North Carolina Marriage Ban Struck Down, Marriage Equality To Follow
U.S. District Court Judge Max O. Cogburn issued the friday afternoon order.
U.S. District Court Judge Max O. Cogburn issued the friday afternoon order.
A Friday order from the court. [Update: At least one Idaho county began issuing marriage licenses to same-sex couples on Friday evening.]
My sister and I finally have “the talk” we’ve been avoiding, because although my sister’s acceptance means everything to me — I’ve never been sure that I’ve had it.
A local judge ordered same-sex couples to be allowed to marry in Johnson County, Kansas earlier this week. [Update: In a Friday evening order, the state supreme court issued a temporary stay and set a schedule for full resolution of the constitutionality of the state’s marriage ban.]
“I said I’d always be here when you need me.” TISSUES, PLEASE! H/T: AfterEllen
“[T]he court hereby permanently enjoins the state of Nevada … from enforcing any constitutional provision, statute, regulation or policy preventing otherwise qualified same-sex couples from marrying ….”
“West Virginia will uphold the law according to these rulings,” governor says.
A filing at the Supreme Court.
“I’m saving myself for marriage because I think it’s the right thing to do.”
What is going on?
“The order erroneously included the docket number for the Nevada case.”
“You can’t hide from me. I see you.”
“It [says] to Europe that we are with you…. Russia can see that we want to be in the EU,” an Estonian LGBT activist told BuzzFeed News.
In 1948, Dr. Alfred Kinsey developed a scale for measuring human sexuality which determined whether a person was gay, straight, or something in between. Where do you think you fall on the scale?
There is only one cure for this illness, and that’s more Rita Volk in your life.
After upholding Nevada’s ban on marriages for same-sex couples in 2012, Judge Robert C. Jones ended his involvement in the case on Wednesday morning.
Update: Following a morning order stopping same-sex couples from marrying in Idaho and Nevada, a second order from the justice only puts the Idaho ruling on hold.
“We’re shocked that an American official would … out him as an asylum-seeker.”
Update: Kyrgyzstan’s lawmakers voted Thursday to advance a bill that could put individuals who spread “propaganda of non-traditional sexual relations” in prison for up to a year.
A fourth federal appeals court to reach the same conclusion. [Update: Nevada state officials say the state will not appeal the matter further, and Clark County officials in the state have said marriages will begin there Wednesday afternoon.]
It’s a game where lady lovers guess other lady lovers. Just go with it!
Beginning today, Colorado’s 64 county clerks are legally required to issue licenses to same-sex couples who request them. [Update: Slower movement in the other five states indirectly impacted by Monday’s Supreme Court action: Kansas, North Carolina, South Carolina, West Virginia, and Wyoming.]
“While I struggled in my childhood and adolescence with a difference I recognized in myself, that feeling of difference did not then define my identity, much less the spouse I would seek.”
Including one Democrat. A BuzzFeed News exclusive report.
In case you need some prep for National Coming Out Day on October 11th.
The Paul Singer-backed American Unity Fund seeks to reach “rank-and-file Republicans” in an effort that’s focused on 2016. A BuzzFeed News exclusive report.
With Monday’s nondecision decision, marriage equality is moving forward. What’s more, Justice Anthony Kennedy, as both the court’s key vote and guiding force on gay rights, created the path to end same-sex marriage bans nationwide.
Utah couples married Monday after the U.S. Supreme Court declined to review same-sex marriage cases from states. “We just had to jump, like lets go. Today’s the day.” BuzzFeed News reports from Salt Lake City.
Same-sex couples were allowed Monday to wed legally for the first time in the state’s history.