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16 Jan 2013, 4:30 am by Guest Blogger
  In contrast, initial studies indicate positive mental health effects for same-sex couples of legal marriage.This change is coming, with nine states and the District of Columbia now respecting same-sex couples’ freedom to marry and well over 100,000 same-sex couples identifying as married. [read post]
15 Jan 2013, 7:00 am by Guest Blogger
  But another, perhaps more intriguing option, is to do what the District of Columbia did. [read post]
18 Dec 2012, 1:24 pm by Rahul Bhagnari, ACLU
New Mexico is one of 21 states (plus the District of Columbia) that prohibit businesses who hold themselves out to the general public from discriminating against customers based on their sexual orientation. [read post]
30 Nov 2012, 8:56 am by Record on Appeal
During that time, several more states have legalized gay marriage; it is now legal in nine states and the District of Columbia. [read post]
27 Aug 2012, 3:45 am by Russ Bensing
  Six of them relate to the Defense of Marriage Act, which prohibits gay couples from receiving Federal benefits, even if they live in one of the six states (plus the District of Columbia) that recognize gay marriage. [read post]
6 Jun 2012, 3:05 am
  Although the newlyweds were residents of Virginia, they married in the District of Columbia because Virginia had a criminal statute that prohibited interracial marriages between a … Continue reading ? [read post]
31 May 2012, 8:33 am by Lyle Denniston
  “Only the Supreme Court can finally decide this unique case,” the First Circuit commented.If the new ruling withstands a likely appeal, it would actually affect only gay couples married in the six states and the District of Columbia that now allow such marriages, but it could serve as a constitutional precedent for challenging other limits or bans on gay marriage in any state. [read post]
31 May 2012, 7:46 am by Joseph McClelland
Since DOMA was passed in 1996, many states have instituted their own bans on gay marriage, while eight states have approved it, including Massachusetts, Connecticut, New York, Iowa, New Hampshire, Vermont, Maryland, Washington state and the District of Columbia. [read post]
21 May 2012, 6:32 am by Marissa Miller
  At the Huffington Post,  Mike Sacks focuses primarily on the amicus brief filed by Senators John McCain and Sheldon Whitehouse, who urge the Court to deny review, while Matt Gouras of the Associated Press has coverage of an amicus brief submitted by twenty-two states and the District of Columbia in support of Montana. [read post]
4 May 2012, 8:38 am by Lorene Park
Indeed, just this spring, Maryland and Washington joined Connecticut, the District of Columbia, Iowa, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, New York, and Vermont in recognizing same sex marriages. [read post]
16 Apr 2012, 2:11 pm by Zoe Tillman
District for the District of Columbia Judge Richard Roberts. [read post]
22 Feb 2012, 9:45 am by admin
In 2010, the District of Columbia district court upheld the statute, but it was appealed a few weeks ago. [read post]
31 Oct 2011, 12:18 pm by Eugene Volokh
Yet that likewise would be inconsistent, it seems to me, with the many lower court decisions that strike down campus speech codes, see, e.g., McCauley v. [read post]