Tag Archives: LGBT rights

An Irish politician and her wife have filed a challenge to have their Canadian marriage recognized at home. The couple’s bid to have their marriage recognised began in 2004, before Ireland introduced provisions for separate civil partnerships for gay couples, which came into effect at the start of 2011. Senator Zappone said today: “It became clear to us that, even …

“The ProtectMarriage.com legal team looks forward to standing before the United States Supreme Court on behalf of the people’s right to preserve the fundamental building block of civilization — especially since the dissents accompanying today’s decision strongly support our arguments. The democratic process and the most important human institution — marriage — shouldn’t be overthrown based on the demands of …

American Foundation for Equal Rights Today’s order is yet another federal court victory for loving, committed gay and lesbian couples in California and around the nation,” said AFER co-founder Chad Griffin. “The final chapter of the Proposition 8 case has now begun. Should the United States Supreme Court decide to review the Ninth Circuit’s decision in our case, I am …

Here’s the ruling: The full court was advised of the petition for rehearing en banc. A judge requested a vote on whether to rehear the matter en banc. The matter failed to receive a majority of the votes of the non-recused active judges in favor of en banc consideration. Fed. R. App. P. 35. The petition for rehearing en banc …

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Some of them do, at least. Hundreds of Iowa Methodists signed protest documents at their annual conference Sunday declaring they are prepared to buck the leadership of their church on matters concerning gays and gay marriage. A group called Do No Harm Iowa has gathered as many as 500 signatures — including those of about 70 pastors — in response …

Think Progress points us to this just-adopted plank in North Carolina’s official Republican Party platform. Government should treat all citizens impartially, without regard to wealth, race, ethnicity, disability, religion, sex, political affiliation or national origin. We oppose all forms of invidious discrimination. Sexual orientation is not an appropriate category. The platform also opposes gay adoption.

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Illinois Attorney General Lisa Madigan has announced that her office will present arguments in support of the challenge to the ban on same-sex marriage. Nice! The lawsuits, filed Wednesday, are against the clerk of Cook County and claim that his refusal to issue marriage licenses to same-sex couples violates those couples’ rights to due process and equal protection under the …

The First Lady has posted a video response to some questions she’s gotten via her Twitter account. The final question (listed above) comes at the 5:15 mark.

“While I doubt that Elizabeth II is a raging homophobe, she certainly doesn’t appear to gay-friendly. Not once in her 60-year reign has she publicly acknowledged the existence of the LGBT community – or gay members of her own royal family. The Queen has turned her back on queens. While she has spoken approvingly of the UK’s many races and …

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Big news! The First Court of Appeals ruled in Boston today that it is unconstitutional to deny federal marriage benefits to same-sex couples. The ruling applies to Section Three of the Defense Of Marriage Act. The appeals court agreed with a lower court judge who ruled in 2010 that the law is unconstitutional because it interferes with the right of …

Despite facing years of protests including one outside of today’s meeting, the shareholders of ExxonMobil have once again refused to grant employment protections to LGBT workers. The Dallas Voice reports: Meeting at the Meyerson Symphony Center in the Dallas Arts District, the ExxonMobil shareholders voted 80 percent to 20 percent Wednesday morning against a resolution asking the corporation to amend …