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French High Court: Same-Sex Marriage Law Constitutional — President To Sign

by David Badash ● 12:45 PM May 17, 2013
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France’s highest court has ruled against conservative groups and declared last month’s same-sex marriage law constitutional.

International

Brazil Poised To Become 15th Country To Support Same-Sex Marriage

by David Badash ● 4:48 PM May 14, 2013
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Brazil is poised to become the fifteenth country to extend the institution of marriage to same-sex couples, nationwide.

Legal Issues

Breaking: Court Throws Out Lawsuit That Could Have Killed Gay Marriage In NY

by David Badash ● 5:00 PM July 6, 2012

A court just tossed out a lawsuit that, if successful, could have killed New York’s one-year old same-sex marriage law, possibly nullifying thousands of marriages.

Civil Rights

Breaking: DOMA Ruled Unconstitutional In Unanimous Federal Court Decision

by David Badash ● 10:44 AM May 31, 2012
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DOMA today was again declared unconstitutional by a federal court for the second time in days, this time by a three-judge court of appeals panel.

Celebrities

Tweet Of The Day: Dan Savage On Dharun Ravi 30-Day Sentence

by David Badash ● 1:38 PM May 21, 2012
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Dan Savage, who, with his husband created the It Gets better project, today commented via Twitter on the 30-day sentence for Dharun Ravi.

Media

Current TV To Olbermann: You’re Fired. Olbermann To Al Gore: See You In Court

by David Badash ● 9:32 PM March 30, 2012
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Keith Olbermann has been fired from Current TV, one year into his 5-year contract. Olbermann announced after being notified he will be suing Current and its owners.

Bigotry Watch

HRC Reviews Key Themes In NOM’s Secret, Race-Baiting Court Documents

by David Badash ● 2:52 PM March 27, 2012
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HRC has analyzed the secret just-unsealed confidential NOM court documents and offered, via a press release, this review of key themes they found.

Civil Rights

Federal Court Finds DOMA Unconstitutional Again, Boehner Spent Your Tax Dollars To Defend It

by David Badash ● 6:52 PM February 22, 2012
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Yet another federal court has ruled DOMA, the Defense of Marriage Act, is unconstitutional, and thanks to John Boehner, your tax dollars were spent defending DOMA.

Civil Rights

Prop 8 Supporters Ludicrous Move Today Delays Supreme Court Hearing

by David Badash ● 12:59 PM February 21, 2012
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Supporters of California’s Prop 8, banning same-sex couples from marrying, waited until the very last day to file a motion with the Ninth Circuit to appeal their case.

Bigotry Watch

Tyranny! Incest! – Entire Anti-Gay Right Wing Freaks Over Prop 8 News

by David Badash ● 6:14 PM February 7, 2012
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Amid cries of “tyranny” and charges of incest and other end-of-the-world analogies, today the entire right wing of America freaked out on the news that once again a federal court determined that California’s Prop 8 is unconstitutional.

Legal Issues

Breaking: Prop 8 Case Decision Expected Tomorrow

by David Badash ● 1:57 PM February 6, 2012
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The final decision in California’s Prop 8 same-sex marriage case will be issued by the federal Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals tomorrow.

Bigotry Watch

The Australian Open’s Homophobe Arena

by John Culhane ● 4:52 PM January 15, 2012
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Just in time for the Australian Open, former tennis player Margaret Court has seen fit to unleash a series of starkly homophobic comments.

Marriage

Lesbian Sworn In As Vermont’s First Openly-Gay Supreme Court Justice

by David Badash ● 9:50 AM November 29, 2011
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Vermont on Monday swore in its first openly-lesbian Supreme Court justice, Beth Robinson, who is 46, has worked to secure gay and lesbian rights for over a decade.

John Culhane

Law, Unwrapped: Prop 8 Standing Is A Done Deal, What About The Merits?

by John Culhane ● 7:44 PM November 17, 2011
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Prop 8: How did we get here? A quick review, an explanation of what the ruling means, and where do we go next?

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