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Blue States Try To Protect Same-Sex Marriage In Constitutions

LOADING ERROR LOADING LGBTQ+ advocates are hoping to enshrine marriage protections for same-sex couples in several state constitutions this fall — a preemptive effort to protect that right from a conservative U.S. Supreme Court and a possible second Donald Trump presidency. And in Hawaii, voters will answer Question 1, which asks if voters want to remove language from the state …

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2 months, 2 weeks ago

2024 election: one powerful group is trying to reshape America. It's working—and it's just beginning.

Slate

If you heard about a well-funded right-wing group with a detailed plan to achieve conservative policy goals, you’d likely think of Project 2025. Yet Waggoner told Politico in March that “ADF has never advocated for limitations on access to contraception”—that’s because the organization views emergency contraceptives and IUDs as “abortion-inducing drugs and devices.” Cases: Conestoga Wood Specialties v. Burwell, Alliance …

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4 months, 2 weeks ago

‘Our lives are on the line’: Why many LGBTQ+ people hope for a Harris win

LA Times

At a recent celebration of San Francisco’s vibrant transgender past, one speaker after another directed the crowd’s attention to a worrisome future, casting November’s presidential election as a turning point for the LGBTQ+ community and the nation as a whole. Last week’s third annual kickoff to Transgender History Month — the first to be recognized at the state level as …

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5 months, 4 weeks ago

Opinion: As conservatives target same-sex marriage, its power is only getting clearer

LA Times

A same-sex marriage supporter flies an LGBTQ+ Pride flag at the Supreme Court last year on the anniversary of the Obergefell decision legalizing marriage equality in all 50 state. It’s been two years since the U.S. Supreme Court ruling in the Dobbs case that overturned the federal right to an abortion, and the troubling concurring opinion by Justice Clarence Thomas …

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54 years, 11 months ago

Sam Alito Launches Broadside Against Marriage Equality in Homophobic Juror Case

Slate

Does the First Amendment protect anti-gay bigots’ ability to serve on a jury in cases involving the rights of gay people? Alito’s opinion in Missouri Department of Corrections v. Finney protested the Supreme Court’s refusal to take up an appeal involving homophobic bias in an LGBTQ+ civil rights dispute. So, instead, Alito wrote an angry “statement” claiming that the case …

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1 year, 4 months ago

‘Don’t give up the ship’: Advocates urge resolve in unending war over LGBTQ+ legal rights

LA Times

Pedestrians cross at an intersection near the Stonewall Inn in New York, considered the site of the birth of the modern LGBTQ+ rights movement. He also wrote that newer anti-discrimination laws aimed at protecting LGBTQ+ people and other minorities “have done much to secure the civil rights of all Americans.” Nonetheless, Gorsuch concluded that wedding website designer Lorie Smith’s work …

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2 years ago

GOP congresswoman’s gay nephew responds to her tearful vote against same-sex marriage

The Independent

Sign up for the daily Inside Washington email for exclusive US coverage and analysis sent to your inbox Get our free Inside Washington email Get our free Inside Washington email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. In her remarks on the House floor on Thursday, the congresswoman said that “Obergefell …

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2 years ago

Biden called gay marriage ‘inevitable’ and soon it’ll be law

Associated Press

WASHINGTON — A decade ago, then-Vice President Joe Biden shocked the political world and preempted his boss by suddenly declaring his support for gay marriage — one of the country’s most contentious issues — on national television. And folks, what’s happening is, everybody is beginning to see it.” Just over two weeks later, Biden was on NBC’s “Meet the Press,” …

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2 years ago

Bill protecting same-sex, interracial unions clears Congress

Associated Press

WASHINGTON — The House gave final approval Thursday to legislation protecting same-sex marriages, a monumental step in a decadeslong battle for nationwide recognition that reflects a stark turnaround in societal attitudes. In a statement after the vote, Biden called the legislation a “critical step to ensure that Americans have the right to marry the person they love.” He said the …

