Federal Court blocks all aspects of Trump’s transgender military ban

BALTIMORE — A federal court Tuesday granted the American Civil Liberties Union’s request for a complete halt to implementation of the president’s directive banning transgender service members from serving in the military while the ACLU’s lawsuit challenging it moves forward. The preliminary injunction stops the president from kicking out transgender people currently serving in the…

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District judge in Louisiana upholds ban on marriage equality

Today U.S. District Judge Martin Feldman ruled to uphold Louisiana’s ban on marriage equality.  Until today, no state marriage ban had survived a federal court ruling since the U.S. Supreme Court handed down its historic marriage decision in United States v. Windsor last summer.  In response to today’s rulings, Human Rights Campaign (HRC) Legal Director…

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Federal court rules Indiana must recognize out-of-state same-sex marriages

WASHINGTON – Tuesday, U.S. District Court Judge Richard L. Young ruled in Bowling v. Pence that Indiana’s law prohibiting the recognition of same-sex marriages performed in other jurisdictions is unconstitutional. The decision was stayed, pending an appeal.  Judge Young previously struck down the state’s marriage ban in a ruling on a case known as Baskin…

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