The Supremes Ain’t Just Whistlin Dixie
Northern Marriage Equality states and those on the East and West coasts may soon be joined by some of the most conservative Southern states. A panel of judges from the conservative Fifth Circuit Court...
View ArticleFederal Judge Rules SD Marriage Ban Unconstitutional
A federal judge ruled Monday that the ban on same-sex marriage passed by voters in South Dakota violates the United States Constitution. This creates a clash in one of the few courts of appeals that...
View ArticleSupreme Court To Rule on Marriage Equality In 2015
The U.S. Supreme Court will hear a marriage equality case in April and a decision is expected by late June. The justices are reviewing an appellate ruling that upheld bans in Kentucky, Michigan, Ohio...
View ArticleWill the Supreme Court Kill Marriage Equality?
As we reported a last week, the U.S. Supreme Court announced it would review the ruling in a 6th Circuit marriage equality case where the Court of Appeals rejected the claim that gay and lesbian...
View ArticleThe Hater’s Last Hurrah
As marriage equality heads for its ultimate ruling before the United States Supreme Court later this year, legislatures in several states have been busy waging a desperate campaign to do whatever they...
View ArticleSupremes Tell Alabama to Keep On Marrying
Late last month, U.S. District Judge Callie Granade ruled that Alabama’s ban on marriage equality (aka mini-Defense of Marriage act or mini-DOMA) was unconstitutional and that Alabama’s probate judges...
View ArticleA Time to Ride
All of this support for marriage equality has my head spinning. In 2004, we rode our bicycles 3800 miles from San Francisco to NYC to advocate for marriage equality – through California, Nevada, Utah,...
View ArticleA Guide to Tuesday’s Supreme Court Hearing on Marriage Equality
The Supreme Court will hear oral arguments in the challenges to state bans on marriage equality on Tuesday, April 28, 2015. Remember, the Justices will not be rendering a decision about marriage rights...
View ArticleWhat’s at Stake at the Supreme Court
A s it stands today, there are 37 states that allow gay and lesbian couples to marry. Many of those states had bans on marriage equality that were overturned by a judge or panel of judges. If the the...
View ArticleBig Decisions Coming Soon From The Supreme Court
The month of June is half over and the Supremes have yet to release their opinions on some of the most important cases they’ve heard this term. The Court’s “decision days” are held each Monday, plus...
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