Israel’s Supreme Court has rejected a suit from the family of a transgender activist that was challenging instructions in her will that she be cremated. May Peleg, who was chair of the Jerusalem LGBT organization Open House, committed suicide earlier this month. She had been concerned that her ultra-orthodox parents, whose beliefs forbid cremation, would…
Friday, the U.S. Supreme Court agreed to hear seven appeals from various religious organizations claiming that a contraceptive “accommodation” under the Affordable Care Act burdens their religious beliefs. According to ScotusBlog: “On Friday, for the fourth time in three years, the Supreme Court agreed to rule on challenges to the new federal health care law…
Today, the U.S. Supreme Court declined a petition from Kentucky’s Rowan County clerk Kim Davis for an emergency stay on a court order requiring her to immediately start issuing marriage licenses to all eligible applicants, including same-sex couples. The Human Rights Campaign (HRC) welcomed the news as affirmation that personal religious opinions of public officials…
The Texas Supreme Court has suspended the enforcement of the Houston Equal Rights Ordinance (HERO) and ordered the Houston City Council to repeal the ordinance or place it up for a vote in the November city elections. “We agree with the Relators that the City Secretary certified their petition and thereby invoked the City Council’s ministerial…
ROSE GARDEN, June 26 — Good morning. Our nation was founded on a bedrock principle that we are all created equal. The project of each generation is to bridge the meaning of those founding words with the realities of changing times — a never-ending quest to ensure those words ring true for every single American….
In the wake of last Friday’s historic ruling on marriage equality, YouTube content creator Raymond Braun released a new video documenting the exact moment outside the Supreme Court when the announcement was made that #LoveWins. In the video, Raymond captures the overwhelming emotions from the crowd that patiently waited for this historic moment of recognition…
After the emotion of Friday’s Supreme Court decision on marriage equality here’s a moving video to start off your week. To celebrate nationwide marriage equality YouTube put out a spot in recognition of the historic decision. According to YouTube, “Over the last 10 years, everyone from moms to presidents have uploaded videos in support of…
WASHINGTON – After Friday’s sweeping ruling by the Supreme Court of the United States, striking down bans on marriage equality in all 50 states, the Human Rights Campaign (HRC) called on state officials to act with all deliberate speed to remove remaining obstacles to marriage equality. In individual letters to the governors and attorneys general…
WASHINGTON – The Human Rights Campaign has issued the following statement on Sen. Marco Rubio’s opposition to marriage equality after the Supreme Court’s ruling in Obergefell v Hodges. In a historic 5-4 ruling, yesterday the Supreme Court of the United States found bans on marriage equality to be unconstitutional—and that the fundamental right to marriage…
Last night, following the historic Supreme Court decision making marriage equality the law of the land, landmarks across the U.S and the world lit up in rainbow colors. From the White House to Disney World, Minneapolis to Niagara Falls the Rainbow Revolution shone through. #MarriageEquaility #LoveWins.
