Sentences with phrase «legalized same»

He was the lead plaintiff in the U.S. Supreme Court case that legalized same - sex marriage nationwide in 2015.

Sexual orientation became a prohibited ground of discrimination in the mid-1990s, following which same - sex marriage became legal in Ontario in 2002, and in eight other provinces and territories in rapid succession thereafter, until the introduction of the federal Civil Marriage Act in 2005 legalized same - sex marriage throughout the country.

In a companion piece, Same - Sex Marriage Foes Say Divorces Prove Their Point, Wyatt reports that two high - profile break - ups — Julie and Hillary Goodridge, the named plaintiffs in the Massachusetts case that legalized same - sex marriage, and Carolyn Conrad and Kathleen Peterson, the couple in the nation's first same - sex civil union — are providing fodder for opponents of gay marriage.

As for Justice Marshall, on a national level, she is perhaps best known as author of the opinion that legalized same - sex marriage in Massachusetts.

Mary L. Bonauto, the civil rights lawyer for Gay & Lesbian Advocates & Defenders who was lead counsel in Goodridge v. Dept. of Public Health — the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court case in 2003 that legalized same - sex marriage in the United States for the first time — said the suit asks the court to strike down the Defense of Marriage Act because it targets gays and lesbians for discrimination.

In France, the ruling came only a year after the country has finally legalized same sex marriages, shedding light on other remaining legal exclusions faced by the gay population.

Connecticut legalized same - sex marriage in 2008.

However, Connecticut isn't expected to have the same rush on marriages as experienced by Massachusetts or California, two other states that also legalized same sex unions.

California was initially among the now six states to have legalized same - sex marriage; however, with the passing of Proposition 8 in 2008, that ruling continues to be contested.

In states that had recently legalized same - sex marriage, fewer teenagers attempted suicide, scientists reported February 20 in JAMA Pediatrics.

It also noted the 2011 law that legalized same sex marriage in New York

Thanks to the efforts of Gov. Andrew Cuomo, New York State legalized same - sex marriage in 2011.

«Couples in states across the nation that have legalized same sex marriage will now have the same rights as my wife and I — rights that should be inalienable for all Americans.

Gay New Yorkers who have married since the state legalized same - sex marriage in 2011 were effectively barred from federal benefits up until this point.

Activists unhappy that Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo (D) and state lawmakers legalized same - sex marriage last month are calling for a statewide referendum.

Separately, Vlasto told me the other books are about how New York legalized same - sex marriage, which was a watershed moment in the national debate on that issue, and Cuomo's term as New York attorney general.

Similar cases involving wedding vendors, including florists and bakers, have appeared in New York in the years since the state legalized same - sex marriage in 2011.

Ohio Democratic Party Chairman David Pepper invited Jim Obergefell, lead plaintiff in Obergefell v. Hodges, the U.S. Supreme Court decision that legalized same - sex marriage nationally, to help cast 98 of the state's 160 votes for Clinton.

During his seven years as governor he has raised the minimum wage, introduced a free college program, passed gun control legislation, raised the age of criminal responsibility, legalized same - sex marriage, and banned fracking.

The organization noted Cuomo legalized same - sex marriage in New York State and extended non-dscirimintion protections to transgender New Yorkers and visitors in employment, housing and public accommodations.

In June 2011, Kennedy voted «yes» on the Marriage Equality Act, which legalized same - sex marriage in New York.

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

President John Dramani Mahama has been asked not to adopt a laissez - faire attitude towards the subject of homosexuality just because he wants favour or loans from countries that have legalized same sex marriage.

New York legalized same - sex marriage in July 2011.

«It's outrageous that New York has not legalized same - sex marriage,» Davis says in a new ad.

In his first two years in office, Cuomo the Younger closed a $ 10 billion deficit, signed an ethics reform package, and legalized same - sex marriage.

In 2011, Senate Majority Leader Dean Skelos went forward with a vote that legalized same - sex marriage in New York, which four GOP lawmakers supported.

Years before the nation's capital legalized same - sex marriage in March, one church in Washington, D.C., opened its doors to gay couples as part of its mission to establish an «inclusive body of Biblical believers.»

In an interview with CNN, Burns predicted that Obama's support for legalized same - sex marriage would lead to his defeat in November.

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.

Two traditionally Catholic countries recently legalized same - sex marriage.

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.

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.

He also defended the traditional family, after Spain's Socialist government legalized same - sex marriage.

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

But you do have to admit, 30 - 40 years ago, legalized same - s.

After Washington legalized same - sex marriage in 2012, Ingersoll and his partner, Curt Freed, decided to declare themselves married and to celebrate it through a wedding.

The states of Washington, Maine and Maryland all legalized same - sex marriages in referendums during the 2012 general election.

In 2012, Amazon backed a coalition called Washington United for Marriage to help foster support for Referendum 74, which legalized same - sex marriage in Washington state.

Polling conducted after last year's federal elections showed that over 62 % of Australians support legalizing same - sex marriage.

And there could be no doubt of his progressive vision on other fronts as well: South Africa's post-apartheid constitution outlawed discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation, the first country in Africa to do so, and the fifth in the world to legalize same - sex marriage.

As archbishop of Buenos Aires, Bergoglio was one of the leaders of the Catholic Church's public charge against legalizing same - sex marriage in Argentina.

A Tuesday ballot measure to legalize same - sex marriage in Washington state is still pending.

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 Washington, D.C. City Council passed a measure Tuesday legalizing same - sex marriage, and opponents plan to try to get it overturned in Congress or at the polls, The New York Times reports.

Numerous states are passing laws legalizing same - sex marriage.

Arguing that «the marriage institution did not develop to deny dignity or to give second class status to anyone,» but rather «to serve purposes that, by their nature, arise from biology,» attorney James J. Bursch described the push to legalize same - sex marriage as the desire to «take an institution that was never intended to be dignity - bestowing, and make it dignity - bestowing.»

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.

Of note: In November, a lesbian lawmaker in Hawaii made national news when she voted against a draft of her state's bill legalizing same - sex marriage, citing religious freedom concerns.