(CNN) – As the nation’s top court prepares to tackle the contentious issue of same-sex marriage, one of its most conservative justices defended past writings linking bans on homosexual sodomy to bans on sex with animals and murder. Speaking at Princeton Monday, Associate Justice Antonin Scalia said his previous comments, made in multiple Supreme Court…
(CNN) — The generation of gays and lesbians that literally created the modern LGBT movement — from the heroes of the 1969 Stonewall riots to their slightly younger friends — is at, or nearing, retirement age. That used to mean the beginning of an extremely difficult time in an LGBT person’s life. But as gay…
(CNN) – Boutonnieres, photographers, smiles and tears of joy — requisite wedding fixtures — abounded Sunday at Seattle’s City Hall. But for 133 couples, the day’s fanfare brought an extra dimension. “Today was really about the state of Washington recognizing us,” said Robin Wyss, who married Danielle Yung, her partner of eight years. “People…
NEW YORK (CNNMoney) – A Supreme Court decision striking down the federal ban on gay marriage would bring dramatic changes to the financial lives of the country’s 120,000 married same-sex couples. On Friday, the court announced it will hear a case challenging the Defense of Marriage Act — a 1996 law known as DOMA that…
PASADENA, Calif. (CNN) – When President Barack Obama formally ended “don’t ask, don’t tell” in July 2011, ending a 17-year ban on gays serving openly in the U.S. military, Tracey Cooper-Harris felt liberated about her future as a veteran. As a sergeant in the U.S. Army, she received more than two dozen medals and commendations…
WASHINGTON (CNN) — The Supreme Court will tackle the contentious issue of same-sex marriage and hear two constitutional challenges to state and federal laws dealing with the recognition of gay and lesbian couples to legally wed. In a one-page order on Friday, the court took on what will be one of the most important issues…
Suburban Detroit lesbian moms, April DeBoer and Jayne Rowse,announced their challenge in federal court to Michigan’s constitutional ban of same-sex marriage, according to the Detroit Metropolitan News, with their three children present at a news conference. The move comes as what the couple have come to see as a necessary step in their struggle to…
PARIS – France’s prime minister, Jean-Marc Ayrault has told parliament that gay couples will be permitted to marry and adopt children in 2013.
An appeals court in Boston ruled Thursday that the Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA) is discriminatory against same-sex couples resulting in a ruling that called the unfair law unconstitutional. The ruling said DOMA “interferes with the right of a state to define marriage and denies married gay couples federal benefits given to heterosexual married couples,…
Same-sex couples who want to get married will unite on Valentine’s Day, Feb. 14 at 8:00 a.m. in front of the County Administration Building in San Diego to ask for marriage licenses as of annual Freedom to Marry Week. The annual event comes amid the Ninth Circuit Federal Court of Appeals’ ruling that declared Proposition…
