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Lambda Legal attorneys and leaders in the media.
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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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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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Roommates and H.I.V.
The New York Times |
3/29/2009 | |||
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State Court of Appeals to Hear Two Same-Sex Marriage Cases
The New York Times |
3/31/2009 | |||
| 3/31/2009"The state's highest court agreed on Tuesday to hear arguments in two cases that challenge New York's recognition of same-sex-marriages legally performed elsewhere. | ||||
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Choosing Iowa as a Target for Gay Marriage Laws
The New York Times |
4/3/2009 | |||
| 4/3/2009"A court ruling today made Iowa the first state in the Midwest ? and the third in the country ? to allow same-sex marriage, putting it in a class with Connecticut and Massachusetts. This is a marker that not even the nation's big blue coastal states, California and New York, have been able to achieve. | ||||
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Unanimous ruling: Iowa marriage no longer limited to one man, one woman
The Des Moines Register |
4/3/2009 | |||
| 4/3/2009"Basic fairness and constitutional equal protection were the linchpins of Friday's historic Iowa Supreme Court ruling that overturned a 10-year-old ban on same-sex marriage and puts Iowa squarely in the center of the nation's debate over gay rights. | ||||
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Iowa Legalizes Same-Sex Marriage
The Washington Post |
4/4/2009 | |||
| 4/4/2009"Iowa became the third state in the country and the first from the rural heartland to legalize same-sex marriage when its Supreme Court yesterday unanimously struck down the state's decade-long ban. | ||||
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Gay Rights Groups Celebrate Victories in Marriage Push
The New York Times |
4/7/2009 | |||
| 4/7/2009"Gay-rights groups say that momentum from back-to-back victories on in Vermont and Iowa could spill into other states, particularly since at least nine other legislatures are considering measures this year to allow marriage between gay couples. | ||||
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Vermont Legislature Legalizes Same-Sex Marriage
The Washington Post |
4/7/2009 | |||
| 4/7/2009"Vermont on Tuesday became the fourth state to recognize gay marriage, and the D.C. Council voted to recognize same-sex unions performed in other states. The two actions give same-sex marriage proponents new momentum, following a similar victory last week in Iowa's Supreme Court. | ||||
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Gay Marriage Ban Unconstitutional
National Public Radio |
4/9/2009 | |||
| 4/9/2009"Iowa's Supreme Court ruled unanimously Friday that the state's same-sex marriage ban violates the constitutional rights of gay and lesbian couple."That makes Iowa the third state, and the first in the Midwest, where gay marriage will be legal." | ||||
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