All posts tagged "same-sex marriage bans"
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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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Federal court rules same-sex partners are entitled to receive Social Security survivor’s benefits
A federal judge has ruled that the U.S. Social Security Administration’s categorical denial of survivor’s benefits to surviving same-sex partners who were barred from marrying...
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Same-sex widower asks court to grant him Social Security survivor’s benefits
Lawyers for an Arizona man whose partner died just six months after the state lifted its ban on same-sex marriage have asked a federal court...
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Lambda Legal seeks class action status in LGBTQ Social Security survivor benefits lawsuit
If granted, class action status would allow all LGBTQ widows denied survivor benefits to avoid filing separate but identical lawsuits
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Supreme Court justices mull over marriage matters
Tuesday’s oral arguments in the case determining whether same-sex couples have the right to marry might be a sign of things to come. Or it...
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SCOTUS hears marriage equality cases
High court ponders whether states must recognize or can ban same-sex marriages
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Holder: State bans on same-sex marriage unconstitutional
When the issue of marriage equality once again comes before the nation’s highest court, the Obama administration will file a brief advocating for same-sex couples’ right to...
