After the Defense of Marriage Act
Some more follow-ups for you in the wake of the repeal of DOMA section 3. First off, Scottie Thompson at Equality on Trial has a nice wrap-up of the remaining DOMA cases, including: Golinski v. Office...
View ArticleUSA: Post DOMA Benefits Landscape Still Fuzzy for Many Same Sex Couples
Almost one month after the Supreme Court’s landmark decision to gut DOMA, legal analysts and experts are still trying to make sense as to how it specifically impacts same-sex couples and their...
View ArticleUSA: Ninth Circuit Dismisses Appeal, Lets Stand Federal Benefits Verdict for...
A case brought by a federal employee seeking health benefits for her wife is over. The Advocate reports: The U.S. Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals dismissed the appeal of a federal district court ruling...
View ArticleUSA: Justice Ginsburg Thinks the Court Struck the Right Balance on Marriage...
Liberal Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg thinks the Supreme Court got it about right with the two marriage equality decisions earlier this year. Bloomberg reports: Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg,...
View ArticleUSA: Businesses Want Clarification On Defense of Marriage Act Ruling
A new study has found that the US Supreme Court’s ruling on the Defense of Marriage Act left widespread confusion in the business community. Pink News reports: Two-thirds of US employers are in need of...
View ArticleUSA, New Jersey: How the DOMA Case Brought Marriage Equality to the Garden State
The New Jersey marriage equality case provides important foreshadowing for other cases to come, in part because it relied heavily on the Supreme Court’s decision on the Defense of Marriage Act. The...
View ArticleMEUSA Thanks the More than One Million LGBT Service Members and Veterans For...
This Veterans Day, take a moment to thank a veteran for his or her service. Also, take a moment to think of the men and women who are abroad putting their lives at risk so we can rest easy at home....
View ArticleThe Lay of the Land Post-Windsor and -Perry
With marriage equality now coming to Illinois and Hawaii, nearly 40% of the country lives in a marriage equality state. But just how federal and state governments will navigate the still-unsettled...
View ArticleStates forge ahead with SCOTUS ruling to allow same-sex marriages
Photo: GAY U.S.A. The Movie www.gayusathemovie.com Brady McCombs and Mark Sherman of the Associated Press, and writing for The Seattle Times, have provided a composite analysis of how the States have...
View ArticleAn Historic Marriage Equality Anniversary
Today is the one year anniversary of the Windsor and Prop 8 decisions from the US Supreme Court, as well as the 11 year anniversary of the Lawrence v. Texas case. And they were all very close calls, a...
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