Sentences with phrase «marriage ban»

In the ensuing months, however, the central reasoning of the case was cited time and again as judges in several states found gay marriage bans unlawful.

The brief includes testimony from some of these children, who talk about growing up with gay and lesbian parents and how the same - sex marriage ban affects them.

A study has also shown that gays who live in states with marriage bans have higher levels of depression than gays who don't.

Liberal 9th Circuit Judge Stephen Reinhardt, who struck down California's Proposition 8 as well as gay marriage bans in Nevada and Idaho, and wrote a ruling that barred jurors from being removed because of sexual orientation, has died at 87.

BREAKING: The Supreme Court declares same - sex marriage bans UNCONSTITUTIONAL!

Ruth Negga's breakthrough in «Loving» does not make a lot of noise — as a reluctant activist standing up against the interracial marriage ban of the 1950s — but her impact is deeply felt.

A federal judge overturned Virginia's same-se.x marriage ban in February.

Child marriage ban pushed through — Gov. Scott's office said the governor intends to sign a measure that would ban all marriages under the age of 17.

Update: Josh Blackman emailed to remind me that Judge Crabtree issued a similarly worded universal injunction barring enforcement of the Kansas same - sex marriage ban as to any and all couples seeking licenses.

Bermuda passed a same - sex marriage ban on Wednesday, much to the dismay of the tourism and cruise ship industry.

At last count, 19 states have legalized same - sex marriage, and in half - a-dozen others, marriage ban laws are being tested in the courts.

«He had advocated for the church to allow gay and lesbian leaders, campaigned against California's same - $ - e-x marriage ban...»

He lost his job at the church because he felt the church should allow gay and lesbian leaders and did not support California's gay marriage ban bill.

The decision to honor conjugal marriage bans nothing.»

Beth Littrel, senior attorney for Lambda Legal said in a statement: «This is a tremendous victory for the Weiss family — and for all North Carolina children born to same - sex couples before the state's discriminatory marriage ban was struck down, who will now enjoy the same protections as everyone else.»

National and state gay rights organizations filed an amicus brief to challenge Utah's gay marriage ban before the US Court of Appeals for the 10th Circuit.

«Just last week, a federal judge reversed California's same sex marriage ban thanks, in part, to a brief filed by the California Attorney General Jerry Brown.

As the U.S. Supreme Court weighs a case that could strike down same - sex marriage bans nationally, Republican Chris Gibson signed on this week to a friend - of - the - court brief that makes a conservative case for legalization.

The two addressed delegates Saturday, both focusing on Proposition 8, the same - sex marriage ban passed by voters in 2008 that the U.S. Supreme Court is expected to rule on in June.

* A three - judge panel of the Tenth Circuit seemed a bit torn as to the constitutionality of Utah's same - sex marriage ban during oral arguments yesterday.

Partner Ted Olson won the Citizens United case in the Supreme Court and overturned Prop. 8, CA's gay marriage ban at trial and affirmed 9th Cir.

The lawsuit argues that Arizona's gay marriage ban violates the couples» constitutional rights to equal protection and due process.

Federal judge in Florida says state's gay marriage ban unconstitutional but stays ruling, Reuters

Noticeably absent from the list are awards players like «Loving,» the Jeff Nichols film about America's interracial marriage ban, «Hidden Figures,» about African American women in the space program and the multi-generational drama «20th Century Women.»

In the last year and a half, court rulings struck down nearly 60 separate decisions that called for marriage bans in more than half of the United States.

«He had advocated for the church to allow gay and lesbian leaders, campaigned against California's same-se.x marriage ban»

-- Not married to a child marriage ban: After a lot of back and forth over provisions of a ban on child marriage in Florida, the Senate yesterday amended its bill to allow 17 - year - olds to marry, as long as their partner is no more than two years older.

Four same - sex couples filed a lawsuit against Arizona's gay marriage ban in federal court this January.

Homophobic state Senator Ruben Diaz Sr. (who has rallied clergy against same - sex marriage and fought tooth - and - nail against it in negotiations with party leaders) recorded a video for New York local station NY1 calling out Mayor Michael Bloomberg for obstructing marriage equality in the state by appealing a 2005 court decision declaring the same - sex marriage ban unconstitutional.

The U.S. Supreme Court's decision at the beginning of 2015 to accept the case in which a court majority ruled in June that state gay marriage bans are unconstitutional was a likely trigger, Warbelow said.

Dagny, How is introducing legislation that would give states carte blanche to have school prayer, gay marriage bans, abortion bans (all goalsof Ron Paul) without judicial review, pro liberty?

Garlow - who partnered with Mormons in California to help pass Proposition 8, the state's gay marriage ban, via ballot initiative in 2008 - is one of several high profile evangelicals on the defensive about participating in Beck's rally, called Restoring Honor.

And Family Research Council President Tony Perkins says the last time his conservative Christian movement saw so many victories at the state level — where many legislatures are busy passing new abortion restrictions - was in 2004, when more than a dozen states adopted same - sex marriage bans.

He had advocated for the church to allow gay and lesbian leaders, campaigned against California's same - sex marriage ban and disputed deeply held church doctrines about the End Times.

Perkins and other conservatives said the ruling, which found California's gay marriage ban unconstitutional, would overturn marriage bans adopted by dozens of states if it is upheld.

Within moments of a federal judge striking down California's same - sex marriage ban Wednesday, religious conservatives vowed to fight the ruling all the way to the Supreme Court, saying the decision threatens gay marriage bans nationwide.

Are Native Americans pushing for gay marriage bans, abortion bans, etc, primarily because of their religious beliefs?

@KCArrowhead, I think @Primewonk meant the NC Amendment 1 the gay marriage ban, not US First Amendment.

In California, 70 % of African - Americans supported Prop 8, the 2008 state gay marriage ban, even though 94 % of black voters in California backed Obama.

The «in your face,» noisy proclamations are an attempt to assert the atheist's rights to not be discriminated against via public support of religion, usually Christianity, e.g. stem cell research, gay marriage bans, creationism in science class, etc..

SALT LAKE CITY (Reuters)- A U.S. appeals court on Friday denied Utah's bid to further block legal recognition of about 1,300 same - sex weddings performed after the state's gay marriage ban was briefly lifted by a federal judge in December.

But the Alabama Supreme Court's ruling directly contradicts a previous ruling from the U.S. District Court that said the gay marriage ban was unconstitutional and ordered probate judges to start issuing marriage licenses to same - sex couples.

The brief contained children's testimonies that discussed what it was like to grow up with gay and lesbian parents and how the same - sex marriage ban has affected their lives.

Alabama marriage officials find themselves in a very confusing position right now, because a federal court declared the state's marriage ban unconstitutional, but then the Alabama Supreme Court declared that the gay marriage ban was still just great and legal, and now all the probate judges are like, «Wait, who do we listen to?»

According to the Associated Press, on Tuesday the Alabama Supreme Court ruled that Alabama's gay marriage ban was legal, and thus would remain in place until a ruling comes down from the U.S. Supreme Court.

The Alabama Supreme Court reportedly insists the same - sex marriage ban is not discriminatory «because it bans both men and women from marrying people of the same sex.»

Although gay marriage advocates have had the upper hand in the legal battle over the past year, the landscape changed last week when a Cincinnati - based regional federal appeals court became the first to uphold gay marriage bans.

The team challenging Proposition 8 needs to establish that gays are politically powerless in order to have Judge Walker give his toughest scrutiny to the stated purpose for the same - sex marriage ban.

DeMaio was silent during the Proposition 8 campaign, unlike Dumanis, who was outspoken against the marriage ban.