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Federal appeals court: Jurors may not be removed based on sexual orientation
SAN FRANCISCO — A federal appeals court ruled Tuesday that potential jurors may not be removed from a trial during jury selection solely because of sexual orientation, extending to gays and lesbians a civil right that the U.S. Supreme Court has previously promised only women and racial minorities.
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Federal court orders review in gay Russian’s asylum case
SAN FRANCISCO — A federal appeals court has ordered immigration officials to review their decision not to grant asylum to a gay man who said he was attacked for his sexual orientation in 2002 and 2003 in his native Russia and feared he would be persecuted if forced to return there. The U.S. Department of […]
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Mass. AG leads coalition of states in court filing to support marriage equality
BOSTON — Massachusetts Attorney General Martha Coakley says laws in Nevada and Hawaii prohibiting same-sex marriage are unconstitutional.
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Lambda Legal appeals Nev. same-sex marriage ban to Ninth Circuit
Lambda Legal on Friday filed its opening brief with the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit, in a case on behalf of eight same-sex couples challenging the amendment to Nevada’s constitution and other state laws banning marriage for same-sex couples.
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Court to decide if juror can be dismissed based on sexual orientation
SAN FRANCISCO — An appeals court gave little indication Wednesday whether a potential juror can be booted from a trial solely because of sexual orientation.
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Federal appeals court upholds Calif. ban on gay-to-straight conversion therapy
SAN FRANCISCO — A federal appeals court on Thursday upheld the nation’s first-of-its-kind law in California prohibiting health practitioners from offering psychotherapy aimed at making gay youth straight.
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Federal appeals court says persecuted gay immigrant can stay in U.S.
SAN FRANCISCO — Federal judges have permitted a gay Filipino immigrant to stay in the U.S. despite deportation orders because he has suffered persecution for his sexual orientation in his native land.
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BREAKING: Kennedy rejects ’emergency’ bid to stop gay marriages in Calif.
WASHINGTON — The U.S. Supreme Court has rejected an emergency request to stop same-sex marriages in California, a lawyer for the gay couples who sued said Sunday.
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BREAKING: U.S. appeals court in Calif. lifts hold on same-sex marriages
SAN FRANCISCO — A federal appeals court on Friday cleared the way for the state of California to immediately resume issuing marriage licenses to same-sex couples after a 4 1/2-year freeze.
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Appeals court: At least 25 days before Calif. gay marriage resumes
SAN FRANCISCO — A federal appeals court said Wednesday it will wait at least 25 days before making a decision on whether gay marriages can resume in California. The 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals said backers of Proposition 8 – the state ban on gay marriages – have that long to ask the Supreme court to rehear the case.