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25 Jan 2015, 9:01 pm by Michael C. Dorf
Although gay men and lesbians face less discrimination than in the past, they remain a traditionally disadvantaged minority. [read post]
27 Feb 2014, 6:21 am by Amy Howe
”  And at the Constitutional Accountability Center’s Text and History Blog, David Gans compares legislation in Arizona and Kansas with the challenges to the Affordable Care Act’s contraception mandate, arguing that “[t]he efforts to give businesses a right to deny women access to contraceptive coverage and to legalize discrimination against gay men and lesbians are joined at the hip. [read post]
26 Apr 2019, 3:59 am by Edith Roberts
United States, which asks when a defendant must have formed the intent required to commit burglary for purposes of a “violent felony” under the Armed Career Criminal Act, comes from Rory Little. [read post]
7 Jun 2010, 2:44 pm by ALeonard
  So far DOMA has withstood all attempts to knock it down through litigation, although there is a very promising law suit on file against it in Boston, where arguments were recently held before US District Judge Joseph Tauro in lawsuits brought by Gay & Lesbian Advocates & Defenders on behalf of citizen plaintiffs and by the Attorney General of the State of Massachusetts, attacking the constitutionality of that statute. [read post]
10 Oct 2008, 8:40 pm
The case was originally filed by Gay & Lesbian Advocates & Defenders, the Boston-based public interest law firm, on behalf of eight same-sex couples whose applications for marriage licenses had been denied. [read post]
10 Oct 2008, 8:44 pm
The case was originally filed by Gay & Lesbian Advocates & Defenders, the Boston-based public interest law firm, on behalf of eight same-sex couples whose applications for marriage licenses had been denied. [read post]
11 Jul 2008, 6:44 pm
Healy) and Gay & Lesbian Advocates & Defenders (Mary L. [read post]
30 Jun 2023, 8:20 am by Eugene Volokh
Gay, Lesbian & Bisexual Group of Boston, Inc. (1995), the Court found that Massachusetts impermissibly compelled speech in violation of the First Amendment when it sought to force parade organizers to accept participants who would "affec[t] the[ir] message. [read post]
3 Jul 2012, 4:45 pm by Lyle Denniston
   Gay rights advocates also oppose that provision, but it is not being put before the Court. [read post]
23 May 2022, 3:00 pm by Stephen Page
If you are a single man or in a gay relationship, tough luck. [read post]
23 May 2022, 3:00 pm by Stephen Page
If you are a single man or in a gay relationship, tough luck. [read post]
2 Oct 2009, 10:34 am
 Office of Personnel Management, filed last winter by Gay & Lesbian Advocates & Defenders in Boston, an equal protection  claim based on the 5th Amendment is asserted against the federal Defense of Marriage Act on behalf of married same-sex  spouses from Massachusetts who have been denied federal benefits to which they would otherwise be entitled. [read post]
29 May 2008, 6:59 am
Busy times for same-sex marriage advocates, and hopeful times. [read post]
9 Jan 2012, 12:53 pm by 1 Crown Office Row
Peacock also sold DVDs on his website, sleazymichael.com, and in the London-based gay magazine, Boyz. [read post]
20 Feb 2008, 1:42 pm
Gay & Lesbian Advocates & Defenders, a Boston-based public interest law firm that advocates for the rights of people living with HIV, represented Shaw in appealing the denial of coverage for her procedure. [read post]
20 Jan 2015, 6:32 pm by Benjamin Wittes
  That’s why we defend free speech, and advocate for political prisoners, and condemn the persecution of women, or religious minorities, or people who are lesbian, gay, bisexual, or transgender. [read post]
14 Apr 2014, 8:09 am
” This emphasizes public freedoms, human rights education and the work of human rights defenders and the media. [read post]
22 Feb 2007, 2:04 pm
Warner noted that an attorney from Gay & Lesbian Advocates & Defenders in Boston, Karen Loewy, had made a similar request to the Board's General Counsel, claiming to represent the faculty member in question. [read post]
2 Jan 2023, 4:00 pm by Petrelli Previtera, LLC
The ruling was the result of a lawsuit brought in 2013 by the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) and Gay and Lesbian Advocates and Defenders (GLAD) on behalf of 23 plaintiffs. [read post]