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2 years ago

AP WAS THERE: Supreme Court gives same-sex marriage rights

Associated Press

WASHINGTON — Editor’s Note: On June 26, 2015, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that same-sex couples had the right to marry. The vote was narrow - 5-4 - but Kennedy’s majority opinion was clear and firm: “The court now holds that same-sex couples may exercise the fundamental right to marry.” The ruling will put an end to same-sex marriage bans …

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2 years ago

US House of Representatives passes LGBTQ marriage protections

Al Jazeera

Voting a second time on the Respect for Marriage Act, lawmakers have sent the bill to US President Joe Biden to sign. But House Democrats advanced the Respect for Marriage Act this past summer in the wake of the Supreme Court’s controversial decision in Dobbs v Jackson Women’s Health Organization. “That is the work that is being done today with …

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2 years ago

EXPLAINER: Congress is acting on gay, interracial marriage

Associated Press

CHICAGO — Legislation that ensures same-sex and interracial marriages are recognized as legal unions appears headed for final approval and President Joe Biden’s signature, a bipartisan agreement that reflects a wider acceptance of gay rights in both Congress and the country. It said the federal government did not recognize same-sex marriages for purposes such as filing taxes or receiving Social …

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2 years ago

'Love wins again': Senate passes bill to protect same-sex and interracial marriage

Raw Story

Rights groups and other supporters of marriage equality celebrated Tuesday after 12 Senate Republicans joined with all Democrats present to pass protections for same-sex and interracial partnerships. The Respect for Marriage Act does not confirm the right of same-sex couples to marry nationwide, as the U.S. Supreme Court did in Obergefell v. Hodges, but rather requires states to recognize their …

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2 years ago

US Senate passes bipartisan bill protecting same-sex marriage

Al Jazeera

The Respect for Marriage Act now returns to the Democratic-led US House of Representatives for a final vote. The United States Senate has voted 61 to 36 to pass the Respect for Marriage Act, a bill that would enshrine protections for same-sex and interracial marriages in federal law. By passing this bill, the Senate is sending a message that every …

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2 years, 1 month ago

‘Urgency to run’: LGBTQ candidates make history in US midterms

Al Jazeera

At least 678 LGBTQ candidates running for state and federal posts, the highest number ever in US history says report. Victory Fund President Annise Parker said the number of LGBTQ candidates in the general election, which represents an increase of 18.1 percent from the 2020 election, creates the opportunity to “elect more LGBTQ people to office than ever before”. “Sitting …

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2 years, 4 months ago

Same-sex marriage plaintiff Obergefell runs for Ohio office

Associated Press

SANDUSKY, Ohio — Jim Obergefell, whose landmark case before the U.S. Supreme Court legalized same-sex marriage nationally, is hoping he and fellow Democrats can make gains in the Ohio Statehouse this year with a message grounded in equality. “And we all deserve to be part of ‘We the People.’” Obergefell, 56, won in his unopposed primary Tuesday for a state …

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2 years, 4 months ago

Same-Sex Marriage Plaintiff Jim Obergefell Is Running For Office

Huff Post

LOADING ERROR LOADING SANDUSKY, Ohio — Jim Obergefell, whose landmark case before the U.S. Supreme Court legalized same-sex marriage nationally, is hoping he and fellow Democrats can make gains in the Ohio Statehouse this year with a message grounded in equality. “And we all deserve to be part of ‘We the People.’” Obergefell, 56, is unopposed in a primary Tuesday …

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2 years, 4 months ago

A look at pending legislation to protect same-sex marriages

Associated Press

WASHINGTON — The Respect for Marriage Act, now pending in the Senate, would ensure that same-sex marriages are still legally recognized nationwide if the Supreme Court were to overturn its 2015 Obergefell v. Hodges decision that declared a constitutional right for gay couples to wed. If the bill were passed and Obergefell were later overturned, some states could stop issuing …

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2 years, 4 months ago

How the country’s first openly gay senator is asking GOP colleagues to back marriage equality

