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 | 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,...
by John | Mar 2, 2013 | News, Overseas marriages & Australian civil unions, World news
Mar. 1, 2013 — There is no valid scientific basis for denying same-sex couples the right to legal marriage, or to deprive them of considerable benefits of the institution, according to legal briefs filed with the U.S. Supreme Court by the American Psychological...
by John | Feb 27, 2013 | News, Overseas marriages & Australian civil unions, World news
Scores of corporations will file a Supreme Court brief favoring gay marriage later this week. Signatories will include Apple, Facebook, Intel, and Morgan Stanley. FORTUNE — On Thursday, dozens of American corporations, including Apple, Alcoa, Facebook, eBay,...