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Lambda Legal attorneys and leaders in the media.
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Obama could tip appeals courts to Dems
The Detroit News |
3/16/2009 | |||
| 3/16/2009"Want a hint of how much President Barack Obama's eventual appointees will change the federal appeals courts?"...'Never underestimate the importance of having a fair judiciary at every level,' says gay rights litigator Kevin Cathcart of Lambda Legal. | ||||
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Existing gay marriages now on a great divide
Los Angeles Times |
3/7/2009 | |||
| 03/07/2009"...The California Supreme Court's signal Thursday that it would uphold Proposition 8 but still recognize 18,000 existing same-sex marriages raised questions and concerns about the prospect of being a minority within a minority ? part of an exclusive club whose doors have been closed to others. | ||||
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Calif. High Court Weighs Gay Marriage Ban
The New York Times |
3/6/2009 | |||
| 3/6/2009"The mood was somber among gay rights supporters after a bruising, three?hour hearing before the justices of California's highest court, who expressed considerable skepticism at the idea of overturning the state's voter?approved ban on same?sex marriage. | ||||
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Michigan court recognizes lesbian adoption from Ill.
Associated Press |
2/20/2009 | |||
| 2/20/2009"Courts can oversee a custody dispute between lesbian parents who adopted in Illinois even though Michigan doesn't formally recognize gay relationships, the state Court of Appeals said in a decision released Friday. | ||||
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Lambda Legal files brief in Ga. gay father's child custody case
Southern Voice |
2/18/2009 | |||
| 2/18/2009"Lambda Legal filed an amicus brief in the Georgia Supreme Court Tuesday arguing that a restriction in a gay father's Fayette County child custody arrangement should be dismissed. | ||||
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Discrimination hurts more so in hospitals
Miami Herald |
2/17/2009 | |||
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Federal lawsuit claims Agnesian doctor denied surgery to woman with AIDS
Fon du Lac Reporter |
2/12/2009 | |||
| 2/12/2009"Lambda Legal and the AIDS Resource Center of Wisconsin filed a lawsuit today in federal court against Agnesian HealthCare claiming one of its physicians refused to treat a patient with HIV. | ||||
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Gay couples protest at marriage bureaus across US
Associated Press |
2/12/2009 | |||
| 2/12/2009"Same?sex couples seeking to wed showed up at marriage license counters nationwide Thursday to highlight a right they don't have in 48 states, part of an annual protest that took on renewed urgency given recent election setbacks. | ||||
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Two Federal Lawyers Win Benefits for Same-Sex Spouses in 9th Circuit Orders
ABA Journal |
2/5/2009 | |||
| 2/5/2009"Two federal judges on the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals have required payment of health insurance benefits to same-sex spouses of lawyers employed by the U.S. government. | ||||
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Schools hit with fine from 2006 lawsuit
Post-Tribune of Northwest Indiana |
2/2/2009 | |||
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2/2/2009"A federal judge has sanctioned Gary Community School Corp. for failing to turn over documents to lawyers for a former student who is suing the district for barring him from the senior prom because he was wearing a pink gown.
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