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Same-Sex Georgia Couple Sues U.S. State Department for Refusing to Recognize Their One-Year-Old Daughter’s Citizenship

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July 23, 2019

The State Department’s policy treats married same-sex couples as if their marriages did not exist.

See Also: Anti-LGBT Rulings, Laws and Amendments, Immigration, Marriage Family and Relationship Protections, Same-sex relationships
Victory! Court Rules Landlord Discriminated Against LGBT Family

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April 5, 2017

A federal district court judge today ruled that a Boulder County property owner violated both the federal Fair Housing Act and the Colorado Anti-Discrimination Act when she refused to rent a housing unit to Lambda Legal clients Rachel and Tonya Smith, a same-sex couple, one of whom is transgender, and their children, because she worried their “uniqueness” would jeopardize her standing in the community.

See Also: Housing, Marriage, Marriage Family and Relationship Protections, Same-sex relationships
Ask Lambda Legal – The Equality Act

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August 12, 2015

Following the introduction of the Equality Act in July, questions have arisen about just how the bill is designed to protect LGBT people and its potential impact on employers, businesses and religious entities.

See Also: Ask Lambda Legal, Employment and Rights in the Workplace, Housing, Law & Policy Project, Marriage Family and Relationship Protections, Same-sex relationships, Transgender Rights
Victory! In Landmark Ruling Supreme Court Strikes Down Bans on Marriage for Same-sex Couples

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June 26, 2015

In a historic decision, the U.S. Supreme Court declared that denying same-sex couples the freedom to marry violates the U.S. Constitution. The Court’s decision invalidates all state statutes and constitutional amendments barring same-sex couples from marriage. Lambda Legal was co-counsel in one of the landmark cases decided today.

See Also: Marriage, Marriage Family and Relationship Protections, Same-sex relationships

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