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CA county settles suit with gay man separated from dying partner
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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D.C.’s highest court rejects efforts to force vote on gay marriage
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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Judge denies defense request to delay trial in shooting death of gay teen
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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Charges dropped against gay service members over DADT protests
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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Federal judge rules ‘Defense of Marriage Act’ unconstitutional
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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Wisconsin supreme court upholds ban on gay marriage, civil unions
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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Wisconsin supreme court to rule on gay marriage suit
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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Court hears closing arguments in landmark case challenging Prop 8 ban on gay marriage
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 fate of California’s voter approved ban on gay marrige. “This case is about marriage and equality,” plaintiffs attorney Ted Olson told the […]
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As closing arguments near, Judge poses 39 tough questions to Prop 8 litigants
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. No broad conclusions can be made from this order as to how Chief Judge Vaughn Walker will ultimately rule. But they do provide a […]
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Judge rules: No broadcast of closing arguments in Prop 8 trial
Closing arguments in the federal challenge to California’s Proposition 8, the voter approved ban on gay marriage, will not be broadcast. Chief Judge Vaughn Walker denied a request from media groups seeking to record the June 16 session. The U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California had previously stated it would not allow […]