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Family visitation for same-sex couples is no longer banned in California prisons.


Family visitation VISITATION. The act of examining into the affairs of a corporation.
     2. The power of visitation is applicable only to ecclesiastical and eleemosynary corporations. 1 Bl. Com. 480; 2 Kid on Corp. 174.
 for same-sex couples A same-sex couple is a pair of people of the same gender who pursue a romantic or sexual relationship together.

The term "same-sex relationship" may be used when the sexual orientation of participants in a same-sex relationship is not known.
 is no longer banned in California prisons. In keeping with state law that requires domestic partners be treated the same as married couples, the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation rehabilitation: see physical therapy.  has reversed its earlier stance and agreed to allow its gay and lesbian inmates overnight family visitation with their registered domestic partners.

Karen Ann Gajewski is a freelance editor and an editorial consultant to the Humanist hu·man·ist  
n.
1. A believer in the principles of humanism.

2. One who is concerned with the interests and welfare of humans.

3.
a. A classical scholar.

b. A student of the liberal arts.
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Title Annotation:Worth Noting
Author:Gajewski, Karen Ann
Publication:The Humanist
Date:Jul 1, 2007
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