by Carol Burger | Jun 5, 2014 | World news
The Supreme Court on Wednesday rejected a request to halt same-sex marriages in Oregon. The court’s one-line order gave no reasons for declining to issue a stay.
by Jen | Dec 20, 2013 | News, Overseas marriages & Australian civil unions, World news
Same-sex couples pack the Bernalillo county clerk’s office in Albuquerque with anticipation of obtaining a marriage license. The New Mexico supreme court legalised same-sex marriage in the state on Thursday, declaring in a ruling that it is unconstitutional to...
by Jen | Jun 27, 2013 | News, Overseas marriages & Australian civil unions, World news
Today’s two Supreme Court rulings involving same-sex marriage were a huge and gratifying victory in the long struggle to end government-sanctioned discrimination against gay and lesbian Americans. It is sad, this deep into the national conversation about equal rights,...