All posts tagged "same-sex couples"
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3 same-sex couples sue Houston for trying to yank marital benefits
Three city employees and their same-sex spouses are suing the city of Houston and Mayor Sylvester Turner to preserve health care and other same-sex marital...
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SCOTUS says Arkansas must list same-sex parents on children’s birth certificates
Court found state's birth certificate policy discriminated against same-sex couples
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5th Circuit allows Mississippi “religious freedom” law to go into effect
The conservative 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals has lifted a preliminary injunction against Mississippi’s “religious freedom” law allowing discrimination against LGBTQ people and others...
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Texas governor signs anti-LGBTQ adoption bill into law
On Thursday, Gov. Greg Abbott signed into law a bill that allows adoption or foster care agencies to refuse to place children with certain prospective...
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Advocates file complaint against Kentucky judge refusing adoptions to LGBTQ parents
A coalition of LGBTQ advocates has filed a complaint accusing Kentucky Judge W. Mitchell Nance of violating Kentucky’s Code of Judicial Conduct by recusing himself from...
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4 lesbian couples sue over Tennessee’s “LGBT Erasure Bill”
Four lesbian couples in Tennessee are suing over a law that critics say is an attempt to avoid recognizing the legal relationships between LGBTQ parents...
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Alabama bill allows adoption agencies to discriminate against same-sex couples
Alabama lawmakers have passed a bill allowing child placement agencies to discriminate against same-sex couples and other prospective parents based on the agency’s preferred religious beliefs. The Alabama...
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Nebraska Supreme Court throws out ban on same-sex foster parents
State ordered to stop treating same-sex couples differently in foster and adoption cases
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The Parent Trap
Becoming a parent should be a joyous occasion -- unless one partner is excluded from the birth certificate
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Florida settles lawsuit with same-sex couples over children’s birth certificates
The State of Florida has settled a lawsuit with two same-sex couples who were denied accurate birth certificates for their children because of the state’s...
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Arkansas Supreme Court won’t allow lesbian moms to be listed on birth certificate
The Arkansas Supreme Court reversed a lower court’s ruling and found that parents in same-sex relationships do not have the same right to be listed...
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New York family court rules in favor of same-sex second-parent adoption
Last week, a New York family court issued a decision guaranteeing married lesbian couples the right to engage in second-parent adoptions in order to officially...
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Alabama Justice Roy Moore defends himself against same-sex marriage ethics violation charges
Roy Moore denies trying to use his position to block the issuance of same-sex marriage licenses
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Texas judge declares same-sex couples can be denied benefits
Justice John Devine argues that while marriage is a fundamental right, employment benefits are not
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New Jersey sued over law saying lesbians wanting children should sleep with men
Law requires women to prove they are infertile by having sex with a man, even if they have a doctor's diagnosis
