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Lambda Legal Celebrates Minnesota Marriage Equality

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May 13, 2013

The Minnesota Senate voted 37-30 today to grant same-sex couples the freedom to marry. The measure now goes to Gov. Mark Dayton, who said he will sign it into law tomorrow. Jennifer C. Pizer, Lambda Legal's Law & Policy Project Director, worked with Minnesota advocates on the substance of the marriage bill. She released the following statement:

See Also: Marriage, Religious Exemptions, Religiously Motivated Discrimination, Same-sex relationships
Lambda Legal Urges Congress to Pass the REPEAL HIV Discrimination Act

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May 8, 2013

Lambda Legal is voicing its support the REPEAL HIV Discrimination Act, which would encourage states to reconsider laws and practices that unfairly target people with HIV for consensual sex and conduct that poses no real risk of HIV transmission.

See Also: Discrimination, HIV, U.S. House of Representatives
And Delaware Makes 11!

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May 7, 2013

Today, the Delaware Senate voted to grant the freedom to marry to same-sex couples in Delaware. Governor Jack Markell signed the bill into law, and Delaware has joined the rapidly growing list of jurisdictions in the United States where the exclusion of same-sex couples from marriage has ended.

See Also: Marriage, Same-sex relationships
Watch: President Obama Congratulates Lambda Legal

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May 7, 2013

Watch President Obama's special message to Lambda Legal and all our supporters on our 40th anniversary.

See Also: 40th anniversary, President Obama
Victory! Iowa Supreme Court Orders State to Treat Children of Lesbian Couples as Having 2 Parents at Birth

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May 3, 2013

The Court built upon its 2009 ruling in Lambda Legal's landmark case Varnum v. Brien, which ordered that same-sex couples and their families be treated equally under state law, and won the right for same-sex couples to marry.

See Also: Adoption and Parenting, Discrimination, Gartner v. Newton, Marriage, Same-sex relationships, Vital Records
Live-Tweeting Rhode Island Marriage Equality

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May 2, 2013

Lambda Legal Senior Staff Attorney Karen Loewy was at the Rhode Island House of Representatives on May 2 for the historic vote that brought the freedom to marry to the Ocean State.

See Also: Marriage, Same-sex relationships
May 6 Is Lambda Legal Day in New York City

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May 1, 2013

New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg has proclaimed May 6, 2013, Lambda Legal Day, in honor of the organization’s 40th anniversary, which will be celebrated at its annual gala that evening.

See Also: Lambda Legal in the News