Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker was sued by four same-sex couples seeking the right to marry in the state and to overturn a law that makes it a crime for them to marry in another state.
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Read More »Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker was sued by four same-sex couples seeking the right to marry in the state and to overturn a law that makes it a crime for them to marry in another state.
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Read More »The U.S. Senate is poised to pass legislation that would make it illegal for most employers to fire, refuse to hire or demote workers because of their sexual orientation.
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Read More »The Missouri Supreme Court ruled Tuesday that the same-sex partner of a Highway Patrol officer killed in the line of duty cannot collect survival benefits.
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Read More »New Jersey can’t block same-sex marriages while it appeals a decision that overturned a statewide ban on such unions.
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Read More »The legal team that successfully took challenges to the federal Defense of Marriage Act and California’s same-sex marriage ban to the U.S. Supreme Court has joined a challenge to Virginia’s constitutional amendment prohibiting same-sex marriage.
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Read More »Individuals in same-sex marriages will be entitled to the employer benefits of their spouse even if they live in a state that doesn’t recognize their union.
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Read More »A Nebraska policy barring gay and lesbian couples and individuals from being foster parents was challenged in an American Civil Liberties Union lawsuit.
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Read More »The decision applies to spouses of U.S. citizens as well as non-U.S. citizens.
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Read More »The American Civil Liberties Union and Lambda Legal argued to an Illinois judge that laws prohibiting same-sex marriage should be declared unconstitutional.
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Read More »We won’t see federal troops in the streets this time, but there is reason again to doubt whether we will see a gradual acceptance of same-sex marriage or a redoubled effort by its opponents to keep it from becoming the norm nationally.
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Read More »Gay marriages may resume in a matter of weeks, once legal procedures are completed.
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