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18 Nov 2014, 7:32 am
In previous posts, I’ve criticized the Sixth Circuit’s analysis of animus (see here) and its use of originalism (see here) to reject equal-protection claims for same-sex marriage. [read post]
12 Nov 2014, 9:13 pm
A Michigan district court today struck down a state law barring local governments from offering health care and other fringe benefits to the same-sex domestic partners of their employees, holding that the ban violates the Equal Protection Clause because it reflects unconstitutional animus against same-sex couples. [read post]
18 Nov 2014, 9:15 am
The fallout from the Sixth Circuit’s decision in DeBoer v. [read post]
13 Aug 2015, 2:27 pm
A federal district judge in Kentucky has rejected a county clerk’s statutory and constitutional claims that she cannot be required to issue marriage licenses in violation of her religious beliefs. [read post]
11 Oct 2019, 4:01 pm by Dale Carpenter
[A tool for viewpoint discrimination has an anti-LGBT history, too ] In a televised Democratic presidential forum on LGBT issues last night in Los Angeles, CNN's Don Lemmon asked Beto O'Rourke, "Do you think religious institutions like colleges, churches, charities – should they lose their tax-exempt status if they oppose same-sex marriage? [read post]
23 Apr 2015, 3:04 pm
Days before the Supreme Court will hear oral argument in cases challenging state bans on gay marriages, a committee of the Texas legislature has approved a bill that would broadly prohibit state employees from issuing or recognizing marriage licenses for same-sex couples. [read post]
4 Apr 2017, 8:51 pm by Dale Carpenter
In a major decision breaking with every other federal appeals court to rule on the issue, the en banc Seventh Circuit held today that sexual orientation discrimination is a form of sex discrimination forbidden by Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964. [read post]
20 May 2014, 12:05 pm
Judicial victories for gay marriage are coming almost daily now. [read post]
26 Nov 2014, 10:03 am
Yesterday same-sex marriage advocates notched two more federal district court wins in southern states. [read post]
7 May 2014, 7:16 am
Ten years after the first same-sex marriages began in the United States, controversy is simmering over who should get credit for the success of the movement. [read post]
6 Nov 2014, 7:44 pm
Today’s decision from the Sixth Circuit, the only federal appellate court opinion so far rejecting constitutional claims for same-sex marriage, has two obvious consequences. [read post]
18 Feb 2015, 9:59 pm
Here’s the story from the local Fox station in Detroit: Last September when the expectant mothers first met Dr. [read post]
21 Oct 2014, 4:47 pm
United States District Judge Juan Perez-Gimenez has dismissed a challenge to Puerto Rico’s law limiting marriage to one man and one woman. [read post]
17 Jan 2015, 12:11 pm
It looks like we will have a decision on same-sex marriage by the end of June. [read post]