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Former discharged gay, lesbian service members to receive full separation pay
WASHINGTON – Former service members who are part of a class action lawsuit challenging a Defense Department policy that cuts in half the separation pay of those who have been honorably discharged for “homosexuality” will receive their full pay after a settlement announced today.
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Montana Supreme Court rejects equal benefits for same-sex couples
HELENA, Mont. — The Montana Supreme Court on Monday upheld a lower court’s decision to reject an “overly broad” request that same-sex couples receive the same protections and benefits as married heterosexual couples.
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ACLU challenges Ohio school’s ban on ‘straight but supportive’ t-shirts
CELINA, Ohio — The American Civil Liberties Union of Ohio on Thursday called on Celina High School administrators to reconsider their decision to prohibit students from wearing shirts that express their support of LGBT students, calling the ban “unconstitutional.”
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Illinois legislators file brief opposing marriage equality, ongoing lawsuit
A bipartisan group of 11 Illinois legislators filed an amicus brief last week in support of a motion to dismiss the landmark lawsuit by Lambda Legal and the ACLU challenging the state’s marriage ban.
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Lesbian couple settles lawsuit with inn that refused to host ‘gay reception’
BURLINGTON, Vt. — A Vermont inn has agreed to pay $30,000 to settle a discrimination lawsuit filed on behalf of a lesbian couple from New York who claimed that the inn refused to host their wedding reception because they were a same-sex couple.
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Downstate county clerks file to intervene in Illinois’ marriage lawsuit
CHICAGO — Two downstate Illinois county clerks are moving to intervene on behalf of the state’s marriage statute prohibiting same-sex marriage after top-ranking Cook County officials said they would not defend the law in a legal challenge headed by the ACLU of Illinois and Lambda Legal.
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Illinois state attorneys refuse to defend state’s ban on same-sex marriage
CHICAGO — Illinois Attorney General Lisa Madigan and Cook County State’s Attorney Anita Alvarez on Thursday announced that they will not Illinois’s 16-year-old ban on same-sex marriage.
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Illinois judge combines Lambda Legal, ACLU marriage equality lawsuits
A Cook County, Ill., judge on Thursday consolidated the two separate lawsuits representing 25 Illinois gay and lesbian couples asserting the state’s ban on same-sex marriage is unconstitutional.
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Lambda Legal, ACLU to announce lawsuit seeking marriage equality in Illinois
Lambda Legal and the ACLU of Illinois will announce two separate lawsuits Wednesday morning seeking same-sex marriage rights for Illinois gay and lesbian couples.
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Illinois Senate subcommittee kills anti-gay adoption bill
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. — A bill that would amend the Illinois Religious Freedom Protection and Civil Unions Act to allow religiously based child welfare institutions to decline adoption to couples in a civil union was killed in Springfield Friday by activists from the ACLU of Illinois and The Civil Rights Agenda.