Alaska Politics
A federal class action claims Alaska and its Gov. Mike Dunleavy unconstitutionally deny payments from the Permanent Fund Dividend to spouses of military members in same-sex marriages.
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N.Irish Lawmakers Fail to Thwart Abortion Law Change in Rare Assembly Sitting
A group of Northern Irish lawmakers on Monday failed in a last-minute bid to thwart the liberalisation of abortion laws, set to come into force after being decided by London during the suspension of the Belfast executive.
Read moreGay Couple Sues State Department for Denying Child Citizenship
A gay married couple filed a federal lawsuit Thursday over the State Department’s refusal to recognize the citizenship of their daughter, claiming the government unfairly treats the children of same-sex couples as if they were born out of wedlock.
Read moreEx-Kentucky Clerk Kim Davis Must Face Suit
Kim Davis, the former county clerk briefly jailed over her refusal to recognize gay marriage in Kentucky, is not immune from civil claims by two of the couples she denied a license to wed, the Sixth Circuit ruled.
Read moreTexas Attorney General Demands Records on Chick-Fil-A Vote
The San Antonio City Council’s vote to exclude fast-food chain Chick-fil-A from its airport sparked a lawsuit Monday from Texas Republican Attorney General Ken Paxton, who seeks to force the release of documents that he says would shed light “on the religious bigotry that animated its decision.”
Read moreTaiwan Becomes First Asian Nation to Legalize Same-Sex Marriage
Taiwan’s legislature voted Friday to legalize same-sex marriage, a first in Asia and a boost for LGBT rights activists who had championed the cause for two decades.
Read moreJudge Advances Couple’s Beef Over Kid’s Citizenship
A federal judge refused to dismiss a case Wednesday involving whether a child born to a mixed-nationality lesbian couple should be granted U.S. citizenship.
Read moreTexas Legislature’s New Caucus Counts Its Small Victories
Texas state Rep. Celia Israel has introduced a bill to ban homosexual “conversion therapy” again and again in the Legislature, knowing it will be killed by a Republican majority. Though it died again this session, it was finally heard by a committee, a sign of growing clout of the new LGBTQ caucus.
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The Ninth Circuit dismissed without prejudice, for lack of jurisdiction, an appeal from news agencies seeking to compel the unsealing of videotaped recordings of a trial on the constitutionality of California’s Proposition 8.
Read moreCatholic Agency Loses Fight Over Philly Foster Rules
Philadelphia officials can choose not to contract with a Catholic foster care agency that refuses to place children with same-sex couples, the Third Circuit ruled Monday.
Read moreLegal Same-Sex Marriage Linked to Reduced Homophobia
State legalization of same-sex marriage has significantly reduced homophobia across the United States, though federal action may have led to national polarization on attitudes toward lesbian and gay people, according to a new study released Monday.
Read moreTexas Bar Accused of Funding Pro-Immigrant Agenda
Three attorneys claim in a federal lawsuit that the State Bar of Texas is using members’ mandatory dues to help undocumented immigrants seeking asylum, coercing lawyers to support its political agenda in violation of their free-speech rights.
Read moreVote Puts United Methodist Church on the Verge of a Split
The United Methodist Church, America’s second-largest Protestant denomination, faces a likely surge in defections and acts of defiance after delegates at a crucial conference voted Tuesday to strengthen the faith’s divisive bans on same-sex marriage and ordination of LGBT clergy.
Read moreJapanese Same-Sex Couples Sue for Equal Marital Rights
Thirteen gay couples filed Japan’s first lawsuit challenging the country’s rejection of same-sex marriage Thursday, arguing the denial violates their constitutional right to equality.
Read moreFormer Kentucky Clerk Back in Spotlight at Sixth Circuit
Former Kentucky county clerk Kim Davis argued before a Sixth Circuit panel Thursday to dismiss claims brought by a pair of gay couples to whom she refused to issue marriage licenses after the historic U.S. Supreme Court ruling legalizing same-sex marriage.
Read moreJudge Rules Housing Law Does Not Cover LGBT Bias
A federal judge in Missouri dismissed a lawsuit brought by a lesbian couple who were turned away by a retirement home, finding that the Fair Housing Act does not protect against discrimination based on sexual orientation.
Read morePanel Hears Catholic Fight With Philly Over Foster Care
A Philadelphia-based Catholic agency fought Tuesday afternoon at the Third Circuit for the right to deny same-sex couples a foster child based on its beliefs about marriage.
Read moreSuspended Oregon Judge Avoids Criminal Trial
All charges were dropped Tuesday against suspended Circuit Court Judge Vance Day, who made national headlines in 2016 for his refusal to marry same-sex couples.
Read moreVideographers Argue for Right to Refuse Gay Couples
An attorney for Minnesota videographers who refuse to shoot same-sex weddings argued before an Eighth Circuit panel Tuesday that doing so would violate their religious beliefs.
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