Town clerk in same-sex marriage flap re-elected
LEDYARD — A town clerk in the Finger Lakes who refuses to personally issue marriage licenses to same-sex couples because of her religious beliefs has won her re-election race. Longtime Ledyard town...
View ArticleAdvisory Committee on Judicial Ethics — Same-Sex Marriage: Opinion 11-87
NYS Advisory Committee on Judicial Ethics Same-Sex Marriage Religious Beliefs Opinion 11-87 Background: In reference to the Marriage Equality Act, a judge asked for advice on the following questions:...
View ArticleLawyers focus on same-sex spouses
New York now recognizes same-sex marriages, but once all the rice has been thrown, the last photo taken and the cake cut, newlyweds are waking up to realize the rights they’re entitled to aren’t nearly...
View ArticleState marks same-sex marriage law anniversary
Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo said the one-year anniversary Tuesday of the state’s marriage equality law taking effect is a day to celebrate and reflect. The law went into effect July 24, 2011. “One year ago,...
View ArticleAGs call for support of anti-DOMA ruling
The three states that comprise the Second Circuit are presenting the U.S. Court of Appeals with a unique question regarding the federal Defense of Marriage Act. The states, whose attorneys general have...
View ArticleSecond Circuit — Same-Sex Marriage: Windsor v. United States
U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit Same-Sex Marriage Defense of Marriage Act Windsor v. United States 12-2335-cv(L) Judges Jacobs, Straub and Droney Background: The intervenor Bipartisan...
View ArticleDelay in DOMA cases?
New filing are expected at the U.S. Supreme Court in pending certiorari petitions involving the constitutional challenge to the Defense of Marriage Act, a law prohibiting the federal recognition of...
View Article3 states enact same-sex marriage
Three more states legalized same-sex marriage on Election Day, bringing the total number of jurisdictions nationwide recognizing it to double digits. In Maine, Maryland and Washington, voters approved...
View ArticleGay marriage before High Court? Cases weighed
WASHINGTON — The running fight over gay marriage is shifting from the ballot box to the U.S. Supreme Court. Three weeks after voters backed same-sex marriage in three states and defeated a ban in a...
View ArticleGay couples ask court for marriage equality
Gay and lesbian couples who are challenging California’s ban on same-sex marriage said Thursday that the Constitution prohibits discrimination against them in the nation’s largest state or anywhere...
View ArticleSupreme Court has range of options on gay marriage
WASHINGTON — The waiting is almost over. Sometime in the next week or so, the U.S. Supreme Court will announce the outcomes in cases on California’s Proposition 8 ban on same-sex marriage and the...
View ArticleCourt strikes down DOMA provision
WASHINGTON — In a major victory for gay rights, the U.S. Supreme Court on Wednesday struck down a provision of a federal law denying federal benefits to married gay couples and cleared the way for the...
View ArticleHigh court puts same-sex marriage in Utah on hold
SALT LAKE CITY — Gay couples in Utah were thrust into legal limbo Monday as the U.S. Supreme Court put a halt to same-sex marriages in the state, turning jubilation to doubt just weeks after a judge’s...
View ArticleDecision of Interest: Supreme Court, Monroe County — Same Sex Marriage —...
Supreme Court, Monroe County Same Sex Marriage — Child Custody Artificial Insemination — Non-Biological Parent Wendy G-M v. Erin G-M 13-13669 Judge Dollinger Background: At issue in the underlying...
View ArticleString of legal wins bolsters same-sex marriage
WASHINGTON — One after another and in sometimes evocative language, judges appointed by Republican and Democratic presidents are declaring it’s too late to turn back on the topic of same-sex marriage....
View ArticleSame-sex marriage opponents urge caution
WASHINGTON — Same-sex marriage opponents acknowledge they face a tough task in trying to persuade the U.S. Supreme Court to allow states to limit marriage to a man and a woman. But they are urging the...
View ArticleCourt hears historic same-sex marriage arguments
WASHINGTON— Pivotal U.S. Supreme Court Justice Anthony Kennedy did not tip his hand Tuesday as the high court heard historic arguments over the right of gay and lesbian couples to marry. Justice...
View ArticleCommentary: The fate of millions rests in the hands of nine
The U.S. Supreme Court heard oral argument April 28 on cases from Michigan, Ohio, Kentucky and Tennessee regarding 1) whether same-sex couples have a fundamental right to marry, and 2) whether a state...
View ArticleCommentary: High court doesn’t bother with ‘Baker’
“It is better to learn wisdom late than never to learn” —Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, “The Man with the Twisted Lip” (1891) It’s extremely rare for the U.S. Supreme Court — and the advocates arguing before...
View ArticleKentucky clerk, citing God, defies courts on gay marriage
MOREHEAD, Ky. — Invoking “God’s authority,” a county clerk denied marriage licenses to gay couples again Tuesday in direct defiance of the federal courts, and vowed not to resign, even under the...
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