WASHINGTON -- The U.S. Supreme Court has refused to block release of names of those who signed petitions favoring Washington State's Referendum 71, the unsuccessful 2009 ballot initiative to overturn the state’s “everything but marriage” rights for same-sex domestic partners.

The U.S. Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals on Monday granted a stay to a federal judge's ruling that the video recordings of the Prop 8 trial would be released this Friday unless a higher court intervened.

Lambda Legal on Monday asked the U.S. Supreme Court to hear the case of a same-sex couple seeking an accurate birth certificate for their Louisiana-born son whom they adopted in New York.

The Westboro Baptist Church won a significant victory Wednesday when the U.S. Supreme Court ruled in favor of its right to promote what its church members call a "broad-based message" on public matters such as wars.

The U.S. Supreme Court on Friday issued an order, keeping intact the ban on openly gay service members, while a federal appeals court review the issue. The high court denied a request from the Log Cabin Republicans to block enforcement of the 17-year old "Don't Ask, Don't Tell" policy.

The Justice Department on Wednesday asked the U.S. Supreme Court not to intervene in "Don't Ask, Don't Tell," and to keep the policy in effect while a lower court considers the constitutionality of the military's ban on openly gay service members.

Attorney's for the Log Cabin Republicans, plaintiffs in the case to overturn "Don't Ask, Don't Tell," filed a petition Friday with the United States Supreme Court to vacate the stay of the injunction issued last week by the U. S. 9th Circuit Court of Appeals, which would have suspended enforcement of the policy while it was in litigation.

The once-progressive Aloha state seems doomed for Republican takeover, following lame duck Governor Linda Lingle's veto yesterday of a same-sex civil unions bill passed last month by the state legislature.

U.S. Solicitor General Elena Kagan, President Obama’s Supreme Court nominee, denounced the military’s “don’t ask, don’t tell” policy is unwise and unjust in testimony on Wednesday during her confirmation hearings.

The U.S. Supreme Court ruled on Thursday that gay marriage opponents do not have an automatic legal right to prevent public release of the names and addresses of the signers of a Washington state ballot measure favoring traditional marriage.

[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 [...]

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