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DOMA is doomed
So it’s over. Two days that are now part of LGBT history. Two back-to-back arguments at the United States Supreme Court, with most of the country paying attention—hearing about our lives, our relationships, and how discriminatory government policies and voter initiatives mark us as inferior, unequal, and vulnerable. In Wednesday’s case, the issue was section 3 of the Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA), which withholds federal protection and recognition from same-sex spouses. Once again, the Justices were not only engaged, but talked about us in terms we have rarely heard in these hallowed halls…
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However the Supreme Court rules, gay marriage debate is far from over
However the Supreme Court rules after its landmark hearings on same-sex marriage, the issue seems certain to divide Americans and states for many years to come.
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Witness to history: ‘I am struck by the changed world in which we now live’
Sitting in the Supreme Court this morning for the Prop 8 argument alongside my Lambda Legal colleagues Jenny Pizer and Camilla Taylor, I was struck by the changed world in which we now live. Exactly 10 years ago today, the Supreme Court heard Lambda Legal’s historic Lawrence v. Texas case. At that time, 13 states still criminalized oral and anal sex and no state provided any recognition to same-sex relationships…
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Ideological differences appear to divide Supreme Court justices on Prop 8
Much will be written about the Proposition 8 oral argument. The bottom line, in my opinion, is that the Court probably will not have the five votes necessary to get to any result at all, and almost certainly will not have five votes to decide the merits of whether Proposition 8 is constitutional. Much will be written about the Proposition 8 oral argument. The bottom line, in my opinion, is that the Court probably will not have the five votes necessary to get to any result at all, and almost certainly will not have five votes to decide the merits of whether Proposition 8 is constitutional…
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The day in pictures #2: Courtroom participants, observers meet the press
Courtroom participants and observers spilled out into a waiting crowd of reporters and cameras on Tuesday to share their experience as witnesses to to the historic Supreme Court hearing challenging Proposition 8, California’s ban on same-sex marriage.
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Highs and lows as Supreme Court justices take marriage issue on a roller coaster ride
WASHINGTON — The U.S. Supreme Court took the marriage equality issue on a roller coaster ride Tuesday as it heard almost 90 minutes of argument in the case testing the constitutionality of California’s ban on same-sex marriage.
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Listen: U.S. Supreme Court releases audio of Prop 8 hearing
WASHINGTON — The U.S. Supreme Court has released the audio and transcript of Tuesday’s hearing challenging Proposition 8, California’s ban on same-sex marriage.
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Prop 8 hearing: U.S. Supreme Court may avoid broad ruling on gay marriage ban
WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court suggested Tuesday it could find a way out of the case over California’s ban on same-sex marriage without issuing a major national ruling on whether America’s gays have a right to marry.
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Participants to history: Plaintiffs depart for historic day at Supreme Court
WASHINGTON — Human Rights Campaign president Chad Griffin and plaintiffs in the U.S. Supreme Court challenge to Proposition 8, California’s ban on same-sex marriage, met with reporters earlier this morning, before departing for the U.S. Supreme Court.
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Ten years to the day since Lawrence v. Texas, same-sex marriage reaches the high court
WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court is wading into the fight over same-sex marriage at a time when public opinion is shifting rapidly in favor of permitting gay and lesbian couples to wed, but 40 states don’t allow it.