Back to 17, US Supreme Court stays Utah marriage equality ruling
The Supreme Court of the United States issued a hold on the Utah Federal Court ruling that had tossed out the state’s ban on gay marriage. This will allow Utah to cease issuing marriage licenses to...
View ArticleMichigan’s Gay Marriage Ban Overturned – State Count Now 18 With Marriage...
U.S. District Judge Bernard Friedman has issued a preliminary injunction that declares Michigan’s 2004 constitutional amendment to ban same-gender marriage unconstitutional. The judge did not grant a...
View ArticleMarriage Equality dominos continue to fall – count now at 36 states
In my post of March 21, 2014, the number of states with marriage equality stood at 18. Today, barely ten months later, that count has risen to 36. With the likelihood that SCOTUS will take up a...
View ArticleAlabama makes 37 – Court strikes marriage ban. Spiteful GOP minions fighting...
The Honorable Callie V.S. Granade, United States District Judge for the Southern Division of the Southern District of Alabama for the United States District Court, ruled on Friday that Alabama’s...
View ArticleLGBTQ? The GOP hates you
One could be forgiven for thinking things are going well for the LGBTQ community. States are, sometimes begrudgingly, coming to terms with court rulings that find bans on same-sex marriage...
View ArticleTo avoid granting same-sex marriage licenses, Alabama wants to quit them for...
The Alabama Senate, on May 19, passed Bill 377, which does away with marriage licenses in the state. Not same-sex marriage licenses, which the state is under a stayed Federal Court Order to issue...
View ArticleNorth Carolina jumps on anti-gay bandwagon
The North Carolina state legislature has jumped on the ‘hate-the-gays’ bandwagon, and passed a bill allowing local officials to decline to perform same-sex marriages (anticipating the United States...
View ArticleSCOTUS hands LGBT community, and equality, a big win
SCOTUS, the Supreme Court of the United States, today handed the LGBT community the final win in the marriage equality battle. Ruling 5-4 that bans on same-sex marriage are unconstitutional, and...
View ArticlePublic employees refuse to do their jobs
“This Constitution, and the Laws of the United States which shall be made in pursuance thereof; and all treaties made, or which shall be made, under the authority of the United States, shall be the...
View ArticleMore fun with flags – Missouri county in “mourning” over SCOTUS ruling
Missouri’s Dent County Commissioners, Darrell Skiles (R), Dennis Purcell (R), and Gary Larson (R), have voted, unanimously, to lower the flag of the United States of America to “below half staff” on...
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