Monday, July 26, 2010
The New Jersey Supreme Court on Monday declined to hear a case from six same-sex couples seeking the right to marry, saying the case needs to wind its way through the lower courts first.
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Saturday, July 24, 2010
California's Sonoma County has agreed to pay $600,000 to settle a lawsuit by an elderly gay man who claimed he was separated from his dying partner, accused of abuse, and left penniless when county officials auctioned the contents of their home.
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Wednesday, July 21, 2010
"The very idea of marriage is basic to recognition as equals in our society; any status short of that is inferior, unjust, and unconstitutional." -- Ted Olson, a staunch conservative and one of the attorneys challenging the constitutionality of California's Proposition 8.
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Friday, July 16, 2010
The District of Columbia's highest court has rejected yet another challenge to D.C.'s same-sex marriage law, ruling Thursday that opponents cannot ask voters to overturn it. The D.C. Court of Appeals rejected an appeal brought by Maryland pastor, Bishop Harry Jackson.
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Wednesday, July 14, 2010
A California judge has denied a request by defense attorneys to delay the trial of a teen accused of first-degree murder and a hate crime in the 2008 shooting death of 15 year-old Lawrence King.
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Wednesday, July 14, 2010
Prosecutors have dropped all charges against two openly gay service members who twice chained themselves to a White House fence to protest the military's "Don't Ask, Don't Tell" policy.
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Tuesday, July 13, 2010
This month, a jury there will begin hearing the case of Harold Scull and Clay Greene, an elderly couple who endured the worst nightmare imaginable at the hands of health care workers and county officials two years ago in the small town of Sebastopol.
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Thursday, July 8, 2010
Gay rights advocates scored a major victory in federal court today, as a U.S. District Court judge in Boston struck down the 1996 Defense of Marriage Act, the federal law that defines marriage as a legal union exclusively between one man and one woman.
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Wednesday, June 30, 2010
The Wisconsin Supreme Court ruled 7-0 Wednesday to uphold the state’s constitutional ban on same sex marriage and civil unions, saying the 2006 constitutional amendment was properly put to voters in a statewide referendum.
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Tuesday, June 29, 2010
The Wisconsin Supreme Court is expected to rule Wednesday on the state's ban on gay marriage -- the lawsuit claims the vote in question violated the constitution because it asked two questions within the same vote.
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Wednesday, June 16, 2010
[fbshare] [tweetmeme] Closing arguments were presented in court today in the landmark trial challenging the constitutionality of Proposition 8, the final opportunity for attorneys on both sides to influence a federal judge in deciding the [...]
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Friday, June 11, 2010
The federal judge presiding over a trial on California's Proposition 8 issued a list this week of 39 wide-ranging questions to be answered in closing arguments in San Francisco next week. [caption id="attachment_8183" align="alignleft" width="240" [...]
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Thursday, June 10, 2010
Closing arguments in the federal challenge to California's Proposition 8, the voter approved ban on gay marriage, will not be broadcast. [tweetmeme] Chief Judge Vaughn Walker denied a request from media groups seeking to record [...]
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Friday, May 7, 2010
Under a new ruling by New York’s highest court this week, same-sex parents are guaranteed consideration for custody or visitation in the event of divorce or death. Previously, the non-biological partner had these rights, but [...]
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Friday, April 16, 2010
[caption id="attachment_7679" align="alignleft" width="200" caption="Kagan"][/caption] Leading gay rights group are accusing Republicans of trying to rile up their conservative base by launching a whisper campaign against potential Supreme Court Justice Elena Kagan -- suggesting the [...]
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