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Wednesday, August 27

CT: The Gay Delay

Link: Fairfield County Weekly Excerpt: Robin, Barbara and Miya Levine-Ritterman: Civil unions aren’t enough. (Kathleen Cei) There are a bunch of reasons Connecticut's Supreme Court could be taking so long to decide a landmark gay marriage case, but politics isn't one of them. The high court heard...

Posted to Qticker World | Aggregator (Weblog) by external blog To Form a More Perfect Union: Marriage Equality News on 08-27-2008
Friday, August 22

Arizona Secretary of State goes to court to avoid mention of existing law against freedom to marry

Link: Arizona Star Excerpt: Secretary of State Jan Brewer has gone to court to keep from having to tell Arizona voters that same-sex marriage is already illegal under state law. Brewer wants a judge to rule that the only thing she needs to tell voters is that approval of Proposition 102 would amend the...

Posted to Qticker World | Aggregator (Weblog) by external blog To Form a More Perfect Union: Marriage Equality News on 08-22-2008
Tuesday, August 19

Visitation denial in same-sex case dismissed again

Link: Richmond Times Excerpt: A judge has dismissed a woman's latest attempt to deny visitation rights to her former lesbian partner. Judge John R. Prosser of Frederick County Circuit Court yesterday dismissed Lisa Miller's request to halt efforts to enforce a Vermont court's orders granting...

Posted to Qticker World | Aggregator (Weblog) by external blog To Form a More Perfect Union: Marriage Equality News on 08-19-2008
Monday, August 18

OR: Editorial--Signing up for equality

Link: The Oregonian Excerpt: I t didn't take long for opponents of domestic partnerships to raise their tired battle cry last week. When the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals rejected their challenge, they blamed -- who else? -- "liberal activist 'boss' judges." Such judges "have...

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Friday, August 15

Oregon gay couples win legal fight; opponents weigh options

Link: Register-Guard Excerpt: Oregon’s domestic partnership law for same-sex couples cleared a big hurdle Thursday when the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals ruled against a statewide referendum to repeal it. The decision makes it highly unlikely that the law can be suspended for a statewide vote this year...

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Friday, August 15

Art Leonard: 9th Circuit Rejects Challenge to Oregon Referendum Signature Verification Process; Upholds Decision to Bar Repeal Initiative of Domestic Partnership Law

Link: Leonard Link by Arthur S. Leonard Full text by permission. Source retains copyright. A unanimous three-judge panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 9th Circuit ruled August 14 that Oregon state officials had not violated the constitutional rights of individuals who claim to have signed petitions...

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Thursday, August 14

Appeals court nixes threat to Oregon domestic partnership law

Link: 365 Gay News Excerpt: A Federal Appeals Court on Thursday turned down a proposed ballot measure that would end Oregon’s domestic partner law. The 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals said that Oregon Secretary of State Bill Bradbury did not err when he determined a conservative group had failed to...

Posted to Qticker World | Aggregator (Weblog) by external blog To Form a More Perfect Union: Marriage Equality News on 08-14-2008
Monday, August 11

CA: Gay marriage ruling secures chief justice's legacy

Link: San Jose Mercury News Excerpt: California Chief Justice Ronald George has spent more than half his life in a black robe carefully cultivating an image of a cautious jurist and earning a reputation as a politically skilled court administrator. But his unlikely legacy as gay rights pioneer was sealed...

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Monday, August 11

CA: Marriage Ban Supporters End Bid To Change Ballot Title

Link: KTVU San Francisco Excerpt: A November ballot measure that would ban same-sex marriage in California will go before voters with a disputed title after initiative supporters announced Monday they won't appeal any further. The title prepared by state Attorney General Jerry Brown says that Proposition...

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Sunday, August 10

IA: Sioux City couple at center of gay marriage debate

Link: Sioux City Journal Excerpt: On a late July evening, the parents bathe their two children, putting them into pajamas just before 8 p.m. The couple then spend time playing with their boys, talking a bit about how exhausting parenting can be and how parenthood limits the trips away they can take....

Posted to Qticker World | Aggregator (Weblog) by external blog To Form a More Perfect Union: Marriage Equality News on 08-10-2008

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