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21 Dec 2015, 9:01 pm by Joanna L. Grossman
The relationship between sex discrimination and sexual orientation discrimination has always been somewhat of a contested issue. [read post]
30 Nov 2015, 9:01 pm by Joanna L. Grossman
It seems like the kind of case Sherri Shepherd and her co-hosts on The View might have discussed on the air, alternating inflammatory and judgmental tones. [read post]
23 Nov 2015, 9:01 pm by Joanna L. Grossman
Before there was marriage for same-sex couples, there was the civil union. [read post]
9 Nov 2015, 9:01 pm by Joanna L. Grossman
At the end of October, New York’s Governor, Andrew Cuomo, signed into law the Women’s Equality Act (WEA), a broad-based bill he proposed more than two years ago. [read post]
12 Oct 2015, 9:01 pm by Joanna L. Grossman
Yvonne Craig, who played Batgirl in the 1960s television show, recently passed away. [read post]
28 Sep 2015, 9:01 pm by Joanna L. Grossman
This was more or less the message from a New Jersey appellate court, which rejected most of the discrimination claims brought by a group of female casino waitresses who were suspended, fired, or otherwise subjected to a policy restricting weight gain. [read post]
14 Sep 2015, 9:01 pm by Joanna L. Grossman
There is no question that the Supreme Court’s June 2015 ruling in Obergefell v. [read post]
1 Sep 2015, 9:01 pm by Joanna L. Grossman
She promised not to give their baby up for adoption as long as he promised not to file a formal paternity action. [read post]
26 Aug 2015, 9:01 pm by Joanna L. Grossman
A battle over whether topless women with body paint who call themselves “desnudas” can solicit tips in Times Square—and whether they might be soliciting them too aggressively—might raise real legal questions; it certainly raises political hackles. [read post]
3 Aug 2015, 9:01 pm by Joanna L. Grossman
Devorah went to court to prove she was married to Steven—so she could divorce him. [read post]
20 Jul 2015, 9:01 pm by Joanna L. Grossman
In a recent ruling, the EEOC concluded that alleged discrimination against a gay man—because he was gay—constitutes a form of sex discrimination that violates Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, a federal law banning employment discrimination on the basis of certain protected characteristics. [read post]
Dissenting opinions often claim that the sky is falling in; they like to list all the horrible consequences that will inevitably flow from the misguided views of the majority. [read post]
26 Jun 2015, 5:16 pm by Joanna L. Grossman
The first marriages by same-sex couples were celebrated in the United States in May 2004, as a result of the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court’s ruling in Goodridge v. [read post]
26 Jun 2015, 9:30 am by David S. Kemp
Verdict columnists have written about these cases in nearly every stage of litigation and appeal: Last Gasps: Texas Tries to Stop Court From Granting Same-Sex Divorce, by Joanna Grossman (June 23, 2015) Why Can Clergy Opt Out of Same-Sex Marriage? [read post]
22 Jun 2015, 9:01 pm by Joanna L. Grossman
As we await a ruling from the Supreme Court in Obergefell v. [read post]
7 Jun 2015, 9:01 pm by Joanna L. Grossman
Amid discussions of whether the FDA should approve a so-called Viagra for women, which creates a desire for sex (rather than simply facilitating it), it is hard to imagine a world in which it was a crime for a married couple to use birth control. [read post]
25 May 2015, 9:01 pm by Joanna L. Grossman
Parentage law—the rules that determine a child’s legal parents—has had to bend at many points in the past few decades to accommodate the so-called new family. [read post]
11 May 2015, 9:01 pm by Joanna L. Grossman
An ordinary paternity case became more interesting when DNA testing revealed that the alleged father was genetically related to only one of a set of twins. [read post]