Results for: gay marriage
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What The Heck is Going On Everywhere? A Marriage Equality Explainer
Half the nation now lets same-sex couples marry, thanks to some Supreme Court shenanigans.
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Do I Hear Wedding Bells? SCOTUS Puts Marriage Equality on the Agenda
After a lot of uncertainty, the Supreme Court has decided to consider hearing same-sex marriage cases from five states — and it may mean big news for the constitutionality of state marriage bans.
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Federal Courts in Louisiana, Wisconsin, Indiana Send Mixed Messages on Marriage
It’s two steps forward, one step back as judges find rule both for and against same-sex marriage bans.
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New Jersey Ruling Calls for Legalizing Gay Marriage, Chris Christie Plans to Appeal Like A Total Jerk
The governor’s office plans to appeal the ruling, but activists in the state are already celebrating.
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The Gay Marriage Butterfly Effect Begins: SCOTUS Decisions Ignite Other Cases
The United States Supreme Court’s decision to strike down the Defense of Marriage Act and to return the Prop 8 case to the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals are already starting to ripple through other marriage-related cases, making them easier to win or even just easier to exist.
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We Won A Thing! Indiana Judge Throws Out State’s Same-Sex Marriage Ban
This morning, a federal judge in Indiana determined that the state’s same-sex marriage ban is unconstitutional, and couples in the state have already begun marrying.
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Presbyterian Church Assembly Votes to Make Room for Marriage Equality in Their Constitution
After a landmark vote in the Presbyterian Church USA General Assembly Thursday, the denomination’s constitutional definition of marriage allows for same-sex unions.
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We Won A Thing In Oregon! Judge Rules Marriage Ban Unconstitutional, State Attorney Cool With It
With no one left who can argue in favor of the ban in court, couples can start marrying without fear of the uncertain fate faced by hundreds of couples in Arkansas after last week’s legal fracas there.
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What The Heck Is Going On In Arkansas? A Marriage Equality Explainer
So what does all this judicial back-and-forth mean?
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Delaware Legalizes Gay Marriage, We Won A Thing!
Delaware became the 11th state to legalize same-sex marriage today!
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We Won A Thing, With Some Qualifiers: Federal Judge Rules Idaho’s Same-Sex Marriage Ban Unconstitutional
Today Idaho became the latest state with a ban on same-sex marriage to have it declared unconstitutional by a federal judge.
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We Win Another Thing: Uruguay Legalizes Gay Marriage
Yesterday, Uruguay became the latest country to eliminate laws against same-sex marriages, with 71 of the 92 members of its Chamber of Deputies supporting it.
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Mozilla CEO Brenden Eich Resigns Over Prop 8 Controversy, Mozilla Remains Pretty Cool
Earlier this week, OKCupid joined the outrage at Mozilla’s new choice of CEO Brenden Eich by asking their users to uninstall Firefox. Yesterday, Brenden Eich resigned.
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Love Isn’t All You Need: Michigan Woman Assaulted After Her Same-Sex Wedding
The attack of this woman just nine days after she made her girlfriend her wife in the eyes of the law brings into sharp relief the problem with the LGBT movement focusing so intensely on marriage.
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OKCupid Asks Users to Stop Being Activity Partners With Firefox and its Anti-Gay CEO
“You know shit is real when real live tech people offer Internet Explorer as a viable option.”
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2015’s Anti-LGBT Law Proposals Are Already Stacking Up
Just one month into the new year, lawmakers across the country are introducing bills to erode LGBT rights any way they can.
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Lambda Legal Takes Up Fight For Lesbian Widow’s Same-Sex Social Security Benefits
Susan Summer, the director of constitutional litigation at Lambda Legal, put it simply: “SSA should not be telling widowed lesbians and gay men already grieving the loss of a spouse—‘you live in the wrong state so you don’t get Social Security spousal benefits.'”
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Religious Gay Acceptance on the Rise; More Than Just Marriage Happening for Gays at the Altar
From President Obama’s reelection after his marriage equality statement to the Pope’s message that that gay people should not be marginalized, the future is looking a little brighter for LGBT people of faith.
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Six Couples Sue For Right to Marry In Florida, Joining Dozens of Lawsuits for Marriage Equality
On Tuesday morning, six same sex couples and LGBT civil rights group Equality Florida filed a lawsuit in pursuit of marriage equality in the Sunshine State.
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We Won A Thing: Michigan Judge Rules Same-Sex Marriage Ban Unconstitutional
Today, Judge Bernard Friedman declared Michigan’s 2004 same-sex marriage ban unconstitutional.