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USA: Post DOMA Benefits Landscape Still Fuzzy for Many Same Sex Couples
Almost one month after the Supreme Court’s landmark decision to gut DOMA, legal analysts and experts are still trying to make sense as to how it specifically impacts same-sex couples and their...
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USA: Ninth Circuit Dismisses Appeal, Lets Stand Federal Benefits Verdict for...
A case brought by a federal employee seeking health benefits for her wife is over. The Advocate reports: The U.S. Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals dismissed the appeal of a federal district court ruling...
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USA: Justice Ginsburg Thinks the Court Struck the Right Balance on Marriage...
Liberal Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg thinks the Supreme Court got it about right with the two marriage equality decisions earlier this year. Bloomberg reports: Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg,...
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USA: Businesses Want Clarification On Defense of Marriage Act Ruling
A new study has found that the US Supreme Court’s ruling on the Defense of Marriage Act left widespread confusion in the business community. Pink News reports: Two-thirds of US employers are in need of...
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USA: LGBT Groups Issue Marriage Equality Fact Sheets for Same-Sex Couples
In the post-Defense of Marriage Act Section 3 environment, 11 LGBT groups have gotten together to issue a series of fact sheets for gay lesbian couples, to help navigate through the confusing current...
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USA, New Jersey: How the DOMA Case Brought Marriage Equality to the Garden State
The New Jersey marriage equality case provides important foreshadowing for other cases to come, in part because it relied heavily on the Supreme Court’s decision on the Defense of Marriage Act. The...
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MEUSA Thanks the More than One Million LGBT Service Members and Veterans For...
This Veterans Day, take a moment to thank a veteran for his or her service. Also, take a moment to think of the men and women who are abroad putting their lives at risk so we can rest easy at home....
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The Lay of the Land Post-Windsor and -Perry
With marriage equality now coming to Illinois and Hawaii, nearly 40% of the country lives in a marriage equality state. But just how federal and state governments will navigate the still-unsettled...
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USA: Defense of Marriage Act 2?
A GOP congressman from Texas is introducing the successor to the Defense of Marriage Act – a bill that would partially reinstate DOMA’s prohibition on federal recognition of same-sex marriage. The...
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Russia: Will Country Get Its Own Defense of Marriage Act?
One of Russia’s political parties wants to enshrine marriage inequality in the country’s constitution. RT.com reports: The head of the Russian Pensioners’ Party has come up with an initiative to change...
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