Just One Day After Oregon, Pennsylvania Ban Falls
BY ARTHUR S. LEONARD | A Republican appointed to the federal bench by President George W. Bush in 2002 has struck down Pennsylvania’s statutory ban on same-sex marriage and its recognition. US District...
View ArticleBREAKING: Pennsylvania’s GOP Governor Will Not Appeal Marriage Ruling
BY PAUL SCHINDLER | In a stunning development, the State of Pennsylvania has announced it will not appeal the May 20 federal district court decision striking down its ban on marriage by same-sex...
View ArticleArkansas Supreme Court Stays Marriage Ruling
BY PAUL SCHINDLER | After a week in which hundreds of same-sex couples married in Arkansas and legal action moved back and forth between a county circuit judge and the state’s high court, the Arkansas...
View ArticleHeightened Scrutiny Hinted at in Idaho Stay
BY ARTHUR S. LEONARD | In a May 20 ruling, a three-judge panel of the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals extended — pending the appeals process — what had been a temporary stay of a federal court ruling...
View ArticleEven With DOMA Gone, Tax Issues Convoluted
BY DUNCAN OSBORNE | Despite the 2013 US Supreme Court ruling that struck down the part of the Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA) that barred federal recognition of same-sex marriages, filing federal and...
View ArticleMarriage Gala Focuses Attention on Bigger Goals
BY PAUL SCHINDLER | The news that same-sex marriage had begun in Oregon earlier in the day — as the result of a federal court ruling the state will not appeal — added an extra element of festiveness to...
View ArticleLesbian Parenting Ruling Harder Than It Should Have Been
BY ARTHUR S. LEONARD | As we approach the third anniversary of New York State’s Marriage Equality Law, which says that same-sex marriages and different-sex marriages will be treated equally for all...
View ArticleJustice Anthony Kennedy Considering Oregon Marriage Stay Bid by Anti-Gay Group
BY ARTHUR S. LEONARD | Supreme Court Justice Anthony Kennedy is considering an application from the National Organization for Marriage (NOM) –– formed specifically to oppose same-sex marriage advances...
View ArticleSupreme Court Rejects Effort to Halt Oregon Marriages
BY PAUL SCHINDLER | In a one-sentence order that did not elaborate on the reasoning, the US Supreme Court on June 4 denied a request by an anti-gay group seeking to block any further same-sex marriages...
View ArticleWisconsin Ruling Leads to Burst of Milwaukee, Madison Weddings
BY ARTHUR S. LEONARD | A June 6 ruling from a federal district judge that Wisconsin’s ban on same-sex marriage is unconstitutional set off a flurry of nearly 130 weddings in Milwaukee, the state’s...
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