps-e-newsletter-is-now-online/</link>
		<comments>http://unmarried.org/blog/2009/12/17/atmps-e-newsletter-is-now-online/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 17 Dec 2009 22:14:18 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Nicky</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[letters to AtMP newsletter]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[This morning, AtMP members world-wide received our email newsletter.  You can read it here.
If you&#8217;d like to comment on an article or send a letter to the editor, please click &#8220;Comments&#8221; below.
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		<title>Possible plus-one benefits for VA state workers</title>
		<link>http://unmarried.org/blog/2009/12/11/possible-plus-one-benefits-for-va-state-workers/</link>
		<comments>http://unmarried.org/blog/2009/12/11/possible-plus-one-benefits-for-va-state-workers/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 11 Dec 2009 18:38:17 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Nicky</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[health care]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://unmarried.org/blog/?p=472</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Virginia&#8217;s Department of Human Resource  Management is considering a regulation that would create plus-one health insurance for state employees.  Sounds very exciting, but there&#8217;s a catch.  Benefits for employees&#8217; spouses would be paid for by the state, but employees who share their benefits with Other Qualifying Adults would have to pay the entire premium [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Marriage vote in NY&#8230; what more can we say?</title>
		<link>http://unmarried.org/blog/2009/12/08/marriage-vote-in-ny-what-more-can-we-say/</link>
		<comments>http://unmarried.org/blog/2009/12/08/marriage-vote-in-ny-what-more-can-we-say/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 08 Dec 2009 16:05:42 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Nicky</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[beyond same-sex marriage]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[get gov't out of marriage]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://unmarried.org/blog/?p=470</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[The topic of same-sex marriage has been covered so many times, there&#8217;s not much more to say.  But I do like the way AtMP supporter and Columbia Law professor Katherine Franke puts it.
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		<title>Every child deserves a family</title>
		<link>http://unmarried.org/blog/2009/12/04/every-child-deserves-a-family/</link>
		<comments>http://unmarried.org/blog/2009/12/04/every-child-deserves-a-family/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 04 Dec 2009 16:56:46 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jessica</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[adoption]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://unmarried.org/blog/?p=409</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Over 129,000 foster children in the U.S. are hoping to be adopted. However, some people who want to be parents are currently being kept from fulfilling their dream of adopting a child, solely because of their marital status. Many of these individuals would be great parents, they just need to be given that chance.
Each potential [...]]]></description>
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