Late Friday State Attorney General Kamala D. Harris issued the following statement in response to San Diego County Clerk Ernest J. Dronenburg Jr.’s filing asking the state Supreme Court to halt same-sex weddings pending a court hearing. “The filing offers no new arguments that could deny same-sex couples their constitutionally protected civil rights. The federal…
RALEIGH, N.C. – Today the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) and the ACLU of North Carolina Legal Foundation (ACLU-NCLF) announced plans to challenge North Carolina’s ban on marriage for same-sex couples by amending a federal lawsuit filed against the state last year on behalf of six same-sex couples and their children that challenges North Carolina’s…
The Supreme Court struck down the portion of the Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA) that denied federal benefits to married same-sex couples. This has dramatically changed the emotional and financial lives of the thousands of gay and lesbian married couples around the country. Let’s go through just of few of changes, now that we live…
The U.S. Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals today lifted the stay on Proposition 8. The 10-word ruling stated, “The stay in the above matter is dissolved effective immediately.” Same-sex marriages can now resume in California for the first time since 2008.
Propelled by two historic rulings for same-sex couples by the U.S. Supreme Court, President Obama was bluntly rebuked over his stance on gay rights on the second stop of his three-country tour in Africa. Visiting Senegal, the president proclaimed, “I want the African people just to hear what I believe,” Mr. Obama said at a…
A helpful HRC primer on what the Supreme Court’s decision striking down section 3 of the Defense of Marriage Act might mean to you and your family.
SAN DIEGO — LGBTQ organizations are calling for a mass rally at 5 p.m. under the Hillcrest Pride Flag at the intersection of Normal Street and University Avenue Wednesday June 26 – the day the Supreme Court issues its ruling on the legality of California’s Prop. 8 and the constitutionality of the Defense of Marriage…
SANTA YSABEL, Calif. — Among those who have suffered the denial of basic human rights in this country, Native Americans can unfortunately take a prominent place. Because their historic experience of prejudice strongly resonates to this day, the Santa Ysabel Tribe, founded in 1893 in California, has announced its firm support for the LGBT community…
With days to go before the Supreme Court ruling on Prop. 8 a new survey analyzes the effect that marriage equality has on opposite sex-couples. Researchers at Portland State University examined states with marriage equality or strong civil unions and found no decline in marriage rates. Watch the video!
(CNN) — A majority of Americans — and even a majority of same-sex marriage opponents — believe it’s “inevitable” that gays and lesbians will eventually be able to legally wed, a new survey indicates. The poll, from the Pew Research Center, comes as the United States Supreme Court prepares to rule on two high profile…
