senior director of civil rights and legal strategies atGLBTQ Legal Advocates and Defendersin Boston. But she said the measures are emerging in a post-Roe v. Wade era, where the constitutionality of same-sex marriage and other protections, derived from the due process clause of the 14th Amendmen...
Gay marriage legal in all 50 US states, thanks to Supreme Court rulingStuart Weinstein
Legal obstacles to gay marriage have fallen in Idaho and North Carolina. The U.S. Supreme Court issued an order Friday that appears to have cleared the way for gay marriages in conservative Idaho. Gay rights supporters are cheering in Boise as state officials were trying to determine when wedd...
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the U.S. Supreme Courtrejectedapleafrom Alaska Gov. Sean Parnell, effectively bringing same-sex marriages to Alaska. Finally, four states — Montana, Wyoming, Kansas and South Carolina — currently fall under the jurisdiction of appellate courts that struck down gay marriage bans and a...
Overall, 56 percent of Americans support the court's action, while 38 percent oppose it - exactly matching opinions on whether or not gay marriage should be legal, asked in an ABC/Post poll in June. These results reflect the public's dramatic shift in support of gay marriage the ...
In 2022, about 72 percent of male-male couples in the United States were White, compared to 6.4 percent of gay couples who were Black or African American.
After the wedding, Oliver said she believes gay marriage will soon be legal throughout the country. The couple said Monday also was the anniversary of a commitment ceremony they held on a North Carolina beach three years ago. WEST VIRGINIA ...
DOMA didn’t ban gay marriage outright but specified that only heterosexual couples could be granted federal marriage benefits. That is, even if a state made gay marriage legal, same-sex couples still wouldn’t be able to file income taxes jointly, sponsor spouses for immigration benefits or re...
same sex couples in August (PDF). Then, in September themilitary approvedextra leave for gay and lesbian couples, up to 10 days, so that service members stationed in states that won’t allow them to be married can travel to states can travel to states where same sex marriage is leg...