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Business, Labor, Congressional Reps, Medical and Legal Experts Take Aim at DOMA
(Photo: Plaintiff Dean Hara with his late spouse, Rep Gerry Studds)
Supporters of Gill v. Office of Personnel Management, GLAD’s challenge to the federal Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA), have filed 11 amici curiae briefs in the First Circuit Court of Appeals in Boston.
The amici briefs (which …
GLAD Defends its Win in Gill Case and Attacks BLAG’s Justifications for DOMA
GLAD has filed another vigorous attack on the constitutionality of the federal “Defense of Marriage Act” (DOMA). In a legal brief submitted to the First Circuit Court of Appeals in Boston, GLAD defended an earlier District Court ruling finding DOMA unconstitutional. GLAD’s brief counters the …
GLAD Files Forceful Replies to House in 2nd Circuit DOMA Case
Last night, GLAD responded to two August 15 filings by the U.S. House of Representatives, when the House both moved to dismiss the DOMA case Pedersen v. Office of Personnel Management and responded to GLAD’s motion for summary judgment.
GLAD filed two briefs, an opposition to the House’s …
GLAD Responds to latest Filing by the U.S. House of Representatives in Pedersen DOMA Challenge
Yesterday, the U.S. House of Representatives submitted its response to the motion for summary judgment filed by Gay & Lesbian Advocates & Defenders (GLAD) in its lawsuit Pedersen v. Office of Personnel Management, the multi-plaintiff challenge to Section 3 of the Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA) …
Fighting DOMA in the Courts and the Legislature
While moving ahead with two legal challenges to the federal Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA), GLAD has produced the publications, How DOMA Hurts Americans and DOMA Stories: Federal Marriage Discrimination Hurts Families, in support of efforts to repeal the law legislatively.
On Friday GLAD filed …
Motion for Summary Judgment in 2nd Circuit DOMA Challenge Argues for Heightened Scrutiny
Gay & Lesbian Advocates & Defenders (GLAD) filed a motion for summary judgment in Pedersen v. Office of Personnel Management, its 2nd Circuit challenge to the federal so-called Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA).
GLAD argues that the equal protection claims of the plaintiffs, six married couples …
U.S. House Files Motion to Intervene in GLAD’s DOMA Challenge
The U.S. House of Representatives filed a motion to intervene May 20 in Gill v. Office of Personnel Management the multi-plaintiff challenge to Section 3 of the Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA), filed by GLAD with co-counsel Foley Hoag LLP, Sullivan & Worcester and Jenner & Block in March 2009.
…DOJ Backs Away Again From DOMA
The Department of Justice followed Wednesday’s withdrawal from two DOMA cases in the Second Circuit, including GLAD’s Pedersen v. OPM by notifying the clerk of the First Circuit that they will also “cease to defend” the two consolidated DOMA cases, Gill v. Office of Personnel Management and …
GLAD Statement on DOJ’s Announcement it Won’t Defend Constitutionality of DOMA in Pedersen
Statement of Mary L. Bonauto, GLAD Civil Rights Project Director
The Department of Justice announced today that it will not defend the constitutionality of Section 3 of the Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA) in two challenges pending in the District Courts within the jurisdiction of the Second …
GLAD Files Second Legal Challenge to DOMA
On November 9, 2010 GLAD is filing our second major, multi-plaintiff lawsuit challenging the constitutionality of the federal Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA) and the government’s denial of protections and responsibilities to married gay and lesbian couples. This new action specifically addresses …