Via press release from New York City Pride: NYC Pride announced that it has selected and confirmed Edith Windsor, Harry Belafonte and Earl Fowlkes as Grand Marshals for the 44th annual NYC LGBT Pride March. These individuals represent dedication, greatness and inspiration within the LGBT community. Edith Windsor will be taking her fight against DOMA all the way to the …
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46 Years
Visit the pro-gay March 4 Marriage page on Facebook for information about rallies and events near you.
Read More »Invisible No Longer
Visit the pro-gay SCOTUS march page. (Via Scott Wooledge)
Read More »Edith Windsor Files DOMA Brief
Edith Windsor today filed a Supreme Court brief in the DOMA case that bears her name. Chris Geidner has the details: Specifically, Windsor argues laws like DOMA that classify people based on their sexual orientation should be subjected to “heightened scrutiny” by courts, which demands the government to provide an “important” reason for the law in question. A similar argument …
Read More »SCOTUS Asked Not To Rule On DOMA
SCOTUSblog reports on the latest DOMA wrinkle: The Supreme Court does not have the power to rule on the case the Justices have agreed to review on the constitutionality of the federal Defense of Marriage Act of 1996, a Harvard law professor argued in a brief filed Thursday evening. The professor, Vicki C. Jackson, also argued against letting the Republican …
Read More »Buzzfeed Interviews Edith Windsor
Go read Chris Geidner’s wonderful interview with DOMA heroine Edith Windsor. No excerpts here, just go read it.
Read More »Quote Of The Day – Edith Windsor
“When Thea and I met nearly 50 years ago, we never could have dreamed that the story of our life together would be before the Supreme Court as an example of why gay married couples should be treated equally, and not like second-class citizens. While Thea is no longer alive, I know how proud she would have been to see …
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