Arkansas Supreme Court strikes down gay adoption ban
The Arkansas Supreme Court has struck down a state law barring unmarried gay and straight couples from adopting or serving as foster […]
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Prop 8- Round 2
While we all wait anxiously for Perry v. Brown to make its way through the courts, Equality California has started
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New Poll Shows Majority Support for Same-Sex Marriage
The Washington Post today reports on a new poll showing that the momentum in favor of same-sex marriage has finally
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Colloquium: Video: Gay Rights and Lefts
On March 9, 2011 at 5-7p.m. at Harvard Law School in Austin North Professor Libby Adler presented her piece entitled, “Gay Rights and Lefts: Rights Critique and Distributive Analysis for Real Law Reform. Streaming video of the March 9 presentation and discussion is below.
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The Nuanced African American Response to Obama's Decision on DOMA
The African American community overwhelmingly supported Barack Obama in the 2008 elections. African Americans are also the ethnic group most
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DOMA: Not Dead Yet
As noted in an earlier Amicus post, a key reason given by Attorney General Eric Holder for why the Justice
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Justice Department Will Not Fully Defend DOMA
Contrary to the suggestion of one Amicus author, the Justice Department today announced that it will stop defending parts of the Defense of Marriage Act in federal court. The Washington Post, citing many of the same arguments put forth in that Amicus post, calls the move risky. Amicus will of course continue to cover the developments on the legal and social fallout from this decision.
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NY Times Wrong on DOMA Defense
The Editorial Board of the New York Times today encourages the Obama Justice Department to stop defending the Defense of
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Continuing Discussion Series: President Obama, Gay Marriage, and Loving v. Virginia
This is the first in what will be a series of online discussions hosted by HarvardCRCL.org. Each discussion will focus
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Wyoming House Passes Anti-Gay Marriage Bill
Wyoming law currently states that “All marriage contracts which are valid by the laws of the country in which contracted
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Iowa House Tries to Invalidate Iowa Same-Sex Marriages
After three Iowa State Supreme Court justices were removed from office last November (which was due in large part to