Results for: gay marriage
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BREAKING: Supreme Court Will Rule on Constitutionality of Same-Sex Marriage
The Supreme Court will decide on the constitutionality of marriage equality rights sometime this summer.
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Daily Fix: No New Friends for Scott Walker This Week and More News Stories
Bill O’Reilly’s dumb thoughts, the Justice for Victims of Trafficking Act, some really alarming high school educators, violence against a trans woman in Brazil, an anti-abortion lawsuit in Virginia, and more!
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Daily Fix: Obama Calls for an End to Conversion Therapy and Other News Stories
Obama’s big statement on conversion therapy, Walter Scott’s murder, anti-abortion law in Kansas, discrimination against non-bisexual people alleged at the University of Wisconsin Milwaukee, and more!
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Daily Fix: Republicans Didn’t Rise to the Occasion for Equal Pay Day and More News Stories
The state of conversion therapy, campus sexual assault protests at Columbia, Marylin Zuniga and get-well cards for Mumia, an anti-trans bathroom bill in Nevada, abortion laws in Oklahoma, and more!
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What’s the Deal With Bernie Sanders? 7 Things You Want to Know
I hear he’s a socialist. That’s cool. But also he’s an old straight white man, like the vast majority of American politicians, so what would his alleged socialism mean for people who aren’t old straight white men?
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Australian High Court Shuts Down New Marriage Equality Law, Gay Marriages Declared Invalid
In extremely upsetting and infuriating news, Australia’s High Court has overturned ACT’s legalization of same-sex marriage.
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It Looks Like Marriage Equality is Finally Headed to the Supreme Court
A federal appeals court ruled today that the bans on same-sex marriage in four states are constitutional. Today’s decision means SCOTUS will have to make a decision on marriage equality.
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We Won Two Things: Same-Sex Marriage Bans in Arkansas and Mississippi are Ruled Unconstitutional
Both rulings have been stayed, but marriage equality in the South seems kind of inevitable now.
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Supreme Court Won’t Take Up Marriage Equality Cases; Marriage Can Begin in 11 States
This morning the Supreme Court officially declined to rule on five pending same-sex marriage cases from Indiana, Utah, Oklahoma, Virginia, and Wisconsin. This means marriages can start immediately in those states, but national progress is stalled.
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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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We Won A Thing: Federal Judge Strikes Down Florida’s Marriage Ban
Y’all, if Florida can do it…
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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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We Won A Thing: Florida Judge Overturns Same-Sex Marriage Ban, Only Applies to Monroe County
A Florida judge overturned the state’s 2008 same-sex marriage ban on Thursday, allowing same sex couples in Monroe County to marry starting on Tuesday.
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Gay Marriage Victory in the UK: We Win Yet Another Thing!
The Queen makes it official by signing off on gay marriage in England!
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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.