With lesbian and gay couples having married over the past several months in many New Mexico counties, today the state Supreme Court ruled to allow same-sex couples throughout the state to continue making lifelong commitments through marriage. This makes New Mexico the first state in the Southwest with marriage equality and the 17th state nationwide….
Texas Gov. Rick Perry has been touring the country trying to get businesses to move to Texas. If he really wants to bring more money into his state, perhaps he should talk to Minneapolis Mayor R.T. Rybak. Rybak has been touring states without marriage equality, inviting same-sex couples to wed in Minneapolis. Minnesota is the…
SAN FRANCISCO – Sen. Mark Leno (D-San Francisco), is holding a community reception in San Francisco Saturday, Sept. 7 to honor Kris Perry and Sandy Stier, the Bay Area plaintiffs in the Proposition 8 case that was heard before the U.S. Supreme Court earlier this year. Sen. Leno and other members of the California Legislative Lesbian,…
Today the same-sex spouses of military service members become eligible to receive a range of federal benefits, thanks to a Department of Defense policy change that was announced last month implementing the U.S. Supreme Court ruling striking down a key provision of the Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA). Starting today, spousal and family benefits will…
It’s hard to believe that less than two months have passed since the Supreme Court struck down the Defense of Marriage Act and effectively ended Proposition 8. It’s even harder to believe that we already need to be watching the courts again. There are of course the various marriage equality cases that are peppering the…
WASHINGTON – Sen. Jeanne Shaheen’s (D-NH) legislation to extend benefits to same-sex military couples cleared a major legislative hurdle yesterday after it passed the Senate Veteran’s Affairs Committee on a bipartisan voice vote. The Charlie Morgan Military Spouses Equal Treatment Act would update and expand federal benefits for legally married, same-sex veteran couples and help put…
SAN FRANCISCO ― Marriage Equality USA has reaffirmed its support for the U.S. Supreme Court decision of June 26 restoring the freedom to marry in California. “Despite Friday’s implausible petition from the San Diego County Clerk, what remains absolutely clear is that the courts have spoken, and Proposition 8 is unconstitutional,” said Brian Silva, Marriage…
In February, San Diego LGBT Pride announced the theme of the 39th annual Pride celebration weekend – Freedom to Love and Marry. At the time of the announcement, San Diego Pride Public Affairs Director Fernando Lopez said, “We are standing at a critical moment in our movement when the very question of our ability to…
Day of Decision, Wednesday, June 26: The LGBT community took to the streets and rallied at the Hillcrest Pride Flag to celebrate the Supreme Court’s rulings on DOMA and Prop. 8.
With the Supreme Court having made its decisions on DOMA and marriage equality, the spotlight is again on what President Obama can still do for the LGBT community. Dead center in the beam is the Employment Non-Discrimination Act (ENDA), which would prevent employers from firing workers for their sexual orientation or gender identity. While there…
