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Pro-gay rally and anti-gay march to converge at Supreme Court on Tuesday morning
Pro-Gay United for Marriage Rally On Tuesday, March 26, a large rally is set to take place at the Supreme Court at 8:30 am. The...
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Lines Drawn for Supreme Court Showdown
Dueling rallies to be held the week of March 26 are set to highlight the public marriage-equality debate as the nine justices of the U.S....
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Obama cannot imagine Supreme Court upholding gay marriage bans
President Barack Obama elaborated further on his administration’s decision to file a brief in the Proposition 8 case, telling George Stephanopoulos of ABC News in an...
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Obama administration calls on Supreme Court to strike down DOMA
The Obama administration urged the Supreme Court to strike down the Defense of Marriage Act in a brief filed Friday, declaring the 1996 federal law...
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Supreme Court Showdown
Advocates have been left energized but wary following the Supreme Court's Dec. 7 announcement that it will weigh in on a pair of cases regarding...
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DOMA Challenge Goes to Federal Appeals Court in New York
The U.S. Court of Appeals for the 2nd Circuit heard the latest arguments against the Defense of Marriage Act yesterday as lesbian widow Edith Windsor’s suit...
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Marriage Equality Could Return to California Next Month as Supreme Court Considers Cases
The Supreme Court’s nine justices return from their summer break today with a number of cases that could have strong implications for marriage equality awaiting...
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Another Court Rules Against DOMA
Another federal judge has ruled against the Defense of Marriage Act. An appointee of President George W. Bush, U.S. District Court Judge Vanessa Bryant today...
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Court Declares Civil Unions Equal to Marriage
Massachusetts’s highest court declared civil unions to be the “equivalent of marriage” in a ruling Thursday that was hailed by marriage-equality advocates. The unanimous declaration...
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More Than 30 LGBT, HIV/AIDS Orgs Call for National Immigration Reform in Wake of High Court Ruling
Today, the Supreme Court issued its ruling in the Obama administration’s challenge to Arizona’s immigration law, S.B. 1070, holding that three of the four provisions...
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News Analysis: The DOMA Decision Is A Narrow One — Which Could Be Key at the Supreme Court
The opinion from the U.S. Court of Appeals for the First Circuit on May 31 striking down Section 3 of the Defense of Marriage Act in...
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BREAKING: DOMA’s Federal Definition of Marriage Unconstitutional, Federal Appeals Court Rules
Section 3 of the Defense of Marriage Act — the federal definition of “marriage” and “spouse” — is unconstitutional, a federal appeals court in Boston...
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Federal Appeals Court Takes on DOMA in Historic Hearing on Wednesday in Boston: What to Know
On Wednesday morning, April 4, a three-judge panel of the...
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Gay civil unions begin in Delaware and Hawaii; Washington state to propose marriage?
The new year ushered in legal recognition for many gay and lesbian couples in two new states. Hawaii and Delaware began registering same-sex civil unions...
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Senate Considers the Respect for Marriage Act, Bill to Repeal DOMA
[Photo: Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Patrick Leahy (D-Vt.) confers with Rep. John Lewis (D-Ga.) before a committee hearing into the Respect for Marriage Act, a...
