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Lambda Legal Urges Illinois General Assembly to Pass Civil Unions Bill in Current Veto Session

(Chicago, November 16, 2010) - The Illinois General Assembly is expected to vote on a civil unions bill during this veto session, and Lambda Legal urges the Illinois House and Senate to provide much needed protections for same-sex couples.

Lambda Legal Urges Illinois General Assembly to Pass Civil Unions Bill in Current Veto Session

(Chicago, November 16, 2010) - The Illinois General Assembly is expected to vote on a civil unions bill during this veto session, and Lambda Legal urges the Illinois House and Senate to provide much needed protections for same-sex couples.

Lambda Legal Urges Illinois General Assembly to Pass Civil Unions Bill in Current Veto Session

(Chicago, November 16, 2010) - The Illinois General Assembly is expected to vote on a civil unions bill during this veto session, and Lambda Legal urges the Illinois House and Senate to provide much needed protections for same-sex couples.

Lambda Legal Urges Illinois General Assembly to Pass Civil Unions Bill in Current Veto Session

(Chicago, November 16, 2010) - The Illinois General Assembly is expected to vote on a civil unions bill during this veto session, and Lambda Legal urges the Illinois House and Senate to provide much needed protections for same-sex couples.

Lambda Legal Urges Illinois General Assembly to Pass Civil Unions Bill in Current Veto Session

(Chicago, November 16, 2010) - The Illinois General Assembly is expected to vote on a civil unions bill during this veto session, and Lambda Legal urges the Illinois House and Senate to provide much needed protections for same-sex couples.

Lambda Legal Urges Illinois General Assembly to Pass Civil Unions Bill in Current Veto Session

(Chicago, November 16, 2010) - The Illinois General Assembly is expected to vote on a civil unions bill during this veto session, and Lambda Legal urges the Illinois House and Senate to provide much needed protections for same-sex couples.

Lambda Legal Launches 'Thank You Iowa Judges' Campaign

(New York, November 10, 2010) — Today Lambda Legal launched the "Thank you Iowa Judges" pledge. Antigay groups spent nearly one million dollars on a campaign successfully ousting three Iowa Supreme Court Justices for their role in striking down as unconstitutional Iowa’s ban on marriage for same-sex couples.

Lambda Legal: Application of DOMA to Block Health Benefits for Wife of Lesbian Federal Court Employee Would Be Unconstitutional

(San Francisco, November 9, 2010)—Lambda Legal yesterday filed a brief in U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California in a lawsuit that could result in the next major court decision regarding the constitutionality of the so-called "Defense of Marriage Act," also known as DOMA.

Lambda Legal Condemns Antigay Attack on Judges and the Courts in Iowa

(New York, November 3, 2010) - Three well-respected Iowa Supreme Court Justices lost retention elections last night following a vicious campaign by antigay groups who targeted them because of the Court's 2009 unanimous marriage equality decision in Lambda Legal's lawsuit.

Lambda Legal Disappointed: Ninth Circuit Puts Injunction Against Don't Ask, Don't Tell On Hold

In response to today's procedural ruling by a three-judge panel of the U.S. Ninth Circuit Court of Appeal permitting "Don't Ask, Don't Tell" to remain temporarily in effect during an appeal, Lambda Legal issued the following statement from Staff Attorney Peter Renn:

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