Tag Archives: ACLU

Today the ACLU filed suit against the state of Montana on behalf of seven same-sex couples in a move to legalize domestic partnerships. Via press release: The goal of this lawsuit is ensure that same-sex couples are able to protect their families with the same kind of legal protections that opposite-sex couples are offered through marriage. Because there is a …

Openly gay Mississippi teen Constance McMillen and the ACLU have triumphed in their lawsuit against the school district that conspired to exclude her from her senior prom. Constance McMillen will be paid $35,000 plus attorney fees to settle her lawsuit accusing her former school district of discrimination for canceling the senior prom rather than let her attend with her girlfriend. …

Despite the public outcry about the new law in Arizona, Democrats are pushing to force all Americans to carry a biometric ID card. From their immigration reform bill: The national ID program would be titled the Believe System, an acronym for Biometric Enrollment, Locally stored Information and Electronic Verification of Employment. It would require all workers across the nation to …

The ACLU has amended their lawsuit against lesbian teen Constance McMillan’s Mississippi school district to include charges of conspiring with parents to lure Constance to a “decoy prom” while most students attended a much larger event in another town. Via press release: On March 23, the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Mississippi issued a preliminary ruling in …

Constance McMillen has confirmed that a large fancy secret prom took place across town while she and special needs students attended what they were told was the “official” prom. “They had two proms and I was only invited to one of them,” McMillen says. “The one that I went to had seven people there, and everyone went to the other …

The ACLU has declined a $20,000 donation from the American Humanist Association which the group offered to fund an alternative prom open to all students, including lesbian teen Constance McMillen, whose story made international news after her school canceled its prom rather than allow Constance to attend with a female date. “Although we support and understand organizations like yours, the …

A judge in Mississippi has ruled that Constance McMillen’s school violated her rights when they canceled her prom rather than let her attend. But he won’t force the school to reinstate the event. U.S. District Judge Glen H. Davidson denied the ACLU’s request for a preliminary injunction. He said he’ll still hold a trial, but he did not set a …

Mississippi teen Constance McMillen appeared in court today as the ACLU’s claim of constitutional violations was heard. Mississippi officials who canceled a prom after a lesbian student asked to bring her girlfriend told a federal judge Monday that there were issues with the event even before that. The American Civil Liberties Union is suing in U.S. District Court to force …

Constance McMillen’s school board in Mississippi yesterday filed a court brief claiming that her prom had been canceled to settle the “very explosive and disruptive issue” of their ban on same-sex dating. ACLU attorney Christine Sun calls bullshit on that, saying it was the cancellation itself that catapulted the story into the national news. Sun notes that the filing includes …

A California magistrate has ruled that the good guys in Perry vs. Schwarzenegger must submit all of their internal documents, the same condition imposed on Protect Marriage at the start of the trial. (Protect Marriage sent out a triumphant press release about this on Monday.) But the ACLU and others don’t want to comply and this may delay a decision …

Mississippi teen Constance McMillen’s story about the cancellation of her prom because she wants to bring a female date has gone national. Virtually every network (except Fox) has sympathetically covered the story and her Facebook support page now has over 66,000 members. This morning she appeared on the CBS Early Show with her ACLU lawyer. Fellow students are telling Constance, …

The ACLU has filed suit in federal court demanding that a Mississippi school board rescind their decision to cancel a high school prom rather than allow a lesbian student to attend with her female date. The American Civil Liberties Union filed a lawsuit today against a Mississippi High School that has canceled prom rather than let a lesbian high school …

All Constance McMillen wanted was to bring her girlfriend to her high school prom, but a Mississippi school board has canceled the event entirely rather than allow lesbians to attend. “Due to the distractions to the educational process caused by recent events, the Itawamba County School District has decided to not host a prom at Itawamba Agricultural High School this …

The ACLU has sent a letter to Fresno City College demanding that health professor Dr. Bradley Lopez stop teaching anti-gay lies to his students. The ACLU letter includes several examples of Professor Lopez teaching sectarian views and personal bias as “fact.” In recent lectures, Professor Lopez: * Presented a slide listing “homosexual facts,” including that homosexuality is a “biological misapplication …

After nonstop harassment by Catholic and evangelical groups protesting at the state capitol building, last week the Hawaii House indefinitely postponed a vote on civil unions after approving such an item twice in previous years. The ACLU and Lambda Legal are suing the state. Lambda Legal and the American Civil Liberties Union of Hawai`i Foundation (ACLU) today announced they are …

Bilerico’s Father Tony spoke to Cynthia Nixon about the ACLU’s launch of a campaign to overturn Florida’s ban on gay adoption. More on the story at Bilerico.

An anti-gay marriage ad campaign on DC’s buses should be allowed to remain, says the ACLU and a gay rights group. It all started with a tweet on Twitter, as so many things do. Someone from a little-known gay rights group called “Full Equality Now DC” sent a Tweet demanding Metro take down ads the group considered offensive. The ads, …

Nevada’s legal brothels have been granted permission to add male prostitutes to their stables after winning a battle over the wording of STD testing laws. A brothel industry lobbyist — in what could be considered a befuddling double standard — bemoaned the change, comparing it to the industry’s “Pearl Harbor.” He managed to voice concerns about homosexual sex entering the …

The national ACLU organization has lost a quarter of its annual funding after a long-time anonymous donor withdrew his $20M yearly pledge due to financial difficulties. Anthony D. Romero, executive director of the A.C.L.U., acknowledged in a written statement that a “family” had told the organization in September that it could not make its annual gifts, at least for next …

David Boies and Ted Olson want the backers of Proposition 8 to turn over their internal campaign strategy documents and emails in order to prove that the battle against same-sex marriage is rooted in bigotry. Yesterday the ACLU filed a motion opposing the demand, saying that forcing political strategists to reveal internal documents would stifle freedom of speech during campaigns. …