Many couples who hoped to finally hear wedding bells on Wednesday were disappointed and saddened yesterday when the 9th District Court of Appeals issued an indefinite hold on the ruling by Judge Vaughn Walker which ruled Prop 8 unconstitutional. Many thought that the courts would allow the marriages to begin on Wednesday due to the [...] [...more]
Beginning this morning, the legal battle over Prop 8 will resume, this time on a Federal level, before Chief U.S. District Judge Vaughn Walker, who will consider a lawsuit challenging Proposition 8, the 2008 voter-approved initiative that restored California’s ban on same-sex marriages. With this challenge, the legal fight over gay marriage shifts into unprecedented territory becoming [...] [...more]
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, Congressman Jerrold Nadler (D-NY), Chair of the House Judiciary Subcommittee on the Constitution, Civil Rights and Civil Liberties, Congresswoman Tammy Baldwin (D-WI) and Congressman Jared Polis (D-CO), along with Congressman John Conyers (D-MI), Congressman John Lewis (D-GA), Congresswoman Nydia Velazquez (D-NY) and Congresswoman Barbara Lee (D-CA), with a total of 91 [...] [...more]