All posts tagged "doma"
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Federal lawsuit seeks veteran benefits for same-sex spouses
The Department of Veterans Affairs was sued in federal court Monday by LGBT-rights advocates seeking benefits for the same-sex spouses of veterans living in states...
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Federal appeals court rules Oklahoma same-sex marriage ban unconstitutional
Federal appeals court rules Oklahoma same-sex marriage ban unconstitutional.
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State judge rules Florida same-sex marriage ban unconstitutional
A state judge found Florida’s ban on same-sex marriage in violation of the U.S. Constitution in a ruling handed down Thursday. The decision by Chief...
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One Year Later
“It literally took me seconds to decide it was the perfect case,” Roberta Kaplan recounts of her first meeting with Edith Windsor. It was 2009,...
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Federal appeals court rules Utah same-sex marriage ban unconstitutional
A federal appeals court upheld a lower court’s ruling that Utah’s ban on same-sex marriage is unconstitutional in a ruling handed down Wednesday. The 2-1...
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Federal judge strikes down Indiana same-sex marriage ban
A federal judge struck down Indiana’s same-sex marriage ban Wednesday, declaring the law in violation of the Fourteenth Amendment’s Due Process Clause and Equal Protection...
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As Obama administration concludes DOMA ruling implementation, focus returns to Congress
Attorney General Eric Holder announced the completion of the administration’s implementation of last year’s U.S. Supreme Court decision striking down Section 3 of the Defense...
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Hillary Clinton defends marriage equality evolution in testy interview
Hillary Clinton defends marriage equality evolution in testy interview with NPR
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Federal judge strikes down Wisconsin same-sex marriage ban
Wisconsin’s same-sex marriage ban was found unconstitutional by a federal judge Friday. “Wisconsin laws prohibiting marriage between same-sex couples interfere with plaintiffs’ right to marry,...
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With North Dakota lawsuit, all state gay marriage bans challenged
With North Dakota filing, every same-sex marriage ban in the nation faces a legal challenge
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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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Judge rules Arkansas same-sex marriage ban unconstitutional
An Arkansas judge found his state’s same-sex marriage ban to be unconstitutional in a ruling handed down Friday. Circuit Court Judge Christopher Piazza declared a...
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Senators move to extend same-sex couples full Social Security benefits
Since the U.S. Supreme Court handed down a sweeping ruling last June striking down the federal government’s definition of marriage as between a man and...
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Federal court strikes down Michigan’s same-sex marriage ban
A federal judge struck down Michigan’s ban on same-sex marriage as unconstitutional. U.S. District Court Judge Bernard Friedman found a state constitutional amendment approved by...
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Tennessee ordered to recognize same-sex couples’ marriages
A federal court ordered Tennessee officials to legally recognize the marriages of three same-sex couples in a decision handed down Friday. U.S. District Court Judge...
