The Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts
has ruled for the first time that a civil union must be treated as equivalent to marriage. The full decision is
here.
posted by roomthreeseventeen
on Jul 26, 2012 -
26 comments
Today, the
9th Circuit said a majority of its 26 actively serving judges has
voted not to revisit a three-judge panel's
2-1 decision declaring the voter-approved ban to be a violation of the civil rights of gays and lesbians in California. Now that en banc rehearing was denied, the proponents have 90 days to file a petition for certiorari to the Supreme Court, seeking review of the decision striking down Proposition 8. Oral argument would follow a few months later, and then a final decision would be issued by June or July 2013.
posted by roomthreeseventeen
on Jun 5, 2012 -
84 comments
On the same day that NJ governor Chris Christie
announced that he has nominated an openly gay African-American Republican mayor to the state’s highest court, Washington state's legislature has
announced that they have the votes to pass the same sex-marriage bill that the governor has already promised to sign. Washington will be the seventh state to have same sex marriages.
[more inside]
posted by roomthreeseventeen
on Jan 23, 2012 -
70 comments
