Tag Archives: South Dakota
Sparring continues among appeals courts as Supreme Court puts off marriage cases another week
The U.S. Supreme Court put off until at least this Friday (January 16) a decision on whether it will hear appeals challenging a Sixth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals ruling that said states can ban same-sex couples from marrying. Meanwhile,
Speed Read: Log Cabin attacks Polis
Log Cabin Republicans is running attack ads against an openly gay Congressman. Opponents of Houston's lesbian Mayor Annise Parker's proposed non-discrimination ordinance threaten to launch a recall election against her. North Dakota is left standing as the only state with
Speed Read: Anti-gay bills failing
Bills attempting to provide a way for people to discriminate against gays by claiming a religious exercise failed in multiple states Tuesday. A second Mississippi town voted for "inherent worth" of gays and others. Consequences of Uganda law still playing
2010 Census trend: 50 percent more same-sex couples over 2000
With only 35 states and Puerto Rico counted, the 2010 Census has already topped the 2000 Census count of same-sex couples in all 50 states.
