All posts tagged "marriage ban"
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Supreme Court Allows Video of Proposition 8 Trial to Be Made Public
Earlier this week, the U.S. Supreme Court rejected a request from opponents of same-sex marriage who had sought to block video of the 2010 trial...
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Lesbian sues Social Security Administration over denial of survivor’s benefits
Lawsuit argues that same-sex partners who were unable to marry should be treated like straight spouses in common law marriages
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Rubio campaign flaunting opposition to gay marriage
Florida Sen. Marco Rubio appears to be embracing opposition to gay marriage as a major plank of his presidential campaign with the release of a...
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Texas anti-gay measures and HIV criminalization bill fail
Despite some last-minute legal wrangling, the Texas legislature failed to pass several anti-gay measures as of the May 27 final deadline for passing any bills that lawmakers...
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AG Racine urges Supremes to support gay marriage
D.C.’s Attorney General Karl Racine on Friday joined a growing chorus of voices calling on the Supreme Court to legalize marriage equality via a nationwide...
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Roy Moore unwilling to budge on gay marriage
— Alabama Chief Supreme Court Justice Roy Moore, referring to comparisons that his vehement opposition to legalizing same-sex marriage is equivalent to former Alabama Gov....
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Texas County Clerk Says No Gay Marriages “Just Yet”
“The County Attorney is taking a look at it…. But for now, the order doesn’t tell one to start issuing marriage licenses, so I don’t...
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Scalia Rejects “Anti-Gay” Moniker
Supreme Court justice's remarks seen as indicator of how he'll rule on marriage equality cases
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Stand by Your (Gay Marriage) Ban
The Marshall-Newman Amendment will stay embedded in Virginia's constitution for at least 3 more years
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Vietnam Removes Same-Sex Marriage Ban
Vietnam has taken the landmark step of becoming the first Southeast Asian country to permit same-sex marriage.
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Michigan Governor “on the wrong side of history” for supporting same-sex marriage ban
“Simply put, Gov. Snyder and Attorney General Schuette are on the wrong side of history when it comes to ensuring equal rights for LGBT Michiganders.”...
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Target announces support for marriage equality
“It is our belief that everyone should be treated equally under the law, and that includes rights we believe individuals should have related to marriage.”...
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Bostic Ruling Could Boost Other States’ Marriage Fights
The heads of four state-level LGBT-rights organizations whose state marriage laws could potentially be affected by a ruling in the Virginia case of Bostic v....
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Virginia judge stays gay-marriage suit pending 4th Circuit decision
A federal judge in Virginia on Monday stayed the case of Harris v. Rainey, one of two cases challenging Virginia’s voter-approved constitutional amendment banning any...
