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 | Nov 19, 2013 | News, Overseas commentary, World news
Ten years ago today, the Supreme Judicial Court made Massachusetts the first state to legalize same-sex marriage. On November 18, 2003, the court declared, in an opinion by Chief Justice Margaret Marshall, ”that barring an individual from the protections, benefits and...
by Jen | Sep 28, 2013 | News, Overseas marriages & Australian civil unions, World news
A New Jersey judge on Friday ordered state officials to allow same-sex couples to marry starting October 21, saying the current civil union system unfairly deprives them of federal benefits available to married couples. Judge Mary Jacobson in Mercer County Superior...
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 Jen | Jun 7, 2013 | News, Overseas marriages & Australian civil unions, World news
Fighting marraige equality is wrong, and the battle does nothing to strengthen the institution overall. Let’s be honest: The marriage equality debate is nearly over, and nothing the Supreme Court does when it delivers its opinions on the federal Defense of...
