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Lambda Legal Condemns Police Shootings, Demands Accountability

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July 7, 2016

We are heartbroken and outraged that again – twice in two days – police have shot and killed Black men. We don’t know all the facts in either case, but driving with a broken tail light or selling CDs in front of a store are not punishable by death.

See Also: Criminal Justice, Criminal Justice and Police Misconduct, Racial Justice and Low-Income Advocacy, Louisiana, Minnesota
Lambda Legal Applauds Appointment of First Openly Lesbian Justice to Minnesota Supreme Court

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By Lambda Legal

January 22, 2016

Minnesota Governor Mark Dayton today announced that Minnesota Appeals Court Judge Margaret Chutich would be appointed to the state’s supreme court. With this appointment, Chutich became the state’s first openly gay justice. Following the announcement, Lambda Legal Fair Courts Project Director Eric Lesh said:

See Also: Fair Courts Project, Minnesota
Minnesota Supreme Court Rejects Misuse of Criminal Law to Prosecute HIV-Positive Man

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By Lambda Legal

August 21, 2013

Today, the Supreme Court of Minnesota upheld the decision of an intermediate appellate court overturning the conviction of Daniel James Rick, who is HIV positive, for the alleged criminal transmission of a communicable disease.

See Also: HIV, Minnesota
Celebrate Pride With Lambda Legal!

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By Lambda Legal

June 24, 2013

Join us this weekend in New York City, Chicago, Houston, Minneapolis and San Francisco.

See Also: Pride, California, Illinois, Minnesota, New York, Texas
Lambda Legal Celebrates Minnesota Marriage Equality

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By Jennifer C. Pizer

May 13, 2013

The Minnesota Senate voted 37-30 today to grant same-sex couples the freedom to marry. The measure now goes to Gov. Mark Dayton, who said he will sign it into law tomorrow. Jennifer C. Pizer, Lambda Legal's Law & Policy Project Director, worked with Minnesota advocates on the substance of the marriage bill. She released the following statement:

See Also: Marriage, Religious Exemptions, Religiously Motivated Discrimination, Same-sex relationships, Minnesota
Freedom to Worship, Not Freedom to Shun: Accommodating Pluralism in American Public Life

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By Lambda Legal

January 18, 2013

From Balkinization:

See Also: Delaware, Hawaii, Illinois, Minnesota, Rhode Island
Support Marriage Equality in Maine, Maryland, Minnesota and Washington State

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By Lambda Legal

October 15, 2012

Help us phone bank in support of marriage equality on the ballot in four states

See Also: Maine, Maryland, Minnesota, New York, Washington
Join Us for a Volunteer Vacation!

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By Lambda Legal

September 28, 2012

Marriage supporters from across the country are traveling to Maine, Maryland, Minnesota and Washington.

See Also: Elections, Marriage, Same-sex relationships, Maine, Maryland, Minnesota, Washington
Celebrate Pride With Lambda Legal!

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By Lambda Legal

June 18, 2012

Join Lambda Legal staff and supporters at a Pride events this weekend in New York City, Chicago, Houston, San Francisco, Seattle, St. Louis and the Twin Cities.

See Also: Events, Pride, California, Illinois, Minnesota, Missouri, New York, Texas, Washington

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