Tag Archives: Nevada

Speed Read: Monday 28 October 2013

The Hawaii legislature's special session starts today with a hearing on a marriage equality bill which the senate is expected to pass Wednesday. GLAD legal director Gary Buseck warns against LGBT complacency. Author of landmark marriage decision lavishes praise on

Speed Read: Monday 21 October 2013

With New Jersey allowing marriages for same-sex couples starting today, one-third of the nation's population lives in a marriage equality state. Lambda Legal, which led the legal challenge in New Jersey, filed briefs with the federal appeals court over another

New Supreme Court session could include broad array of LGBT cases

The U.S. Supreme Court today (October 7) rejected reviews of two lower court decisions of some interest to LGBT legal activists. But some gay-related cases could be on the docket this session, and national legal experts predict a case testing

Fallout over Supreme Court decision: New Jersey, other states court fights intensify

After the fireworks surrounding its landmark rulings on two cases involving same-sex marriage, the U.S. Supreme Court quietly dispensed with nine other DOMA-related petitions last week, denying their requests for review.

After the fireworks: Arizona pushed back, New Jersey steps forward

After the fireworks surrounding its landmark rulings on two cases involving same-sex marriage, the U.S. Supreme Court quietly dispensed with nine other DOMA-related petitions last week, denying their requests for review. And the high court's decision on DOMA has enabled

Nevada advances equality, with drama

The 21-member Nevada senate voted 12 to 9 Monday night (April 22) to approve a measure to amend the state constitution to remove language that currently bans recognition of marriages for same-sex couples. Because it is a state constitutional amendment,

Supreme Court cases: Speculations swirl in media and behind-the-scenes

Court watchers and the mainstream media are having a field day with what the U.S. Supreme Court did and did not say about same-sex marriage cases during the past week–both raising and lowering expectations for a blockbuster LGBT legal victory

2010 Census trend: 50 percent more same-sex couples over 2000

With only 35 states and Puerto Rico counted, the 2010 Census has already topped the 2000 Census count of same-sex couples in all 50 states.