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Posted on Nov 2, 2017
In the first week of September, the Department of Justice filed an amicus curiae brief to the U.S. Supreme Court to side with the baker who refused to bake a cake for a same-sex couple. An amicus ...
Posted on Oct 18, 2017
For the last two months, our blog has taken a look at LGBT rights issues both at home and abroad, with the general understanding that things were not necessarily improving worldwide. In many ...
Posted on Sep 10, 2017
In a report released by the International Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Trans & Intersex Association, it was revealed that 72 nations worldwide still prosecute their citizens for homosexuality. Of these ...
Posted on Aug 18, 2017
In the 2015 landmark decision Obergefell v. Hodges, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled in a 5-4 decision that the Fourteenth Amendment requires states to issue marriage licenses to same-sex couples and to ...
Posted on Sep 4, 2012
A judge in the Franklin County, Ohio area has reportedly refused to give a lesbian couple a divorce. According to reports, the women wed in Toronto in 2007 and filed for dissolution of marriage ...
Posted on Aug 10, 2012
Those opposing gay marriage are reportedly asking the Supreme Court to uphold a California ban on same-sex marriage. According to reports, the issue is the ban that was struck down by two lower courts ...
Posted on Apr 25, 2012
Same-sex marriage is currently not legal in Rhode Island, but a new bill may make same-sex divorce legal there. According to reports, the state has a new bill that would allow this to occur for ...
Posted on Apr 11, 2012
An Ohio judge has reportedly granted a divorce for a gay couple who were married in New York last year. According to reports, the men went through a short hearing which led to them being granted the ...
Posted on Feb 27, 2012
The first lesbian couple that wed in Los Angeles County, California is reportedly now seeking a divorce. According to reports, the two married in June 2008, but had been a couple for about 18 years at ...
Posted on Feb 18, 2012
Washington State is just weeks away from being the seventh state to legalize gay marriage. One state senator has been working for over 15 years to get this legislature enacted. Senator Ed Murray, who ...
Posted on Feb 7, 2012
The Washington State Senate has reportedly approved a same-sex marriage measure that would legalize it in the state. According to reports, the Senate committee has voted to approve it which means that ...
Posted on Jan 19, 2012
Singer k.d. lang is reportedly ending her domestic union with her partner Jamie Price. According to reports, she has filed to dissolve the union in California. Domestic partnerships allow same-sex ...
Posted on Jan 14, 2012
The Washington City Council is reportedly working to make it easier for same-sex couples who married in the District of Columbia to get divorced. According to reports, some couples are being denied ...
Posted on Dec 16, 2011
For two years, same-sex couples in California were able to obtain legal marriages. From June 2008 until November 2010, a new law removed certain language from the state's constitution which ...
Posted on Oct 3, 2011
A same-sex couple in the Houston, Texas area is reportedly appealing a judge's ruling in regard to a child custody case. According to reports, the judge ruled on a case where a man is currently ...
Posted on Sep 10, 2011
Texas Governor Rick Perry, who is a presidential candidate, recently spoke out about being anti-gay marriage. He reportedly commented that he is for the federal marriage amendment that defines ...
Posted on Sep 1, 2011
While reviewing next year's budget, the city manager for a city in Texas discussed the possibility of including benefits for same sex partners. The inclusion of domestic partnership benefits would ...
Posted on Jul 26, 2011
New York has passed a bill that will now legalize same-sex marriage in the state. According to reports, state senators voted 33-29 for the approval of marriage equality legislation. Now, same-sex ...
Posted on Jul 13, 2011
Maryland courts are reportedly considering same-sex divorce at this time. According to reports, a case is going to the Maryland Special Court of Appeals in order to determine how these proceedings may ...
Posted on Jun 29, 2011
Lisa Miller has lived a strange and now criminal life. Her life story has become public recently as law enforcement agencies work together to track her down. Miller, who once lived with partner Janet ...
Posted on Jun 28, 2011
The Wyoming Supreme Court has ruled that the state can grant a same-sex couple a divorce when they are married in another state or in Canada. According to reports, the state Supreme Court decided to ...
Posted on Jun 9, 2011
A man in the Dallas, Texas area is reportedly petitioning the state Supreme Court in order to have them review a gay divorce case. He was originally allowed to divorce in Texas, despite them not ...
Posted on May 27, 2011
Next year could bring benefits for same-sex partners in the city of Easton if new legislation is approved by the city council. The Easton City Council is scheduled to review the new legislation that ...
Posted on Apr 20, 2011
In Maryland, the House vote on gay marriage is reportedly on hold because of at least one delegate. According to reports, one Maryland delegate has reportedly that she is held up on a bill to legalize ...
Posted on Apr 16, 2011
The Maryland Senate has reportedly advanced legislation that will move forward with allowing same-sex marriage. Measures have reportedly been defeated that sought to allow religious agencies to refuse ...
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