Tag Archives: marriage
Speed Read: Thursday 26 December 2013
A federal appeals court refused to grant a stay of a lower court decision requiring Utah to allow same-sex couples to obtain marriage licenses, World War II hero Alan Turing gets a posthumous pardon from the Queen. The White House
Speed Read: Tuesday 24 December 2013
Equality Maryland snubbed openly gay gubernatorial candidate Heather Mizeur. A federal judge in Virginia refused to dismiss a lawsuit against that state's ban on same-sex marriages. And more victories in Utah and Ohio...
Speed Read: Monday 23 December 2013
State officials in Utah will go before a federal judge this morning to ask that he place a stay on an order he issued Friday, enjoining the state from enforcing its ban on same-sex couples marrying. More than 100 couples
Federal judge strikes Utah’s marriage ban
A federal judge in Utah just issued a decision striking down that state’s ban on same-sex marriage. Obama appointee Judge Robert Shelby issued a 53-page decision, in Kitchen v. Herbert, saying the state’s current definition of marriage is not permissible under
Speed Read: Friday 20 December 2013
New Mexico becomes the 17th marriage equality state. Figure skater Brian Boitano becomes the third openly gay person in the U.S. official delegation to the Olympic games in Russia. A judge in Houston blocks lesbian Mayor Annise Parker's plan to
New Mexico: No. 17 and over the one-third mark
The New Mexico Supreme Court unanimously ruled Thursday that the state's interpretation of marriage laws to ban same-sex couples violates the state's constitution. The ruling makes New Mexico the 17th marriage equality state and means that now more than one-third
Speed Read: Friday 13 December 2013
Colorado voters already seem ready to accept allowing same-sex couples to marry. Russian President Vlamdamir Putin has started talking tough against gays again. Australia's highest court has ruled against letting same-sex couples marry, Croatia and India are re-thinking. And more...
Speed Read: Monday 2 December 2013
Same-sex couples began marrying after just after midnight this morning in Hawaii. The U.S. Department of Labor will revise its definition of "spouse" for the Family Medical Leave Act by March. National Guards in Texas and Oklahoma force straight and
Hawaii Senate sends marriage bill to governor
The debate went on much longer than expected but the Hawaii Senate voted Tuesday to give final legislative approval to a bill allowing same-sex couples to obtain marriage licenses. The bill now goes to Democratic Governor Neil Abercrombie, who has
