Illinois House Approves Gay Marriage Bill
On Tuesday afternoon, the Illinois House voted 61-54, narrowly surpassing the required 60 vote threshold, to approve gay marriage. The measure previously passed the Illinois Senate on Valentine’s Day....
View ArticleMarriage Equality and Divorce Equality Reach Illinois
On November 20, 2013, Illinois Governor Pat Quinn signed into law the Religious Freedom and Marriage Fairness Act, which will make same-sex marriage legal in Illinois as of June 1, 2014. At this time,...
View ArticleNorth Dakota Attorney General Issues Legal Opinion That a Man in a Same-Sex...
A man who was validly married to another man in a state that recognizes same-sex marriages moves to North Dakota. He then seeks to marry a woman in North Dakota, which does not recognize same-sex...
View ArticleUtah Petitions the United States Supreme Court to Stay Gay Marriages After a...
The recently-concluded holiday season found parties on both sides of the marriage equality debate embroiled in what may prove to be the next matter decided by the United States Supreme Court on this...
View ArticleThe United States Supreme Court Grants Utah’s Application for Stay, Thereby...
On January 6th, we reported on the pending application for a stay filed with the United States Supreme Court by the State of Utah, requesting that the High Court halt the enforcement of a December 20th...
View ArticleThe Federal Government Recognizes the Validity of Utah Same-Sex Marriages
Within the past month, the eyes of the nation have focused on developments in Utah regarding the validity of same-sex marriage in that state, which are likely to have a major impact across the country....
View ArticleOn Property Rights for Same Sex Spouses
The past decade has seen tremendous progress in the battle for marriage equality. State bans on same sex marriage are falling one after another, granting these families the legal recognition they were...
View ArticleSupreme Court Finds Fundamental Right to Same-Sex Marriage
On June 26, 2015, the Supreme Court released Obergefell v. Hodges, a landmark decision requiring all states to allow same-sex couples to marry. The decision was released on the second anniversary of...
View ArticleUS Supreme Court Upholds Adoption Rights
As an adoptive parent, I could not have been more pleased to read the outcome of the case of V.L. v. E.L., announced by the United States Supreme Court on March 7, 2016. In this case, the Court upheld...
View ArticleSame Sex Marriage and the Possible Correlation with Decreases in Teen Suicide...
In 2015, Obergefell v. Hodges held that the fundamental right to marry is guaranteed to same-sex couples by both the Due Process Clause and the Equal Protection Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment of...
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