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9 Nov 2010, 12:04 pm
[JURIST] The Gay and Lesbian Advocates and Defenders (GLAD) and the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) [advocacy website] filed separate federal lawsuits Tuesday challenging the Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA) [text; JURIST news archive]. [read post]
31 Oct 2010, 11:25 am
DOE’s Office for Civil Rights received 800 complaints alleging harassment in the last year alone, and data from field offices indicate an increase in school-based harassment of certain groups, including gays, lesbians, and others. [read post]
22 Oct 2010, 1:20 pm
In contrast, only about 25 percent of those polled in 1996 believed that gay and lesbian couples should have the right to marry. [read post]
22 Oct 2010, 1:20 pm
In contrast, only about 25 percent of those polled in 1996 believed that gay and lesbian couples should have the right to marry. [read post]
21 Oct 2010, 6:02 am
Nothing is gained from making dramatic -- but baseless -- legal arguments.Furthermore, the government contends that the injunction should only apply to the plaintiffs and not to all gays and lesbians currently in or who seek admission to the military. [read post]
13 Oct 2010, 9:13 pm
” In a separate case, filed by GLAD (Gay Lesbian Advocates and Defenders), known as Gill v. [read post]
23 Aug 2010, 2:06 am
Last week, the DOJ and parties represented by Gay & Lesbian Advocates & Defenders agreed to a stay of the district court’s decision in Gill v. [read post]
20 Aug 2010, 9:00 am
Today, though, I noticed reporting that Gay & Lesbian Advocates & Defenders (GLAD) the Massachusetts-based gay rights group that ligated Gill among many other major LGBT rights cases (including the MA gay marriage case, Goodrich) had agreed to stay the ruling while the DOJ decided whether to take an appeal. [read post]
9 Aug 2010, 11:33 am
Hence advocates for and against same-sex marriage or special schools for immigrant youth or gay and lesbian youth, each claim the Brown ruling. [read post]
5 Aug 2010, 12:01 am
Miller's job was principally to offer testimony that gays and lesbians enjoy a substantial amount of political power. [read post]
2 Aug 2010, 9:49 am
The Maine Civil Liberties Union and the ACLU LGBT Project, along with some help from Jennifer Levi at Gay and Lesbian Advocates and Defenders, were given the opportunity to comment on the draft and the result is a great success. [read post]
15 Jul 2010, 10:55 am
In a case filed by the organization, Gay and Lesbian Advocates and Defenders, the court found that DOMA violates the Equal Protection Clause by denying federal benefits to same-sex married couples while allowing benefits for opposite-sex married couples. [read post]
12 Jul 2010, 9:20 am
Office of Personnel Management brought by our friends at Gay & Lesbian Advocates & Defenders, charged that changing the rules just for marriages of gay people violated the U.S. [read post]
9 Jul 2010, 7:36 am
one filed by the Gay and Lesbian Advocates and Defenders (GLAD) [advocacy website] on behalf of seven same-sex... [read post]
8 Jul 2010, 9:47 pm
Gill was filed last year by Gay & Lesbian Advocates & Defenders, the same group that sued Massachusetts for same-sex marriage and won a huge victory in 2003 in Goodridge. [read post]
8 Jul 2010, 1:14 pm
., lawyers from Foley Hoag, Sullivan & Worcester, and Jenner & Block worked closely with the Gay & Lesbian Advocates & Defenders (GLAD) in successfully challenging section 3 of the Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA). [read post]
11 Jun 2010, 10:30 am
Craig Cramer has worked in a variety of positions, including private law practice, the Lambda Legal Defense and Education Fund, and executive director of Gay & Lesbian Advocates & Defenders (GLAD). [read post]
7 Jun 2010, 2:44 pm
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]
27 May 2010, 10:39 pm
Following up on my prior post, Lawsuit Challenges Application of DOMA to Tax Code: yesterday, Gay & Lesbian Advocates & Defenders issued a press release, GLAD Files Amended Complaint in DOMA Challenge: GLAD filed an amended complaint this week in our lawsuit challenging Section 3 of the Defense of Marriage... [read post]
22 May 2010, 12:37 am
Rand's view of civil rights is troubling whether or not he has the courage to advocate repeal of the legislation.Rand's position on civil rights is disturbing because it indicates that he probably would not prefer strong enforcement of civil rights laws against private companies and that he definitely would not favor extending these laws to other groups, such as gays and lesbians. [read post]
