GAY 'MARRIAGES' TANGLE EUROPEAN LAWS: From the Washington Times, hence the constant quote marks

If you're married in Holland, are you still married when you move to Austria? Not if it's a homosexual union.

More than two years after the Netherlands became the first nation to permit same-sex "marriage," Europe is mired in a confusing tangle of laws complicating legal and family issues for homosexual couples.

"Married" homosexuals in the Netherlands enjoy the same rights as their heterosexual counterparts, including custody of children, inheritance of property and hospital visitation rights should their partners fall ill.

Yet, as they move around within an enlarging European Union which will have 10 more nations after next year many find themselves losing some of those rights, even in member states that recognize same-sex unions.

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