All posts tagged "United States Supreme Court"
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Why bother with the vote?
Our political system is dysfunctional, uninspiring, and deadlocked. That's why you need to vote.
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DNC LGBT-themed web ad calls on Senate to fill Scalia’s seat
There’s nothing quite like election-year squabbling between the major parties, particularly when a Supreme Court seat hangs in the balance. Faced with a Republican-controlled Senate,...
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Shock to the System
Or, how I learned to stop being idealistic and accept our failed political system
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Tennessee lawmakers approve anti-marriage equality resolution
On Tuesday, Tennessee lawmakers approved — without debate — a resolution expressing “disagreement with the constitutional analysis” of Obergefell v. Hodges, the case that legalized marriage...
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Justice Antonin Scalia dead
The 79-year-old Supreme Court Justice was no friend to the LGBT cause
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Donald Trump apparently wants same-sex marriage overturned
Tells Fox News anchor Chris Wallace he would consider appointing justices to "change things."
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Tennessee bill seeks to invalidate gay marriage decision
LGBT rights advocates are condemning a bill in Tennessee that seeks to defy the Supreme Court’s same-sex marriage ruling. The bill, known as the Tennessee Natural Marriage...
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LGBT groups urge SCOTUS to strike down Texas abortion law
Several LGBT groups are coming to the legal aid of their allies in the reproductive justice movement, urging the U.S. Supreme Court to strike down...
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Kentucky could owe more than $2 million in gay marriage fight
Kentucky Gov. Matt Bevin (R) may have leveraged his opposition to same-sex marriage to get into the governor’s mansion, but, as with any benefit, there’s...
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Lesbian mother gets legal support in Alabama adoption case
A lesbian mother from Alabama who had previously been denied visitation rights to see her three children despite having legally adopted them in Georgia is...
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Rubio campaign flaunting opposition to gay marriage
Florida Sen. Marco Rubio appears to be embracing opposition to gay marriage as a major plank of his presidential campaign with the release of a...
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Supreme Court grants stay in lesbian second-parent adoption case
Mother who was separated from children after bitter break-up will be allowed visitation rights
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Michigan Republicans are trying to ignore same-sex marriage
Legislation tries to reclaim the state's "sovereignty" in denying marriage to gay people
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Rubio: Gay marriage is “not settled law”
Presidential candidate Sen. Marco Rubio (R-Fla.) gave an interview in which he suggested that social conservatives should continue to fight the legalization of marriage equality,...
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Justice Kennedy: Public officials can’t ignore Supreme Court rulings
Supreme Court Justice Anthony Kennedy has informally rejected the argument put forth by Rowan County, Kentucky Clerk Kim Davis as justification for her refusal to issue marriage...
