On January 16, 2009, Lambda Legal submitted comments to the State Bar of Arizona supporting the addition of an antidiscrimination requirement to the oath new attorneys take when they are admitted to the state bar. If such a requirement is added, new attorneys would acknowledge as part of the oath of admission their obligation to not discriminate on the basis of sexual orientation, sex, race, religion, age, national origin, socioeconomic status or disability. Our comments also urge the inclusion of gender identity or expression.

Read Lambda Legal's letter in support of WA SB 5336, a bill that would set Washington State on the path toward marriage equality and provide some critical rights and protections to same-sex couples and their families.