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23 Jan 2015, 12:55 pm
I am no advocate of moral relativism on such issues. [read post]
20 Jan 2015, 6:32 pm
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]
17 Jan 2015, 8:52 am
The Supreme Court’s decision to grant review of the four petitions challenging marriage exclusions for lesbian and gay couples in Michigan, Ohio, Kentucky, and Tennessee comes as no surprise. [read post]
24 Nov 2014, 11:58 am
Some see access to marriage as a quintessentially progressive project — the recognition of the equality and dignity of gay and lesbian couples. [read post]
18 Nov 2014, 9:15 am
As part of the New England-based Gay & Lesbian Advocates & Defenders, Bonauto brought the Goodridge litigation in Massachusetts that resulted in the first same-sex marriages in the United States beginning in 2004. [read post]
18 Sep 2014, 1:13 am
One law professor and two lawyers are among the 21 recipients of $625,000 MacArthur Fellowships (formerly Genius Grants): Sarah Deer (Professor of Law, William Mitchell) Mary Bonuato (Director, Civil Rights Project, Gay & Lesbian Advocates & Defenders, Boston) Jonathan Rapping (President and Founder, Gideon's Promise, Atlanta) (Hat Tip: Brian Leiter,... [read post]
9 Sep 2014, 9:01 pm
Accordingly, lawyers charged with defending SSM bans in court cannot and generally do not point to ugly stereotypes of gays and lesbians. [read post]
13 Aug 2014, 5:29 am
The complaint was filed in July of 2013 and targets one partner specifically who allegedly used offensive racial slurs for African Americans, Hispanics, gays, lesbians, women, and disabled people. [read post]
5 Aug 2014, 6:51 pm
He counted on the full commitment of States and the international community, including the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights and the United Nations family, to engage in collective action to denounce reprisals, defend free voices and protect those targeted. [read post]
8 Jul 2014, 5:15 pm
The withdrawal of support was announced jointly in this statement by the American Civil Liberties Union, Gay & Lesbian Advocates & Defenders, Lambda Legal, National Center for Lesbian Rights, and Transgender Law Center. [read post]
30 May 2014, 1:51 pm
So the ACLU, along with our partners at Gay & Lesbian Advocates & Defenders and the National Center for Lesbian Rights, filed an administrative challenge to the NCD, arguing that the rule is inconsistent with current medical science. [read post]
26 May 2014, 9:01 pm
(The National Gay and Lesbian Task Force maintains a current marriage map here.) [read post]
19 May 2014, 1:50 pm
It was but 1986 when the United States Supreme Court justified, on the basis of a”millennia of moral teaching,” the imprisonment of gay men and lesbian women who engaged in consensual sexual acts. [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]
27 Feb 2014, 6:21 am
” 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]
14 Jan 2014, 6:27 am
Bonauto, Esq., Civil Rights Project Director, Gay & Lesbian Advocates & Defenders Courtney Cahill, Donald Hinkle Professor, Florida State University College of LawMary Anne Case, Arnold I. [read post]
11 Nov 2013, 9:01 pm
Gay rights advocates split over whether to insist on broader protection at the cost of reducing the likelihood of passage of the bill. [read post]
25 Oct 2013, 8:47 am
Obama even mentioned gay rights . . . good sign. [read post]
19 Oct 2013, 8:20 am
And it took decades for majority opinion to recognize what should have been the fairly obvious point that gays and lesbians pose no threat to heterosexuals, and there was no good reason to persecute them. [read post]
4 Jul 2013, 3:26 am
The brave men and women who defend our values deserve a share of our liberty and justice for all. [read post]
