WASHINGTON — The U.S. Supreme Court refused to hear a challenge to a Mississippi law that would let businesses and government workers refuse service to LGBTQ people if they had a religious objection. Bloomberg reported that the court turned away two appeals by state residents and organizations that contended the measure violates the Constitution. A…
[flagallery gid=35] CHICAGO – Rallies took place all over the region following the June 26 Supreme Court decision cutting the heart out of DOMA and dismissing Prop. 8. More than 1,000 people gathered at the corner of Halstead and Roscoe in the heart of Chicago’s Boystown before marching through Lakeview and Wrigleyville. Speakers from Lambda…
Supreme Court strikes down Defense of Marriage Act and Prop. 8 (via Raw Story ) The U.S. Supreme Court is expected to reach long-awaited verdicts on Wednesday concerning both California’s Proposition 8 banning same sex marriage and the Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA), which does the same on the federal level. Prop. 8 was passed……
INDIANAPOLIS — Indiana Equality Action President Chris Paulsen and the allied groups listed below issued the following statement in response to today’s U.S. Supreme Court rulings on DOMA and Proposition 8: “The DOMA decision is an enormous victory and a joyous day for loving, married couples and their families – and for equal justice under…
Supreme Court rules new criteria needed for determining racist states (via Raw Story ) The U.S. Supreme Court announced its decision Tuesday morning in the case of Shelby County, Alabama v. Eric Holder, U.S. Attorney General, finding that Section 4 of the Voting Rights Act is unconstitutional. According to the SCOTUSblog, the court ruled…
