Tag Archives: Massachusetts
Trans issue on the ballot in Massachusetts
It's been six years since an anti-LGBT ballot measure has ridden a state ballot. But there's one this year, in Massachusetts.
GOP blockade of Obama judicial nominees snares openly gay candidate
Lesbian attorney Inga Bernstein's nomination to a federal district court seat has been pending for a year now, but a blockade of Obama nominees, including a Supreme Court nominee, portends she'll wait even longer.
If Supreme Court strikes bans, LGBT legal activists ready to fight the pushback
The Supreme Court of the United States will rule any day now on whether it is a violation of the federal constitution for states to bar same-sex couples from marrying. But for weeks now, in apparent anticipation that the court
Senate changes hands and GOP wins governor’s office in three blue states
Republican candidates won enough U.S. Senate seats Tuesday night to take over the majority in both chambers of Congress, but in an even more stunning victory, Republicans took over the governor’s offices in three strongly Democratic states –Illinois, Maryland, and,
Summer Finale: ‘doing this stupid thing’
A Seventh Circuit panel grilled attorneys for Indiana and Wisconsin this week over their reasons for banning marriage for same-sex couples. The Supreme Court extended a stay last week on a Fourth Circuit decision that Virginia's ban on marriage for
Speed Read: Ninth Circuit stays Idaho
The Ninth Circuit has temporarily stopped same-sex couples from marrying in Idaho when a federal judge's ruling is due to go into effect today. The St. Louis Rams head coach has taken pro-active measures to ensure a smooth transition for
