An Amicus Brief was filed in the U.S. Supreme Court Thursday seeking the court to protect the privacy rights of individuals who want to repeal a law that gives all the privileges of marriage to same-sex partners in Washington State.
Liberty Counsel, a “nonprofit litigation, education and policy organization,” filed the brief seeking the court to [...]
Same-sex couples waited in line for hours Wednesday to apply for marriage licenses on the first day same-sex unions became legal in Washington D.C.
The nation’s capital is now the sixth place in the nation where gay marriages can legally take place. Connecticut, Iowa, Massachusetts, New Hampshire and Vermont also issue marriage licenses to same-sex couples.
Because [...]
An Oklahoma County judge ruled a 2009 law that would ban abortions on the basis of the fetus’s gender and require women seeking abortions to fill out a survey is unconstitutional.
District Judge Daniel L. Owens said Friday that House Bill 1595 by Sen. Todd Lamb (R), and Rep. Daniel Sullivan (R), covers too many topics, [...]
The online dating site eHarmony settled a lawsuit Tuesday in California by agreeing to be more inclusive with gays, lesbians, bisexuals, and transgenders, who are looking for love.
In 2005, Eric McKinley, a gay man from New Jersey filed suit against eHarmony for not offering matchmaking for gays and lesbians.
eHarmony agreed to a settlement with the [...]
The three 3rd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals judges are mulling over the nation’s first case involving criminal prosecutions of teenagers for “sexting” made its way to a federal appeals court in Philadelphia, all three judges seemed skeptical of the prosecutor’s claim that child pornography laws are violated when a teen transmits a nude image [...]
A Christian mother in Virginia who was ordered to turn over her daughter to her former lesbian partner in Vermont on January 1, failed to meet the set deadline.
Last week, in the case of Miller-Jenkins v. Miller-Jenkins, a Vermont judge denied a stay pending appeal to a biological mother and said the “sole physical and [...]
A Vermont judge denied a stay pending appeal to a biological mother and said the “sole physical and legal custody” of her 7-year-old biological daughter must be transferred to her former lesbian partner, with the judge adding that the mother and daughter’s current whereabouts are “unknown.”
The mother, Lisa Miller, and her former partner, Janet Jenkins, [...]
The Iowa Family Policy Center’s Action committee launched a campaign Monday to oppose equal marriage rights for same-sex couples.
The legislative initiative is being called “Two Days For Marriage” and is in conjunction the Let Us Vote Iowa (LUV) Campaign. The goal of the group is to begin a process that would allow Iowans the opportunity [...]
Washington D.C. council members overwhelmingly approved a bill Tuesday that recognizes gay marriages performed in other states, leaving a few more small steps for residents of the district to accept gay marriage without their consent.
The bill, approved by a 11-2 vote, must now pass a second and final vote and then be signed by the Democrat Mayor, Adrian M. [...]
“Parents, this is appropriate, I promise,” said Adam Lambert before he impemented his sexually charged and highly offensive performance during Sunday’s broadcast of the “American Music Awards.”
As a result, ABC, who aired the program, said they received over 1500 complaints and the network’s morning show, “Good Morning America,” canceled his scheduled appearance on Wednesday because it said it couldn’t [...]
