Sentences with phrase «court legalized»

And now that the Supreme Court legalized gay marriage almost one...

In 1974, just one year after the Supreme Court legalized abortion, first trimester abortion services were added.

Even as the future ability of same - sex couples to marry remains uncertain in California, same - sex couples in Connecticut are tying the knot today, a month after Connecticut's highest court legalized the unions, reports the New York Times.

In 1967, the US Supreme Court legalized interracial marriage and legitimized thousands of couples whose love had nothing to do with skin color.

Rainbow flags were put up at City Hall today after the Supreme Court legalized gay marriage nationwide.

A pride flag hangs at City Hall after the Supreme Court legalized gay marriage in June 2015, still conversion therapy is not illegal in New York.

Five years later, the U.S. Supreme Court legalized same - sex marriages nationally.

His beliefs and politics: Mullins supports the United States» relationship with Israel and signed the letter in defense of traditional marriage after the Supreme Court legalized same - sex marriage last summer.

Jeremiah opposes abortion and signed the evangelical declaration on marriage after the Supreme Court legalized same - sex marriage last summer.

It's been two years since the Supreme Court legalized same - sex marriage, and support has never been higher, according to the Washington Post.

This is something that I have been thinking after the decision from Supreme Court legalizing same - sex marriages.

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Thanks to the Supreme Court's decision to effectively legalize gay marriage, 2015 was a landmark year for the LGBT community.

On Wednesday, ex-President Vicente Fox said Mexico must consider legalizing opium poppies, while the Supreme Court made a second ruling in favor of recreational marijuana use after a landmark decision in 2015.

The suit was brought against the Department of Health and Human Services by March for Life, a group that holds annual marches in Washington, D.C. opposing the 1973 Roe v. Wade Supreme Court decision that legalized abortions in the U.S..

If retailers like Target or Gap, which tweeted in support of the Supreme Court decision to legalize gay marriage, choose later to stay quiet in the face of regulation that threatens LGBT rights, their branding and reputation goes from progressive to hypocritical.

The U.S. Supreme Court may present a favorable ruling for legalized betting as soon as this month, though the Court does not announce the order of the case decisions that it will release.

Abortion has long been a divisive issue in American politics, even though the procedure was legalized in a Supreme Court ruling more than 40 years ago.

Abortion was legalized in the United States in 1973, when the Supreme Court declared that a woman's constitutional right to privacy protected her decision to end a pregnancy.

He has threatened key protections for women, including defunding Planned Parenthood, the nonprofit organization that provides reproductive health services, and overturning Roe v. Wade, the Supreme Court ruling that legalized abortion in 1973.

Today, the U.S. Supreme Court is hearing Christie et al vs NCAA et al, the crux of which is whether the state of New Jersey can legalize sports betting in its state, despite a 1992 federal law that banned sports betting everywhere in the U.S. except Nevada.

I often meet abortion rights advocates who honestly thought that the national controversy over abortion would simply melt away within a few years of the Roe v. Wade decision legalizing abortion, handed down by the U.S. Supreme Court in 1973.

On the 40th anniversary of Roe v. Wade, the Supreme Court's 1973 decision legalizing abortion, Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg announced her misgivings about the ruling.

The conflict took on new urgency in 2016, with a wave of state - level religious freedom and antidiscrimination bills amid the ongoing fallout from the US Supreme Court decision legalizing same - sex marriage.

The Supreme Court has become a cause célèbre among evangelicals since the 1973 ruling in the case of Roe v. Wade (which effectively legalized abortion in America).

«This lawsuit, should it be upheld on appeal and in the Supreme Court, would become the «Roe v. Wade» of same - sex «marriage,»» said Family Research Council President Tony Perkins, referring to the 1973 decision that legalized abortion.

As you probably know, Californians recently voted in support of Proposition 8, a constitutional amendment that overturns a state Supreme Court decision that legalized same - sex unions.

This marks the first time for any state to legalize same - sex marriage by the expressed will of the people rather than through court rulings or legislation.

Many social conservatives are rightly disappointed and dismayed by the Supreme Court's ruling in Obergefell v. Hodges, which effectively legalized same sex marriage in all 50 states.

