Dec 20 Same-sex marriage licenses are issued in Utah hours after ban struck down Hours after a federal judge's Friday ruling that struck down Utah's gay marriage ban, the Associated Press reports a county clerk's office in Salt Lake County has begun to issue same-sex marriage licenses. Deputy Clerk Dahnelle Burton-Lee of… Continue reading
Nov 27 Illinois same-sex couple gets marriage license before law goes into effect Vernita Gray and Patricia Ewert are getting married this week in Illinois, seven months before the new marriage law goes into effect, the Chicago Tribune reports. Ewert, 65, and Gray, 64, filed a lawsuit on Nov. 22 for… Continue reading
Nov 12 Hawaii Senate passes gay marriage BREAKING: Hawaii Senate passes gay marriage, clearing islands to become a same-sex wedding destination.— The Associated Press (@AP) November 12, 2013 Hawaii stands to be the sixteenth state to legalize gay marriage. Continue reading
Oct 21 Watch What’s next in the nationwide struggle over same-sex marriage? What's next in the nationwide struggle over same-sex marriage?… Continue watching
Oct 18 #gaymarriage BREAKING: NJ court says gay weddings can start Monday even as same-sex marriage case is appealed.— The Associated Press (@AP) October 18, 2013… Continue reading
Oct 10 #gaymarriage BREAKING: NJ judge refuses to delay start of gay marriage; Christie administration expected to appeal.— The Associated Press (@AP) October 10, 2013… Continue reading
Aug 20 Watch States Grapple With Same-Sex Marriage Rulings Via Bills, Ballots and the Bench States Grapple WIth Same Sex Marriage Rulings Via Bills, Ballots and the Bench… Continue watching
Jun 28 Watch Shields and Gerson on Implications of Momentous Supreme Court Decisions Shields and Gerson on Implications of Momentous Supreme Court Decisions… Continue watching
Jun 27 Watch New Battlegrounds Ahead in Fight Over Same-Sex Marriage A day after the high court released rulings on gay marriage, Jeffrey Brown talks to Winnie Stachelberg of the Center for American Progress to learn how it will impact federal benefits for same-sex couples. Then New York Attorney General Eric… Continue watching
Jun 27 Watch Federal Agencies Move to Comply With Supreme Court Ruling on DOMA President Barack Obama, while on a trip to Senegal, praised the Supreme Court decision striking down a key provision of the Defense of Marriage Act, which denied federal benefits to same-sex couples. Heads of several federal agencies welcomed the decision… Continue watching