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The Tyron Garner Memorial Fellowship for African-American LGBT Civil Rights

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February 14, 2015

Tyron Garner and John Geddes Lawrence were arrested the night of September 17, 1998, after police responded to a call claiming that a black man was “going crazy with a gun” in Lawrence’s apartment just outside Houston. No gun was ever found at the scene. The men were arrested, the police said, for having sex. They pled no contest to violating a Texas sodomy law, a Class C misdemeanor.
Federal Court Orders Alabama Probate Judge to Start Issuing Marriage Licenses

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February 13, 2015

The federal judge who initially struck down Alabama’s discriminatory marriage ban, extended her order directing Mobile County Probate Judge Don Davis to issue marriage licenses to same-sex couples. In yesterday's order, Judge Granade wrote:
Ask Lambda Legal – Discrimination As Religion

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February 10, 2015

Q: I was reading about a bakery that didn’t want to make a wedding cake for a gay couple because it goes against the baker’s religion. Can’t the couple just go somewhere else?

See Also: Ask Lambda Legal, Government Misconduct and Support for Discrimination, Law and Policy Project
Lambda Legal to Alabama Probate Judges: Ignore Chief Justice Roy Moore

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February 10, 2015

Lambda Legal sent an open letter to the President of the Alabama Probate Judges Association and probate judges of counties that are not issuing licenses to same-sex couples urging them to disregard Alabama Chief Justice Roy Moore’s legally incorrect and unfounded Administrative Order and instead issue marriage licenses to same-sex couples and different-sex couples alike, after the U.S.

See Also: Fair Courts Project, Marriage, Same-sex relationships
WHEREAS, Alabama Chief Justice Roy Moore has Completely Lost the Public’s Trust and is Not Fit to Serve

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February 9, 2015

This blog post was co-written by Lambda Legal's Fair Courts Project Manager, Eric Lesh, and Senior Attorney Beth Littrell.

See Also: Fair Courts Project, Marriage, Relationships and Family Protections, Religious Exemptions, Same-sex relationships
Indiana Senate Judiciary Committee, Reject Senate Bill 568 for What It Is; a License to Discriminate

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February 9, 2015

Today, the Indiana Senate Judiciary Committee will consider a bill designed to allow private businesses, individuals and organizations to discriminate against anyone in Indiana on religious grounds.

See Also: Anti-LGBT Legislation and Amendments, Anti-LGBT Rulings, Laws and Amendments
Lambda Legal Mourns the Loss of Indiana Marriage Plaintiff Niki Quasney

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February 8, 2015

On Thursday, February 5th, after more than five years of battling ovarian cancer, Lambda Legal plaintiff Niki Quasney, 38, passed away with her wife, Amy Sandler, her mother and 5 siblings by her side. Lambda Legal Staff Attorney Paul Castillo said:

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The Tyron Garner Memorial Fellowship for African-American LGBT Civil Rights

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Federal Court Orders Alabama Probate Judge to Start Issuing Marriage Licenses

lady-justice_istock_000011370607large.jpg

Ask Lambda Legal – Discrimination As Religion

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Lambda Legal to Alabama Probate Judges: Ignore Chief Justice Roy Moore

ll_logo.jpg

WHEREAS, Alabama Chief Justice Roy Moore has Completely Lost the Public’s Trust and is Not Fit to Serve

rmoore-crop.jpg

Indiana Senate Judiciary Committee, Reject Senate Bill 568 for What It Is; a License to Discriminate

pizer_392.jpg

Lambda Legal Mourns the Loss of Indiana Marriage Plaintiff Niki Quasney

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