Update (Dec. 19): New Mexico has become the 17th state (plus D.C.) to legalize same - sex marriage, after the state's supreme court ruled today that denying marriage licenses to gay and lesbian couples is unconstitutional.

Many of his supporters — who see the overturning of Roe V. Wade and the end of most legalized abortion as a serious legislative goal — voted with his potential Supreme Court appointments as a key factor.

When the Supreme Court's Roe v. Wade decision legalized permissive abortion forty - four years ago this month, abortion supporters argued that abortion was a sad necessity.

What if Slavery was put on the Ballot for a Vote, state by state would it of passed???? You can vote on civil rights, and the Supreme Court will finally have to legalize it, just like they did when Blacks could not marry out of their race as recent as 1971 in some states.

With a possible Supreme Court case being heard this year that could legalize sports betting, the NBA has taken proactive steps to be prepared for it.

An upcoming Supreme Court decision could strike the law that prevents most states from legalizing sports betting, and that has some of the nation's top athletes concerned.

The Supreme Court is expected to rule soon, maybe next week, on whether or not to legalize sports betting in New Jersey.

Even after the U.S. Supreme Court denied to hear the legalized sports betting case, Lesniak has been quoted saying «I plan on placing my first bet at Monmouth Racetrack on September 8 for the Giants to cover the spread against the Lions on Monday Night Football.»

TRENTON — The U.S. Supreme Court today spurned New Jersey's long effort to legalize sports betting, handing another defeat to Gov. Chris Christie and lawmakers who view it as a way to revive Atlantic City and the state's ailing racetracks.

From the buzz around Kate Bolick's book Spinster: Making a Life of One's Own to the unfortunate language Supreme Court Justice Anthony Kennedy used in writing the opinion legalizing same - sex marriage, of the unmarried being «condemned to live in loneliness,» the state of singles — and let's be honest, mostly single women — has been on a lot of people's minds.

See also Gonzales v. Raich, a Supreme Court case from 2005 stating that the federal government can criminalize marijuana even if a state purports to legalize it.

The U.S. Supreme Court is expected to rule soon on whether to allow legalized sports betting across the country, and many states — including New York — are lining up at the gate to cash in on the possible tax revenue and job creation.

State Sen. John Bonacic, Racing and Wagering Committee Chair, accelerated his push to legalize sports betting in New York by introducing a bill that would allow it, but only at upstate casinos, which hinges on how the U.S. Supreme Court rules on a lawsuit to overturn the federal ban on sports betting.

As governor of Massachusetts, such adherence to family values included opposition to a court ruling in 2003 that made the Bay State the first in the country to legalize same - sex marriage.

The emails Cuomo sent yesterday give a very early clue to an argument he would likely make if he indeed decides to take a step onto the national stage: Under my leadership, New York led the nation on touchstone progressive issues, not only becoming the largest state in the country (before the US Supreme Court Prop. 8 decision) to legalize gay marriage, but also the first to act on gun control in the wake of the horrific Newtown massacre.

QUOTE OF THE DAY: «Gambling always makes me queasy because I think for a lot of people it's an addiction... It's hard to get entirely excited about it,» — Bill de Blasio, on the Supreme Court's decision legalizing sports betting

The Supreme Court has struck down a federal law that bars gambling on football, basketball, baseball and other sports in most states, giving states the go - ahead to legalize betting on sports.

A U.S. Supreme Court ruling effectively legalizing sports gambling across the nation has created a lot of question marks in New York and the governor indicated he doesn't expect them all to be answered any time soon.

She said even though New York has a law legalizing abortion that was approved in 1970 — three years before the Supreme Court decision — it's outdated and needs to be modernized.

Gov. Matt Bevin (R) said about last week's Supreme Court decision allowing states to decide whether or not to legalize sports gambling, «Whether this ultimately results in any change for Kentucky is something that will be determined... in a future legislative session,» reports the Courier - Journal.

Republican Sen. John Bonacic on Monday in a statement said he was confident the Legislature could act on the bill as the Supreme Court ruled Monday that states could legalize sports betting.

They are protesting the January 1973 Roe v. Wade Supreme Court decision that legalized abortion, Thousands of protesters converged in D.C. last week as the House of Representatives passed a bill baring federal spending on abortions.