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As NOM Would No Doubt (Distastefully) Phrase It, Today They Are ‘Crying Like...
It’s a glorious day! Equality in America took a giant leap forward, and The National Organization for Marriage, (NOM) is sniveling. After all this time bearing the brunt of their slings and arrows, is...
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California Gov. Jerry Brown Orders Health Department to Advise Clerks to...
California Governor Jerry Brown has ordered the Department of Health ton advise county clerks and recorders to issue marriage licenses to qualified same-sex couples immediately Following the U.S....
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Chief Justice John Roberts’ Lesbian Cousin, Jean Podrasky, Is Now Planning...
Guest author Jean Podrasky (image, right,) is a long-time LGBT activist and the cousin of Chief Justice John Roberts. In March, Podrasky was in the Supreme Court during oral arguments for the Prop 8...
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The Supreme Court Marriage Equality Decisions Explained
Guest author Dr. Jillian T. Weiss explains today’s Supreme Court decisions on United States v. Windsor and Hollingworth v. Perry The United States Supreme Court issued two opinions this morning. The...
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First Thoughts from a North Carolina Couple on a Big Day at the Supreme Court
“We will win full marriage equality. We are convinced of that.” Entrepreneurs and LGBT Activists Bob Page and his partner Dale Frederiksen offer their thoughts on this historic day. First Thoughts...
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Nan Hunter: DOMA Bites The Dust
Guest author and Georgetown University law professor Nan Hunter explains today’s historic marriage rulings. In a decision by Justice Kennedy, the Supreme Court ruled this morning 5 to 4 that the...
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A One-Two Punch To The Nation’s Most Prominent Antigay Laws
Guest Author Suzanne Goldberg is a Professor of Law at Columbia Law School. The Court’s decisions in Windsor and Perry – the first major gay rights rulings in a decade – are a one-two punch to the...
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New York Civil Liberties Union On Edie Windsor’s Victory — And Ours
Guest author Mariko Hirose is a staff attorney at the New York Civil Liberties Union. Today, the Supreme Court in United States v. Windsor struck down section 3 of the Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA),...
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Two Moms Remind Us, Though DOMA Is Dead, We Have Not Yet Finished Our Fight...
Jayne and April DeBoer-Rowse, who are suing the State of Michigan for the right to both adopt their children, send congratulations to everyone whose marriage is now recognized by the federal...
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Same-Sex Marriage Legal Across All 50 States By 2018, Vow LGBT Groups
LGBT organizations are promising to make same-sex marriage legal across all 50 U.S. states by 2018. “Within five years, we will bring marriage equality to all 50 states,” vowed HRC president Chad...
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The Supreme Court Has Spoken, What Now?
GetEqual Florida’s Jarrod Scarbrough reflects on the historic Supreme Court decisions yesterday, and takes a look at the challenges ahead for full LGBT equality. The Supreme Court Has spoken, What...
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Justice, Justice Shall You Pursue….
Seth Marnin is the Assistant Legal Director at the Anti-Defamation League who articulates the whip saw like politics present in America today I cannot escape feeling a bit of whiplash as a result of...
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The New Yorker Magazine’s Must-See Cover Celebrates The SCOTUS Marriage...
NO words required. This Cover From The New Yorker Magazine Says It All
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Justice Kennedy Denies An Emergency Petition To Halt The Resumption Of...
Justice Anthony Kennedy has just denied the petition of an Arizona based group, Alliance Defending Freedom, who filed an emergency motion with the Supreme Court Saturday, seeking to halt the...
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Senator Boxer To The Social Security Administration – Make All Same-Sex...
When the U.S. Supreme Court struck down a key provision of DOMA last week, it determined the federal government must recognize the marriages of gay and lesbian couples living in states where such...
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Federal Judge Slaps Down Michigan’s Governor Rick Snyder – Cites The DOMA...
Although he claims he never thinks about them, Michigan Governor Rick Snyder has been a thorn in the side of the LGBT community. When Public Act 297, was passed by the Republican majority Michigan...
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Scalia: US Nearing Nazi Germany, Supreme Court Unqualified To Rule On...
Antonin Scalia may be the left’s least-favorite U.S. Supreme Court Associate Justice. Caustic, harsh, and lacking empathy, Scalia is known for his claim of being a strict “texturalist,” reading the...
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The Supreme Court Marriage Equality Decisions Explained
Guest author Dr. Jillian T. Weiss explains today’s Supreme Court decisions on United States v. Windsor and Hollingworth v. Perry The United States Supreme Court issued two opinions this morning. The...
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First Thoughts from a North Carolina Couple on a Big Day at the Supreme Court
“We will win full marriage equality. We are convinced of that.” Entrepreneurs and LGBT Activists Bob Page and his partner Dale Frederiksen offer their thoughts on this historic day. First Thoughts...
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On Our Radar – Carl Sciortino – The Supreme Court’s Rainbow Connection
Carl Sciortino A Massachusetts law written by a gay state legislator will come under the scrutiny of the Supreme Court this term. Today Rep. Carl Sciortino and his “selective exclusion” law, are On...
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