Tag Archives: Liberty Counsel
Trump-Clinton trading barbs over Orlando
Presidential candidate Donald Trump's campaign is raising questions about the highly visible presence of the father of the Orlando nightclub gunman at a Clinton campaign rally Monday. Clinton supporters are noting that Trump plans to appear at an anti-LGBT group's
Judge releases Kentucky clerk with instructions she should ‘not interfere’
Kentucky clerk Kim Davis walked out of jail Tuesday afternoon, eliciting cheers from hundreds of protesters who had gathered outside to demand her release. While the release is being hailed by some as a victory for Davis, the court order
Supreme Court denies stay in Kentucky clerk bid to refuse marriage licenses
In a significant blow to those who seek to use a free exercise of religion argument to discriminate against same-sex couples seeking to marry, U.S. Supreme Court on Monday evening denied an emergency request to stop enforcement of a federal
Speed Read: 40 arrested in Idaho
Police in Boise arrested more than 40 protesters for trespassing Monday as they stood silently for more than three hours, blocking three entrances to the Idaho senate chamber. Scotland becomes the 18th country to approve marriage equality. Virginia lawsuit heard
Speed Read: Tuesday 12 November 2013
Hawaii's Senate is expected to easily concur with the House marriage equality bill today. Liberty Counsel is appealing a decision Friday from a federal court who said the New Jersey ban on sexual orientation change efforts passes constitutional muster. Senator
New Supreme Court session could include broad array of LGBT cases
The U.S. Supreme Court today (October 7) rejected reviews of two lower court decisions of some interest to LGBT legal activists. But some gay-related cases could be on the docket this session, and national legal experts predict a case testing
Full faith and credit helps gay parents overcome ban
The battle over equal rights to marriage has dominated much of the news concerning the LGBT civil rights movement for the past 17 years, but there have been gains recently in the battle over gay family rights in general.
Vermont judge: Fugitive mother in contempt
A family court judge in Vermont Tuesday issued a warrant for the arrest of former lesbian Lisa Miller who disappeared with the child she once shared with her former civil union partner, Janet Jenkins.
Custody dispute escalates, but courts stay faithful to the law
In a long-running interstate dispute, an “ex-lesbian” in Virginia failed to show up last Friday to transfer custody of her seven-year-old daughter to the woman’s former civil union partner.
