Marry the Movement from Southerners on New Ground (SONG) on Vimeo. From Southerners on New Ground: The Supreme Court of the United States has issued many opinions affecting the lives of marginalized people across the country this week. We know that here in the South our SONG family will be…
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From Colorlines: We’re all waiting on five very important decisions from the Supreme Court. It handed down just three unrelated decisions [yesterday]. That surprised many observers since the term comes to a close next week, and leaves a lot hanging in balance. The court will now hand down five controversial…
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Marriage equality supporters march in New York on Sunday ahead of the US supreme court arguments. Photograph: Emmanuel Dunand/AFP/Getty Images From the Guardian: On Tuesday, the justices will hear arguments over California’s ban on same-sex marriage after a 2008 referendum, Proposition 8, overturned a state supreme court decision in favour…
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From The Hill: President Obama’s administration said Friday that the Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA) was unconstitutional, filing a brief weeks ahead of scheduled arguments before the Supreme Court. In its brief, the Justice Department said that DOMA, which defined marriage as only between a man and a woman, “violates…
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From NYLJ: The U.S. Supreme Court will take up California’s ban on same-sex marriage, a case that could give the justices the chance to rule on whether gays have the same constitutional right to marry as heterosexuals. The justices said today they will review a federal appeals court ruling that…
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From NYT: The United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit is the second federal appeals court to reject a central portion of the federal law, the Defense of Marriage Act, following the United States Court of Appeals for the First Circuit, in Boston, which handed down its ruling…
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From WashingtonPost: The Supreme Court begins a new term Monday with the most important civil rights agenda in years on the horizon and amid intensified scrutiny of the relationship between Chief Justice John G. Roberts Jr. and his fellow conservatives. … The justices will consider the continued viability of affirmative…
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From Metro Weekly: [T]he U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California issued its order finding that Section 3 of the Defense of Marriage Act — the federal definition of marriage — is unconstitutional in Golinski v. Office of Personnel Management, Karen Golinski’s challenge to the denial of her…
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