Sentences with phrase «lesbian federal judges»

Not exact matches

(CNN)-- A federal judge signaled Friday that he'll declare unconstitutional Ohio's current refusal to recognize same - sex marriages performed in other states - the latest instance in which courts have challenged restrictions on the rights of legally - married gays and lesbians.

In August 2010, California's Proposition 8 was declared unconstitutional under the U.S. Constitution in a federal court case, Perry v. Schwarzenegger, but the ruling has been stayed pending appeal by a higher court; the judge found the ban unconstitutional, ruling that «Proposition 8 disadvantages gays and lesbians without any rational justification.»