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Indiana House Passes Religious Discrimination Bill, SB 101: Lambda Legal Issues Alert to LGBT Community

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March 23, 2015

Today, the Indiana House of Representatives, with a vote of 63-31, passed a bill designed to allow private businesses, individuals and organizations to discriminate against anyone in Indiana on religious grounds.

See Also: Anti-LGBT Laws Rulings and Amendments, Law & Policy Project, Marriage, Marriage Relationships and Family Protections, Religious Exemptions, Same-sex relationships
Lambda Legal Applauds Puerto Rico Government for No Longer Defending Discriminatory Marriage Ban

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March 20, 2015

Today, Puerto Rico’s Secretary of Justice César Miranda announced that he will submit a brief saying he would no longer oppose the right of lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender Puerto Ricans to marry in support Lambda Legal’s lawsuit seeking to end the discriminatory ban on marriage for LGBT people on the island, saying he agrees the ban is unconstitutional and should be lifted.

See Also: Marriage, Same-sex relationships
Lambda Legal Condemns Confirmation of Rev. Meeks as Chair of Illinois State Board of Education

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March 19, 2015

Today, Reverend James Meeks was confirmed as Chair of the Illinois State Board of Education in the Illinois Senate.

See Also: Anti-LGBT Rulings, Laws and Amendments, Government Misconduct and Support for Discrimination, Teens & Young Adults, Youth and Schools
8 cosas que las parejas del mismo sexo deben saber sobre los impuestos (versión de 2015)

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March 18, 2015

Es la temporada de declarar impuestos y hay muchas cosas nuevas para las parejas del mismo sexo que estén casadas.

See Also: Marriage, Same-sex relationships, Taxes
8 Things Same-Sex Couples Need to Know About Taxes (Updated for 2015)

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March 18, 2015

It's tax season and for married same-sex couples, there’s much to navigate that’s new! Shortly after the Supreme Court struck down Section 3 of the Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA), the federal government began recognizing the marriages of same-sex couples for federal tax (and other) purposes.

See Also: Taxes
Legal Teams Submit Proposal to U.S. Supreme Court Regarding Oral Argument in Marriage Cases

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March 17, 2015

Today counsel representing all plaintiffs from the Kentucky, Michigan, Ohio and Tennessee marriage lawsuits submitted a proposal to the U.S. Supreme Court requesting that argument time be divided equally among the cases from the four states.

See Also: Marriage, Marriage Relationships and Family Protections, Same-sex relationships
Gobierno de Puerto Rico dejará de oponerse al matrimonio de parejas del mismo sexo

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March 16, 2015

El gobierno de Puerto Rico está considerando retirar su apoyo a la ley que prohíbe el matrimonio a parejas del mismo sexo. Nos alienta que el gobierno esté reconsiderando su defensa de su prohibición discriminatoria. El gobierno nunca debe estar involucrado en el negocio de la discriminación.

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Indiana House Passes Religious Discrimination Bill, SB 101: Lambda Legal Issues Alert to LGBT Community

ll_logo_2_0.jpg

Lambda Legal Applauds Puerto Rico Government for No Longer Defending Discriminatory Marriage Ban

392_pr.png

Lambda Legal Condemns Confirmation of Rev. Meeks as Chair of Illinois State Board of Education

ll_logo_2_0.jpg

8 cosas que las parejas del mismo sexo deben saber sobre los impuestos (versión de 2015)

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8 Things Same-Sex Couples Need to Know About Taxes (Updated for 2015)

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Legal Teams Submit Proposal to U.S. Supreme Court Regarding Oral Argument in Marriage Cases

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Gobierno de Puerto Rico dejará de oponerse al matrimonio de parejas del mismo sexo

gonzalezpagan_392.jpg

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