Category Archives: News Briefs
Florida Court Upholds Another Gay Adoption
A Florida court on Wednesday, October 27, upheld a lower court ruling granting an adoption to a lesbian. The decision comes one week after Attorney General Bill McCollum said he would not appeal another case that overturned the state’s ban
White House has meeting, no action, on DADT
The topic in an office building adjacent to the White House Tuesday afternoon was Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell, the federal law banning openly gay people from the military. More specifically, it was how to help a lame-duck Senate pass the
Argument set on Proposition 8 in 9th Circuit
Monday, December 6, at 10 a.m., the 9th Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals will hear two hours of arguments in the appeal of the decision that found California’s same-sex marriage ban in violation of the U.S. Constitution.
Judge denies DADT stay; focus shifts to 9th
A federal judge on Tuesday evening denied the federal government’s request to postpone enforcement of an injunction she issued last week to stop enforcement of “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell.”
Prop 8 challengers want ‘maximum impact’
The legal team challenging Proposition 8 in California has argued that proponents of the anti-gay measure don’t have legal standing to appeal a federal judge’s ruling last August that the initiative banning same-sex marriage is unconstitutional. But attorney Ted Boutrous,
DOJ: will appeal DOMA cases
The U.S. Department of Justice on Tuesday filed notice to a federal district court in Boston that it does intend to appeal the court’s decision in two cases testing the constitutionality of the Defense of Marriage Act.
LGBT inclusions in immigration: posturing or real?
LGBT concerns were included this month in a new immigration reform bill introduced to Congress, but they were not part of President Obama’s words in support of that bill and some say the bill is just a mid-term election tool.
Obama: Orderly repeal of DADT protects gays
In the current issue of Rolling Stone magazine, President Obama says he’s “probably accomplished,” in the first two years of his administration, “70 percent of the things that we said we were going to do.” One of his accomplishments, he said,
Judge Walker to retire next year
The federal district court judge who earlier this year presided over the landmark trial challenging the constitutionality of California’s same-sex marriage ban announced Wednesday that he will retire in February. Judge Vaughn Walker, chief judge of the U.S. District Court for
