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Defending DOMA: How $3 million could have been better spent
The Center for American Progress looks at the cost of defending the Defense of Marriage Act, and how $3 million could have been better spent.
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Anti-gay legal briefs ‘mischaracterized’ parenting study
Attorneys who submitted anti-gay briefs to the Supreme Court in favor of California’s Proposition 8 and the Defense of Marriage Act are continuing the mischaracterization of a 2002 study on child development to suggest same-sex parents are less fit than opposite-sex parents, according to the non-profit that produced the study.
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Amicus brief: U.S. Supreme Court does not have authority to rule on DOMA
The U.S. Supreme Court does not have the authority to rule on the constitutionality of the federal Defense of Marriage Act, argued a Harvard professor in a brief filed Thursday with the high court.
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House GOP to Supreme Court: Gays too powerful to warrant judicial protection
Republican members of the U.S. House leadership on Tuesday told the U.S. Supreme Court it should uphold the Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA) as constitutional, arguing that gays and lesbians are a powerful interest group, and do not warrant “judicial intervention.”
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Despite legal unions, same-sex couples still can’t file joint federal taxes
WASHINGTON — Even though an increasing number of states are legalizing gay marriage, same-sex married couples still won’t be able to file joint federal tax returns this year. The federal Defense of Marriage Act defines marriage as “a legal union between one man and one woman,” and that’s what the Internal Revenue Service follows when […]
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White House still says marriage not a federal issue
WASHINGTON — White House Press Secretary Jay Carney maintained on Tuesday that President Obama’s LGBT remarks in his inaugural speech weren’t an attempt to nationalize the issue of marriage.
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Same-sex military couples still struggle for recognition, despite DADT repeal
RALEIGH, N.C. — Sgt. Karen Alexander fought for her country in Iraq, but back home she often feels the U.S. Army is fighting against her. Married to another female soldier with a 4-year-old son, Alexander is denied the same housing allowance and other family-friendly benefits she would be entitled to if married to a man. […]
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Gillibrand leads renewed call to help bi-national couples
The junior senator from New York is taking up the lead on a renewed call for administrative action to help bi-national same-sex couples in anticipation of a ruling from the Supreme Court on the Defense of Marriage Act. In a letter sent out Thursday, Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand (D-N.Y.) and other U.S. senators call on the […]
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House GOP leadership quietly increases cap on DOMA defense to $3 million
WASHINGTON — The U.S. House of Representatives’ continuing effort to defend the federal “Defense of Marriage Act” (DOMA) will soon reach $3 million. Late Monday, House Democrats learned that Republican leadership had again privately raised the spending cap with attorney Paul Clement and the Washington-based law firm Bancroft LLC to defend DOMA in the U.S. […]
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U.S. Supreme Court schedules arguments in Prop 8, DOMA cases
The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday said it will hear arguments during the last week of March in two cases affecting same-sex marriage.