All posts tagged "legal"
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Chuck Schumer Signals Vote Forthcoming on Respect for Marriage Act
The U.S. Senate’s top-ranking Democrat has filed for cloture on a bill that would require the federal government to recognize legal marriages, including those involving...
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TripAdvisor shuts down ‘Straight Pride’ organizers in spectacularly gay fashion
A legal threat filled with gay anthems ordered 'Straight Pride' to stop mentioning the company on their website
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Ecuador judges rule that banning same-sex marriage is illegal
The judges ruled that the Civil Registry must allow a gay couple to get married "immediately"
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Paw Law
With unforeseen — often tragic — circumstances waiting around many corners, pets should be considered just like children, real estate and other items of particular...
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The flipside of gay marriage rights: Divorces begin in Minnesota, Colorado
Dawn Tuckner, a Minnesota woman, told Fox 9 that she was married to another woman in Canada back in 2004. Their relationship, however, ended three years ago....
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Samsung didn’t copy iPad, Apple forced to agree
A UK judge has ruled that Apple must publicly declare on its website and in British publications that Samsung did not copy the iPad’s design for...
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Time to Tie the Knot
As D.C. enters its second month of same-sex couples being able to obtain marriage licenses, some wonder if – as with California and Maine –...
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Money Changes Everything?
SAN FRANCISCO – The discussion at the Proposition 8 trial Thursday swung from the economics to mental health. In between, it covered everything from how...
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Legal Eagle Lands in D.C.
On any given day, chances are you will probably catch Shannon Minter in one of two places: Washington, D.C., where he shares a home with...
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Relocation moves forward
The D.C. City Council on Tuesday passed, after second reading, gay Councilmember Jim Graham's (D-Ward 1) heavily amended One-Time Relocation of Licensees Displaced by the...
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Raising the Bar
Even as a child, Melvin White showed interest in the law as an avid fan of TV courtroom dramas such as Perry Mason. ''I was...
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Gay in Court
Attorneys from GAYLAW, a local organization of GLBT attorneys, made a bit of history Tuesday morning, as they were sworn-in to the Bar of the...
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A Supreme Victory
One down, two to go. Wherever one stands on last week's Supreme Court decision striking down sodomy laws -- with Justice Anthony M. Kennedy's moving...
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