Perhaps obviously, there is no waiting period to marry in Nevada. It’s not yet clear if other county clerks will also be issuing licenses. Clark County is home to Las Vegas and 75% of Nevada’s population.
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WYOMING: NCLR Files For Immediate Compliance With SCOTUS Decision
Via press release: Today, four same-sex couples and Wyoming Equality filed a lawsuit in federal court challenging the State of Wyoming’s refusal to permit same-sex couples to marry and to respect the legal marriages of same-sex couples who married in other states. The couples will ask the court for an immediate order directing state officials to comply with a decision …
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UPDATE: JMG reader Bill directs us to the Flag Of Equal Marriage, which after today will be adding more stars.
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BREAKING: Ninth Circuit Court Strikes Down Marriage Bans In Nevada & Idaho
Can you STAND IT? Read the ruling. UPDATE: Via press release from the National Center for Lesbian Rights. Today’s decision, written by Judge Stephen Reinhardt, holds that “Idaho and Nevada’s marriage laws, by preventing same-sex couples from marrying and refusing to recognize same-sex marriages celebrated elsewhere, impose profound legal, financial, social and psychic harms on numerous citizens of those states.” …
Read More »Human Rights Campaign Inducts 19 Members Of Congress Into Hall Of Shame
The Human Rights Campaign today announced the induction of 19 member of Congress into its Hall Of Shame for anti-LGBT actions. “If you want to understand why LGBT equality has hit a roadblock in Congress, you don’t need to look any further than these leaders of anti-LGBT obstruction and animus,” said David Stacy, HRC’s Government Affairs Director. “These members go …
Read More »Magic Johnson’s Gay Son EJ Stars In Celeb-Studded Spot For Rock The Vote
EJ Johnson is “turning out for marriage equality” in the new promo for Rock The Vote. Clip recap: Rock The Vote Presents #TURNOUTFORWHAT starring Lil Jon and featuring Lena Dunham, Whoopi Goldberg, Natasha Lyonne, Fred Armisen, E.J. Johnson, Darren Criss, Sophia Bush, Ireland Baldwin, Devendra Banhart, Ioanna Gika and Gabriel Valenciano.
Read More »FLORIDA: ACLU Asks Federal Judge To Lift Stay On Same-Sex Marriages
Via press release: The decision by the Supreme Court not to hear arguments in the marriage cases before it is a huge win for all families across the nation, including in Florida. Because Judge Hinkle tied the stay in the ACLU’s case to the lifting of the stays in the very cases which the Supreme Court today refused to hear, …
Read More »WEST VIRGINIA: Federal Judge Lifts Marriage Stay But Issues No Final Ruling
Via the Huntington Herald-Dispatch: U.S. District Judge Robert C. Chambers his lifted his stay, clearing the way for arguments and proceedings to resume in a federal lawsuit targeting West Virginia’s ban on same-sex marriage. The order delivers a partial victory three, same-sex couples who urged Chambers to lift the stay Monday in light of a Supreme Court decision rendering such …
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