Raw Story

Originally published by The 19th Sen. Tammy Baldwin wants her Republican colleagues to understand the dire consequences of losing access to same-sex marriage. Baldwin, the country’s first openly gay senator, has taken the lead on trying to convince her colleagues to vote to protect marriage equality — seven years after that right was seemingly settled by the Supreme Court. But …

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2 years, 5 months ago

House passes same-sex marriage bill in response to Supreme Court

LA Times

Del Martin, left, slips a ring onto the finger of Phyllis Lyon during a wedding officiated by then-San Francisco Mayor Gavin Newsom in June 2008. The U.S. House on Tuesday overwhelmingly approved legislation to protect same-sex and interracial marriages, amid concerns that the Supreme Court ruling overturning Roe vs. Wade’s guarantee of abortion access could jeopardize other rights criticized by …

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2 years, 5 months ago

The Supreme Court's Abortion Decision Reminds Me to Enjoy LGBTQ Rights While I Still Can

Huff Post

At the beginning of Pride Month, I told many of my friends to legally enjoy sodomy while they still can. Among them include South Carolina Sen. Lindsey Graham, who argued in an appearance on “Fox News Sunday” that Justice Samuel Alito, author of the majority opinion, “set the right tone” by writing that the overturning of Roe v. Wade by …

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2 years, 5 months ago

LGBTQ advocate Jim Obergefell fears other rights are at risk with Roe overturned

NPR

LGBTQ advocate Jim Obergefell fears other rights are at risk with Roe overturned JUANA SUMMERS, HOST: Now that Roe vs. Wade has been overturned, many people are concerned about what other established rights could disappear next. But in a concurring opinion, Justice Clarence Thomas wrote that the legal rational for last week's decision could be applied to reconsider other landmark …

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2 years, 5 months ago

Pride Month 2022: What the ‘terrifying’ Supreme Court could come for after Roe v Wade

The Independent

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2 years, 5 months ago

Op-Ed: The end of Roe will lead to baseless attacks on gay rights

LA Times

Within hours of the Supreme Court decision to overturn Roe vs. Wade, abortion was banned in 13 states when so-called trigger laws went into effect. In the days and weeks after the leaked draft opinion in Dobbs vs. Jackson Women’s Health Organization, the previously unimaginable recriminalization of gay sex and the loss of my right to marry felt chillingly possible. …

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Blue States Try To Protect Same-Sex Marriage In Constitutions

2024 election: one powerful group is trying to reshape America. It's working—and it's just beginning.

‘Our lives are on the line’: Why many LGBTQ+ people hope for a Harris win

Opinion: As conservatives target same-sex marriage, its power is only getting clearer

Sam Alito Launches Broadside Against Marriage Equality in Homophobic Juror Case

‘Don’t give up the ship’: Advocates urge resolve in unending war over LGBTQ+ legal rights

GOP congresswoman’s gay nephew responds to her tearful vote against same-sex marriage

Biden called gay marriage ‘inevitable’ and soon it’ll be law

Bill protecting same-sex, interracial unions clears Congress

AP WAS THERE: Supreme Court gives same-sex marriage rights

US House of Representatives passes LGBTQ marriage protections

EXPLAINER: Congress is acting on gay, interracial marriage

'Love wins again': Senate passes bill to protect same-sex and interracial marriage

US Senate passes bipartisan bill protecting same-sex marriage

‘Urgency to run’: LGBTQ candidates make history in US midterms

Same-sex marriage plaintiff Obergefell runs for Ohio office

Same-Sex Marriage Plaintiff Jim Obergefell Is Running For Office

A look at pending legislation to protect same-sex marriages

How the country’s first openly gay senator is asking GOP colleagues to back marriage equality

House passes same-sex marriage bill in response to Supreme Court

The Supreme Court's Abortion Decision Reminds Me to Enjoy LGBTQ Rights While I Still Can

LGBTQ advocate Jim Obergefell fears other rights are at risk with Roe overturned

Pride Month 2022: What the ‘terrifying’ Supreme Court could come for after Roe v Wade

Op-Ed: The end of Roe will lead to baseless attacks on gay rights