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25 May 2015, 1:29 pm by familoo
Sometimes forced sex in the course of a relationship is achieved with the use or threat of direct physical violence and as such is self evidently rape (if proved). [read post]
18 Mar 2015, 9:01 pm by Marci A. Hamilton
The public rhetoric has been about the LGBTQ community and same-sex marriage, which is bad enough, but the principle equally applies to discrimination based on race, gender, and national origin. [read post]
12 Mar 2015, 7:07 am by Matt Durham
For example, an employee who opposes same-sex marriage on religious grounds could be required to work on a team with LGBT or other employees who do not oppose same-sex marriage. [read post]
9 Mar 2015, 3:45 am by Amy Howe
” Other coverage focuses on the friend-of-the-Court briefs filed in the challenge to state bans on same-sex marriage, which is scheduled for oral argument on April 28. [read post]
28 Feb 2015, 11:05 am by Neil Siegel
The Court also encouraged courts to invalidate state bans by celebrating the then-distinct minority of states that allowed same-sex couples to marry while ignoring the large majority of states that prohibited same-sex marriage. [read post]
29 Jan 2015, 9:01 pm by Vikram David Amar
Perry (one of the same-sex marriage cases), the Court used questionable reasoning (even if its result was correct) to make it hard for proponents of initiatives to defend those initiatives in federal court when elected state officials decline to defend. [read post]
7 Oct 2014, 10:02 am
But until yesterday, same-sex marriage was legal in 19 states that were all either solidly Democratic (e.g., Massachusetts, Illinois, California, and New York) or have been leaning that way (e.g., Minnesota and Iowa). [read post]
6 Oct 2014, 9:30 pm by Neil Siegel
The Justices obviously know that same-sex marriage will now expand to all of the states in the Fourth, Seventh, and Tenth Circuits. [read post]
20 May 2014, 6:29 pm
The Supreme Court’s recent rejection of a federal interest in denying recognition to same-sex marriages for federal law purposes reveals the thinness of any claimed interest by states in territorial control. [read post]
15 May 2014, 10:00 am by Cynthia Marcotte Stamer
  It states that a cafeteria plan that does not contain written terms that allow changes of election upon change in legal marital status generally would need to be amended before a same-sex couple could be allowed to make an election change. [read post]
27 Mar 2014, 9:01 pm by Vikram David Amar
In Strauss, the court overwhelmingly rejected the argument that California’s initiative ban on same-sex marriage (Proposition 8) was a revision and therefore was improperly presented to the voters simply by signature gathering. [read post]
20 Jan 2014, 2:23 pm by Cynthia Marcotte Stamer
  It states that a cafeteria plan that does not contain written terms that allow changes of election upon change in legal marital status generally would need to be amended before a same-sex couple could be allowed to make an election change. [read post]
6 Jan 2014, 8:30 pm
Corporate autonomy is central to a business planning model in which assets and operations may be insulated from regulatory agencies whose power can extend no father than their territorial borders or to the global operations of entities over which they may assert regulatory authority. [read post]
2 Jan 2014, 9:01 pm by Vikram David Amar
What Happens After the Measure Qualifies: Political Hurdles in California Let us assume that Mr. [read post]
29 Aug 2013, 1:50 pm by admin
Any same-sex marriage legally entered into in any state, the District of Columbia, a U.S. territory or a foreign country will be covered by the ruling. [read post]
8 May 2013, 9:01 pm by Neil H. Buchanan
  The legal challenges to California’s Proposition 8, which prevented that state from legally sanctioning same-sex marriages, together constitute one obvious example. [read post]
31 Jan 2013, 6:00 am by Yosie Saint-Cyr
A civil union allows a couple (each partner must be at least 18 years old), consisting of spouses of the opposite or same sex, to publicly commit by contract, in front of a priest or pastor or notary, to a life together. [read post]
26 Jun 2012, 10:14 pm
As a columnist, I feel that I am given a rare opportunity to express my views and criticism comes with the territory. [read post]
22 May 2012, 10:48 am by Gregory Forman
This provision doesn’t allow same sex marriages to be performed in this state. [read post]