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FILTER RESULTS ►Marriage equality may be headed to the ballot in Arizona in 2014
By Scottie Thomaston Towleroad is reporting that a group of libertarians and Republicans are launching an effort to place marriage equality on the ballot in Arizona in 2014. The group is currently organizing in hopes of obtaining the nearly 260,000 signatures required: If it’s successful, the Arizona Equal Marriage campaign organized by a Libertarian and [...]
Supreme Court issues five opinions; marriage cases still pending
By Scottie Thomaston The Supreme Court released five opinions this morning, but they did not release the decisions in the marriage cases, United States v. Windsor, and Hollingsworth v. Perry. There are at least two more schedule dates for the release of opinions: this Thursday, June 20, and next Monday, June 24. In addition, the [...]
Supreme Court to issue more opinions next Monday, Thursday
By Scottie Thomaston The Supreme Court has said that next Monday and Thursday more opinions in argued cases will be released. There are nineteen outstanding ones. As usual, we won’t know which opinions are ready until then; the standard practice is that the Court releases opinions when they are finished, and only then. There’s no [...]
Supreme Court issues four decisions, no news on marriage equality cases yet
By Scottie Thomaston The Supreme Court released four opinions this morning, the last day the Court is scheduled to release opinions until next week. None of the four were the marriage cases (Hollingsworth v. Perry, the Prop 8 case, or United States v. Windsor, the DOMA case.) All four of today’s opinions were from the [...]
Prop 8/DOMA round-up: SCOTUS news, this week and next
By Scottie Thomaston There are very few upcoming days for Supreme Court opinions to be released, so here at EqualityOnTrial, we’re preparing for any breaking news. There are a few updates, and there’s some information and speculation on what might happen. Here are some of today’s stories: - Tomorrow, Thursday, June 13, the Court is [...]
Appeals court in Tennessee hears arguments in case challenging state’s removal of LGBT and other non-discrimination protections
By Scottie Thomaston In Tennessee yesterday, a state court of appeals heard arguments in the challenge to HB600, nicknamed the Special Access to Discriminate (“SAD Act”) by equality organizations. The law stripped local governments in the state of their non-discrimination protections for LGBT Tennesseans. The challenge, argued by Shannon Minter of the National Center for [...]
Equality news round-up: Supreme Court updates on Prop 8, DOMA, and more polls
By Scottie Thomaston - It’s June 10, which means there are only a couple of weeks left in the Supreme Court Term. None of the big cases were decided today. Along with the marriage cases, rulings on hugely significant racial justice questions are expected before the end of June, but the Court only released opinions [...]
Equality news round-up: Updates on the marriage cases, Illinois, and more
By Scottie Thomaston - What will the Republican Party do after the Supreme Court issues the Prop 8 and DOMA decisions? - Governor Quinn of Illinois has called for a special session of the General Assembly in June; it’s possible but uncertain marriage equality could be on the agenda. - The Delaware senate has approved [...]
Equality news round-up: New marriage equality, DOMA polls, and more
By Scottie Thomaston - New Mexico’s attorney general is set to weigh in on his opinion on the legality of same-sex marriage in the state. - Update on possible campaign to repeal Ohio’s marriage equality ban. - Republicans in the House added an anti-gay amendment to this year’s National Defense Authorization Act. - A new [...]
Equality news round-up: Support for marriage equality climbs among older Americans, and more
By Scottie Thomaston - On DOMA and immigration. - “In Tennessee, gay marriage has young doubting Republicans.” - Former Congressman Charles Bass calls on Republicans to support full marriage equality. - A new Gallup poll shows that people over the age of 55 now support marriage equality. - The town of Bisbee, AZ has approved [...]
American Bar Association may ban gay and trans panic defenses
By Scottie Thomaston In August, the American Bar Association’s House of Delegates will consider a resolution that would minimize or eliminate use of the “gay panic” and “trans panic” defenses by defense attorneys. That legal strategy is most prominently associated with the murder of Matthew Shepard, and it was used in the trial of the [...]
Illinois General Assembly adjourns with no marriage equality passage; will they try again?
By Scottie Thomaston Late Friday, the Illinois House adjourned without passing the senate-passed marriage equality bill. In the preceding days, it had been reported that May 31 was going to be the final day of the session, and if the House declined to take up marriage equality, it wouldn’t be until the fall at the [...]
Equality news round-up: SCOTUS news, NOM loses court battle in Maine, and more
By Scottie Thomaston - Next week, the final few weeks of the Supreme Court term begins. The Court is widely expected to release the opinions in the marriage cases on the last week of June, but the pace of opinion releases will start to pick up this month. - Will Illinois pass marriage equality? Today [...]
President Obama again calls on Illinois to pass marriage equality
By Scottie Thomaston The Illinois General Assembly adjourns tomorrow, leaving the state house with only the next two days to pass the marriage equality bill. The state senate passed the bill on Valentine’s Day and since then, legislators have been wrangling privately over the vote: 60 votes are required for passage, and it’s expected to [...]
Equality news round-up: Illinois and Ohio marriage equality updates, and more
By Scottie Thomaston - Exxon Mobil will vote again on LGBT antidiscrimination policies, but they have failed to allow these protections in the past. UPDATE: The protections were voted down. - Another Illinois lawmaker announces support for marriage equality in the final days of the legislative session. - The Democratic gubernatorial candidate in Ohio has [...]
Illinois has until end of week to approve marriage equality
By Scottie Thomaston This week is the last chance for Illinois to send the marriage equality bill to Governor Quinn’s desk for his signature. The legislative session ends on Friday, and only the state senate has approved the bill. Last week, former President Bill Clinton added his voice to the calls for passage before the [...]
Equality news round-up: Edie Windsor at NYU, ENDA news, and more
By Scottie Thomaston - David Boies, Edie Windsor were honored at the NYU 2013 commencement. - The Boy Scouts of America ended the ban on gay scouts yesterday; they didn’t end the ban on adult Scout leaders, and their statement notes that the policy on adult leaders wasn’t under consideration. - Huffington Post‘s Lila Shapiro [...]
Could the Senate still include LGBT binational couples in the immigration reform bill?
By Scottie Thomaston The Senate Judiciary Committee on Tuesday rejected pro-LGBT amendments to the “comprehensive” immigration reform bill, and as EqualityOnTrial noted yesterday, four Democrats also opposed inclusion of the amendments. Show More Summary
Equality news round-up: Immigration reform, LGBT rights in Tennessee, and more
By Scottie Thomaston - The biggest news of the week is yesterday’s action in the Senate Judiciary Committee, where most Democrats joined all Republicans to oppose inclusion of the Uniting American Families Act (UAFA), a compromise pro-LGBT bill that would have allowed binational married couples of the same sex to remain in the United States [...]
Former President Bill Clinton calls on Illinois House of Representatives to pass marriage equality
By Scottie Thomaston Illinois Unites For Marriage, the state coalition for the passage of the marriage equality law, said today that former President Bill Clinton is calling on state legislators to pass the bill before the Assembly adjourns on May 31. Clinton said in a statement: “Our nation’s permanent mission is to form a ‘more [...]
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