Tag Archives: Mississippi

Via the Clarion-Ledger: New York-based attorney Roberta Kaplan presented a rapid-fire case for her clients, which include two Mississippi same-sex couples with children: Carla Webb and Joce Pritchett; and Rebecca Bickett and Andrea Sanders. At times excusing herself for speaking too quickly, Kaplan rattled off her reasons why she believes the state’s gay-marriage ban violates the constitution and her clients’ …

DOMA attorney Roberta Kaplan and her team are making oral argument today in Mississippi’s marriage equality case. Kaplan has demanded a summary judgment while the case proceeds.

At a hearing to be held tomorrow, DOMA attorney Roberta Kaplan will lead the legal team seeking to overturn Mississippi’s ban on same-sex marriage. Last night Gov. Phil Bryant filed a motion in opposition to Kaplan’s request that marriages commence immediately while the lawsuit proceeds. Via the Associated Press: Bryant and Attorney General Jim Hood responded that the 5th U.S. …

Via the Campaign for Southern Equality: A federal challenge to Mississippi’s law banning same-sex marriage (Campaign for Southern Equality v. Bryant) was filed on October 20 in the Southern District of Mississippi on behalf of two same-sex couples, – Andrea Sanders and Rebecca Bickett, and Jocelyn Pritchett and Carla Webb – and the Campaign for Southern Equality. A hearing on …

Clip recap: All God’s Children is a public education & engagement campaign that aims to strengthen the foundation of public support for LGBT Mississippians, aid in the passage of pro-equality legislation, and bolster efforts to win marriage equality for Mississippi’s LGBT couples.

This is the suit filed just Monday by some of Edith Windsor’s legal team. (Others on the DOMA case were the ACLU and NYCLU.)

From the Campaign For Southern Equality: “As the lawyers who represented Edie Windsor, we are so honored to be able to file this case today on behalf of Rebecca Bickett, Andrea Sanders, Jocelyn Pritchett, Carla Webb, and the Campaign for Southern Equality. The Supreme Court took a gigantic step forward last year in Windsor, and since then, dozens of courts …

Mississippi’s most-read newspaper today declared that the “days appear numbered” for that state’s ban on same-sex marriage. And that has local boy Bryan Fischer sputtering in familiar fashion. From the Clarion-Ledger: The Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals, which covers Mississippi, could provide the catalyst for the Supreme Court to decide the gay marriage issue once and for all, nationwide. And …

Represented by Alliance Defending Freedom, Mississippi Gov. Phil Bryant has filed to intervene in a same-sex divorce case before the state Supreme Court. The high court said Monday that it would hear the case instead of assigning it to the Court of Appeals. Tuesday, justices approved Bryant’s motion to intervene. It’s unclear if the court will hear oral arguments or …

Clip recap: Major news in Virginia this week, where the Fourth Circuit has refused to delay marriage equality for any longer. Now anti-gay defendants have asked the US Supreme Court to step in at the last minute. A judge in Tennessee has upheld that state’s marriage ban, on the basis of outdated arguments regarding procreation. And over a dozen couples …

“Back in March and then in May, I told you about a new, brazen campaign by homofascist activists to target three southern states, Mississippi, Alabama and Arkansas, with their aggressive push for the destruction of marriage and the creation of other special ‘rights’ for sexual deviants. With the hellish support of homosexuality-lover Barack Obama (or whatever his name is) the …

Via the Jackson Free Press: At the beginning of the meeting, just after asking God in the opening prayer to “be violent against” the GOP establishment, Mississippi Tea Party Chairman Roy Nicholson thanked [right wing journalist Charles] Johnson for getting “down in that dirty, muddy trench and exposing a lot of truth” in Mississippi politics. Coming from California, Johnson made …

Errol & Mick will record their marriage license at Chancery Court in Harrison County, Mississippi today. #lgbtsouth pic.twitter.com/YqsYLOC4bY — CSE (@CSElive) August 13, 2014 Via the Associated Press: Advocates for same-sex couples say couples in eight Mississippi counties will record their out-of-state marriage licenses Wednesday at their local Chancery Court offices. Organized by the Campaign for Southern Equality, the statewide …

Via Mississippi’s Clarion-Ledger: Sources have confirmed that attorney Mark Mayfield has died of an apparent suicide. Mayfield, vice chairman of the Mississippi Tea Party, and is one of the three men charged with conspiring with Clayton Kelly to photograph U.S. Sen. Thad Cochran’s bedridden wife in her nursing home and create a political video against Cochran. Mark Mayfield of Ridgeland, …

Just like the primary, the runoff was very close. Cochran wasn’t declared the winner until nearly all the precincts were in. Breitbart claims that McDaniel is already mulling a legal challenge to the tally: A source close to McDaniel told Breitbart News that is considering legal challenges over ballots. Democrats who voted for Cochran on Tuesday but voted three weeks …

Adding fuel to the “indecent things to animals” flap, some today are truly wondering about Sen. Thad Cochran’s state of mind. Three days after House Majority Leader Eric Cantor became national political news fodder by losing a primary election to tea party challenger Dave Brat, embattled GOP Sen. Thad Cochran has seemingly no idea what happened. To repeat: A sitting …

“[We’d] get back [to the Hattiesburg area of Mississippi] as often as we could because it was fun—it was an adventure to be out there in the country and see what goes on. Picking up pecans, from that to all kind of indecent things with animals.  I know some of you know what that is. The whole point of the …

Via the Jackson Free Press: Mississippi’s largest city and state capital finally passed a resolution affirming equality for all citizens, including the LGBT community. After more than two hours at today’s Jackson City Council meeting, before a packed audience, members voted 3-1 for a “resolution supporting equality for all citizens of Jackson, Mississippi.” Ward 3 Councilwoman LaRita Cooper-Stokes was the …

Sarah Palin was in Mississippi over the weekend in advance of today’s GOP Senate primary in which Tea Party challenger Chris McDaniel hopes to topple 36-year veteran Sen. Thad Cochran. The campaign exploded into scandal two weeks ago when a McDaniel supporter snuck into an adult care facility to photograph Cochran’s wife, who is being treated for Alzheimer’s. Also in …