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| Third Annual National Freedom to Marry Day in Cities Nationwide | 02/08/2000 |
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(NEW YORK, February 8, 2000) — Some 30 events will mark National Freedom to Marry Day in cities and towns around the country, with supporters of lesbian and gay families gathering for symbolic weddings, marches and rallies, from Memphis and Tucson to Boston and Fort Collins, Lambda Legal Defense and Education Fund announced Tuesday. |
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| Top Three Car Insurance Companies in New York Will Respect Gay Couples' Marriages, Lambda Legal Confirms | 07/06/2004 |
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(New York, July 6, 2004) - The three largest car insurance companies in New York - which, together, provide insurance to a third of all drivers in the state -- will respect the marriages of same-sex couples, providing them with the same rates and coverage as married heterosexual couples, Lambda Legal said today. |
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| Town Hall Meeting on the Settlement in Eagle Raid Case | 12/16/2010 |
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(Atlanta, Georgia December 16, 2010) - Plaintiff's lawyers and public safety organization will hold a town hall meeting on Monday, December 20, 2010, to educate Atlanta community members about the recent settlement in the Atlanta Eagle raid case and what the systemic reforms within the Atlanta Police Department means for the community. Criminal Justice |
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| Tragic Death of Gay Wyoming Student Begs for End to Hatemongering | 10/12/1998 |
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(NEW YORK, October 12, 1998) -- Responding to the death of Matthew Shepard on Monday, Lambda Legal Defense and Education Fund said anti-gay violence goes hand in hand with the hatemongering and prejudice commonly voiced by anti-gay extremists, including some public officials around the country. Anti-LGBT Rulings, Laws and Amendments |
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| Treatment of Lesbian Couple at Catfish Derby Lands Lions Club a Warning from Lambda Legal | 07/21/2009 |
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(Huntington, Oregon, July 16, 2009) — Lambda Legal has delivered a warning to Lions Club International charging that the treatment a lesbian couple received at a club-sponsored Oregon catfish derby violates state antidiscrimination laws. |
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| Two Delaware Dads Now Both Legal Parents of Children They Have Been Raising | 10/15/2001 |
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(NEW YORK, Monday, October 15, 2001) —Two youngsters in Delaware now share two legal fathers thanks to a ruling that allowed a gay man to adopt his partner’s children, said Lambda Legal Defense and Education Fund, which represented the father. Adoption and Parenting |
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| Two Men Continue Fight to Overturn Texas Anti-Gay Law | 04/16/2001 |
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| U. S. Court of Appeals Upholds Decision Striking Down Oklahoma's Adoption Invalidation Law in Lawsuit Brought by Lambda Legal | 08/03/2007 |
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Adoption and Parenting |
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| U. S. Court of Appeals Weighs Arguments In Lambda Legal's Case Against Oklahoma's Antigay Adoption Invalidation Law | 11/13/2006 |
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(Denver, November 13, 2006) — The U. S. Court of Appeals for the 10th Circuit heard oral arguments today in the appeal of Lambda Legal’s lawsuit that struck down Oklahoma’s antigay Adoption Invalidation Law. Adoption and Parenting |
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| U.S. Court of Appeals Hears Arguments in Lambda Legal's Case Seeking Birth Certificate for Child Adopted by Two Fathers | 10/07/2009 |
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(New Orleans, October 7, 2009) – A three-member panel of federal judges in the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals heard today from attorneys on both sides regarding Lambda Legal’s lawsuit against the Louisiana Registrar of Vital Statistics for refusing to respect the New York adoption by a same-sex couple of a Louisiana-born baby boy. Adoption and Parenting |
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