by Jen | Feb 7, 2015 | News, Overseas commentary, World news
A federal judge ruled Friday that Alabama’s ban on same-sex marriage is unconstitutional.
by Carol Burger | Oct 3, 2014 | AME Talks, World news
WASHINGTON — As the Supreme Court prepares to decide the future of same-sex marriage — an institution described as “newer than cellphones or the Internet” by one justice last year — two things are clear. Despite this year’s breathtaking string of...
by Carol Burger | Sep 5, 2014 | AME Talks, World news
In late 2008, Chad Griffin was frustrated with the gay marriage movement. Activists had been toiling for years trying to legalize same-sex weddings by fighting for laws and initiatives state by state, yet even liberal California had just passed Proposition 8, defining...
by Carol Burger | Sep 3, 2014 | AME Talks, World news
It’s unusual when the winners of a case ask the U.S. Supreme Court to hear an appeal of their victory. But that is exactly the plea being made by lawyers for same-sex couples who successfully challenged bans on such unions in Virginia, Oklahoma and Utah. And for...
by Jen | Jun 26, 2014 | News, Overseas commentary, World news
One day before the anniversary of the historic U.S. Supreme Court decision striking down the Defense of Marriage Act, same-sex marriage has become legal in Indiana and a federal appeals court upheld a decision striking down a ban in Utah.U.S. Supreme Court