All posts tagged "aclu"
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LGBT-rights groups withdraw support for ENDA
Several major LGBT-rights organizations pulled their support for the Employment Non-Discrimination Act Tuesday due to the bill’s religious exemption. The American Civil Liberties Union, Gay &...
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Federal judge declares Pennsylvania same-sex marriage ban unconstitutional
Pennsylvania’s same-sex marriage ban was struck down as unconstitutional by a federal judge Tuesday. “Today, certain citizens of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania are not guaranteed the...
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Federal judge orders Utah recognize married same-sex couples
A federal judge ordered the state of Utah to recognize the marriages of more than 1,000 same-sex couples married in the state earlier this year...
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Michigan sued for suspending recognition of married same-sex couples
Eight same-sex couples who were married in Michigan before a federal judge’s decision striking down the state’s same-sex marriage ban was put on hold filed...
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Federal judge orders same-sex marriages to begin immediately in Illinois county
Same-sex couples in one Illinois county will be able to marry effective immediately following a federal court ruling handed down Friday. According to the decision...
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DHS abandons plans to collect and store nationwide license-plate data
A proposal by the Department of Homeland Security to create a national database of data collected from license-plate scanners has been dropped. The department announced...
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Freedom Nevada campaign launched to put same-sex marriage on 2016 ballot
“Freedom Nevada is a campaign to share stories and foster conversation — showing that every gay and lesbian person is part of someone’s family and...
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Wisconsin same-sex marriage ban challenged in federal court
Wisconsin’s same-sex marriage ban is facing a challenge in federal court after four same-sex couples filed a lawsuit in a U.S. District Court Monday. Joining...
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Utah sued for blocking recognition of married same-sex couples
The state of Utah is facing a new lawsuit for its decision to place state recognition of same-sex marriages “on hold” earlier this month. In a...
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Federal judge orders early issuing of marriage license to Illinois same-sex couple
A lesbian couple in Illinois will marry sooner than expected after a federal court Monday ordered a county clerk to issue a marriage license to...
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Simmering divide over ENDA’s broad religious exemption set to boil
Congress has returned to Washington after its month-long summer recess, and as a historic Senate vote draws nearer on the Employment Non-Discrimination Act, lingering divisions...
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Pennsylvania AG Kathleen Kane refuses to defend law banning gay marriage
Pennsylvania Attorney General Kathleen Kane (D) announced today she would not defend the state’s law prohibiting same-sex marriage. Kane’s satement came in response to a...
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Pennsylvania’s marriage ban challenged as ACLU, Freedom to Marry boost efforts
Follow @JustinCSnow Pennsylvania’s same-sex marriage ban in facing an unprecedented challenge after the American Civil Liberties Union filed a lawsuit in federal court today alleging...
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New Mexico Supreme Court asked to rule on marriage equality
Follow @JustinCSnow Emboldened by the Supreme Court’s ruling last week striking down Section 3 of the Defense of Marriage Act and returning marriage equality to...
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Central Florida 8th-grader wins right to start Gay-Straight Alliance
“I’m just so happy that our club is finally going to be allowed to meet. There’s only about a month left of school, but that’s...
