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Live Blog: Marriage Updates October 2014

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October 17, 2014

Check back here for a live blog of marriage updates from around the country.

See Also: Marriage, Same-sex relationships
Lambda Legal: Southern Justice

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August 5, 2014

Lambda Legal has been active in the South for decades, fighting for justice and winning cases that make a difference for our clients and improve the legal landscape.
Lambda Legal Works to Ensure Students and Teachers Can Take Part in GLSEN’s Day of Silence

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April 11, 2014

For the past several years, Lambda Legal has advocated for and filed lawsuits on behalf of students who were denied the right to participate in GLSEN’s Day of Silence.

See Also: Day of Silence, Youth and Schools
Court of Appeals Allows All Same-Sex Couples in Virginia To Join Marriage Case

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March 10, 2014

Today, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit granted the motion to intervene in Bostic v. Rainey that had been filed by Lambda Legal, the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU), and the American Civil Liberties Union of Virginia on behalf of a class of all Virginia's same-sex couples. The class is simultaneously challenging the state's marriage ban in its own case, Harris v. Rainey.

See Also: Marriage, Same-sex relationships
Lambda Legal and ACLU Seek to Intervene in Virginia Marriage Case

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February 26, 2014

Lambda Legal, the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) and the American Civil Liberties Union of Virginia filed a motion in the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit to intervene on behalf of all Virginia’s same-sex couples and their families in Bostic v. Rainey.

See Also: Harris v. McDonnell, Marriage, Same-sex relationships
What If We Held a Lawsuit … and Nobody Came?

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February 14, 2014

Recent twists in several marriage equality lawsuits have given rise to a fair question: What happens now?

See Also: Anti-LGBT Legislation and Amendments, Harris v. McDonnell, Marriage, Same-sex relationships, Sevcik v. Sandoval
Virginia Court Legalizes Marriage for Same-Sex Couples

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February 14, 2014

A federal court in Virginia has ruled that same-sex couples in the state will be allowed to marry and that all same-sex couples legally married elsewhere will have their marriages recognized.

See Also: Marriage, Same-sex relationships