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Illinois Marriage Bill Introduced on First Day of New Session

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January 10, 2013

The introduction of the bill on the first day of the new Illinois legislative session is yet another sign that it's a matter of when, and not if, marriage happens in Illinois.

See Also: Darby v. Orr, Marriage, Same-sex relationships
Lambda Legal Clients Testify on Illinois Marriage Bill

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January 8, 2013

The Illinois Senate Executive Committee heard testimony last week from Lambda Legal clients Mercedes Santos and Theresa Volpe about why having the freedom to marry is important to their family.

See Also: Darby v. Orr, Marriage, Same-sex relationships
Lambda Legal Helps Georgia Same-Sex Couples Take Stand for Marriage

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January 7, 2013

Lesbian and gay couples in Decatur, Ga., will request—and be denied—marriage licenses, in a public demonstration to highlight the harms of discriminatory state laws and to call for full equality under federal law.

See Also: Marriage, Same-sex relationships, WE DO Campaign
Lambda Legal Clients Eagerly Await Illinois Vote for Freedom to Marry

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January 3, 2013

From Reuters: Theresa Volpe and Mercedes Santos' 8-year-old daughter, Ava, has learned about the civil rights movement of the 1950s and 1960s in school. So her school friends understand when she tells them her two moms are fighting for their civil rights to marry -- it's just hard to explain it to grown-ups sometimes, Volpe and Santos say.

See Also: Darby v. Orr, Marriage, Same-sex relationships
Couple in Lambda Legal Marriage Case Urges Illinois Lawmakers to Pass Freedom-to-Marry Bill

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January 2, 2013

The Illinois Senate Executive Committee will hear testimony tomorrow from Lambda Legal clients Mercedes Santos and Theresa Volpe about why having the freedom to marry is important to their family.

See Also: Darby v. Orr, Marriage, Same-sex relationships
Marriage Begins in Maryland

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December 31, 2012

With the new year, Maryland becomes the ninth state to allow same-sex couples the freedom to marry.

See Also: Marriage, Same-sex relationships
Wisconsin Court Upholds Domestic Partner Benefits

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December 21, 2012

Today, the Wisconsin Court of Appeals upheld as constitutional the state's Domestic Partner Registry.

See Also: Marriage, Same-sex relationships
Victory! Justice for Married Iowa Moms Represented by Lambda Legal

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December 17, 2012

An Iowa court today ordered the state health department to give a married lesbian couple an accurate death certificate for their son, who was stillborn in October 2011. The department had erased the name of one of the moms from the original certificate.

See Also: Buntemeyer v. Iowa DPH, Marriage, Same-sex relationships, Vital Records
Of Counsel: Last Week at the Supreme Court, Explained

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December 13, 2012

For the first time in history, the Court will be hearing two gay rights cases in one term, focusing public attention on the right of lesbians, gay men and bisexuals to equality under the law and of same-sex couples to have their relationships treated equally by the federal government and, at least, by the State of California.

See Also: Diaz v. Brewer, DOMA, Hollingsworth v. Perry, Marriage, Marriage at the Supreme Court, Of Counsel, Same-sex relationships, U.S. Supreme Court
Supreme Court Holds Action on Arizona State Employees Case and Remaining DOMA Challenges

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December 10, 2012

The U.S. Supreme Court issued no new orders today in the remaining LGBT rights cases on its docket.

See Also: Diaz v. Brewer, DOMA, Employment and Rights in the Workplace, Golinski v. OPM, Health Care Fairness, Marriage, Same-sex relationships, U.S. Supreme Court