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LGBT legal groups consider breaking ties with DC law firm over DOMA defense
At least two prominent LGBT legal and advocacy groups are re-considering their association with the Washington D.C. law firm that has been retained by the U.S. House GOP leadership to defend the Defense of Marriage Act in federal court.
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Arizona set to defend cutting benefits for partners of same-sex couples
Attorneys representing the State of Arizona are due to appear in the 9th U. S. Circuit Court of Appeals today to defend a decision by the Arizona legislature that stripped partners of same-sex couples, domestic partners and their children from receiving […]
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Federal appeals court to hear Arizona domestic partner benefits case
Much attention has been paid to the landmark challenge to California’s ban on same-sex marriage that another very important case regarding gay couples has gone almost unnoticed. This latter case will be heard before the 9th Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals on Monday.
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Illinois General Assembly passes LGBT-inclusive civil union bill
The Illinois General Assembly passed the Illinois Religious Freedom Protection and Civil Unions Act on Wednesday, establishing legal protections for same-sex couples across the state.
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Gay couples sue Hawaii over Governor’s veto of civil unions bill
A group of same-sex couples are suing the state of Hawaii, alleging violations of constitutional rights in the wake of Governor Linda Lingle’s veto of civil unions bill that would have given same-sex couples the same rights as heterosexual couples.
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Lambda Legal, NJ gay couples back in court over right to marry
Gay couples who sued New Jersey in 2002 for the right to marry are taking their case back to the State Supreme Court. Lambda Legal filed a motion Thursday on behalf of six couples and the surviving partner from a seventh, claiming the state continues to discriminate against them even though it offers civil unions […]
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NJ gay marriage advocates taking their case back to state supreme court
New Jersey gays rights advocates, with the help of New York-based Lambda Legal, are going back to the New Jersey Supreme Court in order to fight for the right to marry in the Garden State. Lambda Legal and Garden State Equality have scheduled a new conference for Thursday morning in Trenton to announce their action. […]
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Odds slim in effort to put gay marriage back on CA ballot in 2010
The effort to put gay marriage back on the California ballot in 2010 suffered a setback Monday, reports the San Francisco Chronicle. Rick Jacbos, the leader of the 700,000-member Courage Campaign said that after spending more than $200,000 on “qualitative research” into the issue in California that “We do not see a path to victory.” […]
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City of Atlanta, police department, officers sued over raid at gay bar
A national gay rights group has filed a lawsuit against the Atlanta Police Department on behalf of 19 people who say they were forcibly searched and detained during a raid on an Atlanta gay bar. Lambda Legal filed the lawsuit against the city of Atlanta, the Chief of Police and forty-eight individual officers of the […]
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Suit aims to protect domestic partner benefits for AZ state employees
A gay rights group has filed suit seeking damages for state employees whose families will lose their health-care coverage following the elimination this year of domestic-partner benefits.