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S.D. Senate declines to consider bill to void transgender student athletes policy
The bill would have voided a policy adopted last year that allows transgender students to participate in school sports based on their gender identity.
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S.D. Senate panel dismisses bill aimed at voiding transgender student athlete policy
The bill would have invalidated a South Dakota High School Activities Association policy on transgender student participation in sports.
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South Dakota House votes to void transgender students sports policy
The full state House has approved a proposal that would void a High School Activities Association policy on transgender student participation in sports.
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Attorney asks S.D. judge to allow same-sex marriages immediately
A lawyer representing six South Dakota couples challenging the state’s ban on gay marriage has asked a judge who declared it unconstitutional to let her ruling take effect immediately and allow same-sex weddings in the state.
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South Dakota House panel votes to void transgender students sports policy
A measure that would reverse a state athletic association policy and require transgender students to play on the same sports team as the gender on their birth certificates easily passed its first legislative committee test on Monday.
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Appeals court to hear South Dakota, Arkansas, Missouri gay marriage cases
A federal appeals court has agreed to hear arguments this spring from three more states defending their same-sex marriage bans.
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Attorney to challenge hold on South Dakota same-sex marriage ruling
An attorney for couples trying to overturn South Dakota’s ban on same-sex marriage says he plans to challenge the hold that a federal judge put on her ruling that the state’s ban on such unions was unconstitutional.
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Federal judge strikes down South Dakota same-sex marriage ban, ruling stayed
A federal judge in South Dakota has struck down that state’s ban on same-sex marriage. The ruling has been stayed pending a likely appeal to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit.
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Both sides want judge to bypass trial, rule in South Dakota gay marriage case
PIERRE, S.D. — A federal judge presiding over a challenge to South Dakota’s gay marriage ban should bypass a trial and rule on the case, the state attorney general’s office argued Tuesday. The office joined six same-sex couples who are suing the state in petitioning for summary judgment in the case….
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Judge in South Dakota rejects motion to dismiss challenge to gay marriage ban
PIERRE, S.D. — South Dakota’s marriage equality lawsuit is moving forward after U.S. District Judge Karen Schreier on Friday rejected the State’s motion for the case to be dismissed.