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Head of N.J. marriage equality campaign leading new push to repeal Ohio ban
COLUMBUS, Ohio — The last blog post on the website for New Jersey United for Marriage is dated Oct. 21, the day gay and lesbian couples began getting marriage licenses across the state.
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Discrimination lawsuit filed against Calif. school on behalf of lesbian teacher
Lambda Legal has filed a lawsuit in California Superior Court claiming the Hesperia Unified School District and administrators at Sultana High School violated state law by not renewing the contract of an openly lesbian teacher in retaliation for her support of LGBT students who had alleged they were being harassed and discrimination against.
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Judge issues stay of Illinois same-sex marriage lawsuit
CHICAGO — A Cook County judge has issued a temporary stay of a lawsuit that challenged Illinois’ ban on same-sex marriage.
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Hearing held in lawsuit challenging Virginia’s same-sex marriage ban
HARRISONBURG, Va. — A federal judge heard arguments Tuesday on whether to certify as a class action a lawsuit challenging Virginia’s same-sex marriage ban.
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New Jersey, neighboring Pennsylvania spotlight same-sex marriage efforts
HARRISBURG, Pa. — Pennsylvania and New Jersey are on tracks that could lead to the Northeast being the first full region in the country to legalize same-sex marriage — but the routes are hardly parallel and the horsepower anything but equal.
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ACLU files court brief in challenge to Utah’s same-sex marriage ban
SALT LAKE CITY — The American Civil Liberties Union has filed a friend-of-the-court brief supporting a challenge of Utah’s same-sex marriage ban.
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Lawyers fighting against Ill. same-sex marriage case want case dismissed
CHICAGO — Lawyers fighting a lawsuit by 25 same-sex couples seeking the right to marry in Illinois are making a new push to have the case dismissed.
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‘Banned Books Week’ reaffirms ongoing censorship of books about LGBT families
The American Library Association’s annual “Banned Books Week” is underway, and again this year books about LGBT people and their families remain one of the biggest targets of censorship in school classrooms and libraries, according to the American Civil Liberties Union.
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Gay couples to sue Neb. over law banning gay foster parents
LINCOLN, Neb. — Three same-sex couples plan to sue Nebraska because they say the state won’t allow them to become foster parents.
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ACLU calls on Tenn. school to reinstate LGBT ‘safe space’ classroom posters
MURFREESBORO, Tenn. — The American Civil Liberties Union of Tennessee is asking the Rutherford County school board in Murfreesboro, Tenn., to reconsider a decision to take down posters identifying classrooms as safe spaces for LGBT students.