Marriage News
Federal Court Hears First Appellate Arguments Challenging DOMA
For the first time, a Federal Appeals Court heard arguments about the constitutionality of the federal Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA). Seven married same-sex couples and three widowers, plaintiffs in GLAD’s case Gill v. Office of Personnel Management, went to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the …
GLAD Argues One Spouse At A Time Rule Applies to Civil Unions As Well As Marriages
In a case involving a man who married in Massachusetts without dissolving his Vermont civil union to a different man, GLAD will argue before the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court (SJC) that the marriage should be considered void.
“It has always been the law of the Commonwealth that a person …
GLAD Applauds Marriage Equality Victory in New Hampshire
GLAD today cheered the vote of the New Hampshire legislature today to (reject HB437, a repeal of the state’s marriage equality law. By a vote of 211-116, New Hampshire lawmakers outright voted down HB437.
“Today’s victory affirmed the equality of New Hampshire’s gay and lesbian citizens,” said …
Advocates Announce Ballot Campaign For Marriage
Photo: boxes of signed petitions supporting the marriage ballot initiative
Augusta – Today, advocates for allowing same-sex couples to legally marry in Maine announced plans for a Citizens Initiative to enact a marriage equality law, delivering more than 105,000 signatures from Maine voters who …
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 …