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Why Chick-fil-A Matters

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July 27, 2012

The furor is about much more than just a chicken sandwich.

See Also: DOMA, Golinski v. OPM, Marriage, Same-sex relationships
The Couple Behind the Case

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July 12, 2012

An interview with the plaintiff in Lambda Legal's DOMA challenge, Karen Golinski.

See Also: DOMA, Employment and Rights in the Workplace, Golinski v. OPM, Health Care Fairness, Marriage, Same-sex relationships
A Groundswell of Support for Lambda Legal's DOMA Challenge

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July 11, 2012

More than 130 members of Congress—plus dozens of companies, unions, bar associations, legal scholars and historians—are urging the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals to find the so-called Defense of Marriage Act unconstitutional.

See Also: DOMA, Employment and Rights in the Workplace, Golinski v. OPM, Health Care Fairness, Marriage, Same-sex relationships, U.S. House of Representatives, U.S. Supreme Court
Obama to Halt Deportation of Undocumented Youth

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June 15, 2012

After the announcement that the U.S. will stop deportation proceedings for many undocumented youth Lambda Legal issued the following statement from Iván Espinoza-Madrigal, Lambda Legal Staff Attorney:

See Also: DOMA, Immigration and Asylum, President Obama
DOMA Doomed (Again)

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June 7, 2012

Lambda Legal congratulates Edie Windsor and her legal team on their federal district court victory declaring DOMA unconstitutional.

See Also: ACLU, DOMA, Marriage
Federal Appeals Court Says DOMA Is Unconstitutional

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May 31, 2012

Another nail in DOMA's coffin. The First Circuit Court of Appeals upheld today a lower court ruling finding the so-called Defense of Marriage Act unconstitutional.

See Also: DOMA, Marriage, Same-sex relationships
How DOMA Harms Military Families

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May 16, 2012

"Don't Ask, Don't Tell" may be gone, but discrimination isn't. The so-called Defense of Marriage Act prevents the federal government from recognizing the marriages of lesbian and gay service members, leaving them and their families without crucial legal protections.

See Also: Discrimination, DOMA, Don't Ask Don't Tell, Marriage, Military
The Meaning of Lawrence

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March 16, 2012

Dale Carpenter’s new book, Flagrant Conduct: The Story of Lawrence v. Texas, refocuses much-deserved attention on the Supreme Court’s stunning 2003 ruling.

See Also: Bowers v. Hardwick, CLS v. Martinez, DOMA, Gill v. Devlin, Golinski v. OPM, Goodridge v. Dept. of Public Health, Kerrigan v. State of Connecticut, Lawrence v. Texas, Sodomy Laws, U.S. Supreme Court, Varnum v. Brien
The Walls Are Tumbling Down

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February 24, 2012

February 2012 is the month that the walls came tumbling down and the march toward marriage equality in this country became unstoppable.

See Also: DOMA, Golinski v. OPM, Leslie Gabel-Brett, Marriage, Perry v. Brown, Prop 8
DOMA Complicates Gay Divorces

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February 17, 2012

We all know that the so-called Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA) means multiple obstacles for same-sex couples who want to tie the knot. But what happens when couples break up? More DOMA roadblocks.

See Also: DOMA, Lambda Legal in the News, Marriage