Marriage News
GLAD Files Amended Complaint in DOMA Challenge
GLAD filed an amended complaint this week in our lawsuit challenging Section 3 of the Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA), Gill v. OPM.
The complaint updates the tax overpayments of three of the plaintiff couples due to their inability to file their federal income tax returns under the status …
Arguing For Equality in Federal Court
This morning in Boston eight married same-sex couples and three widowers went to Federal District Court to hear arguments in their challenge to Section 3 of the federal Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA). DOMA defines marriage as only between a man and a woman for all purposes under federal law.
…GLAD Challenges DOMA in Federal Court Tomorrow
Tomorrow in Boston, eight married same-sex couples and three widowers will go to Federal District Court to hear arguments in their challenge to Section 3 of the federal Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA), which defines marriage as only between a man and a woman for all purposes under federal law.
…USSC Hears Argument Today in Doe v Reed
The US Supreme Court heard argument today in a case in which GLAD and other LGBT legal groups filed a brief disputing false claims of harassment and defending open government requirements.
In the case, Doe v Reed, anti-gay groups present the false claim that they have been subjected to …
GLAD’s DOMA Challenge Heads to Court May 6
On Thursday, May 6, 2010, the Federal District Court in Boston will hear oral arguments on the constitutionality of the federal Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA), in the case of Gill v. Office of Personnel Management, brought by GLAD in March 2009.
The hearing will address the central issue of the …
News for Non-MA Residents Who Married in MA Prior to 7/31/08
New publication provides important information Because of the so-called “1913 law,” most (but not all) non-Massachusetts same-sex couples were not simply free to come to Massachusetts and marry prior to the repeal of this law on July 31, 2008. The law affected couples in different ways …
Legal Groups File Brief Disputing False Claims of Harassment
In a friend-of-the-court brief filed with the U.S. Supreme Court today, the nation’s leading LGBT legal organizations, Lambda Legal, Gay & Lesbian Advocates & Defenders (GLAD), and the National Center for Lesbian Rights (NCLR) – together with the Human Rights Campaign and the National Gay and …
Rhode Island Couples Talk Marriage Equality in New Video
Marriage Equality Rhode Island (MERI) and Gay & Lesbian Advocates & Defenders (GLAD) announce the debut of “Valuing All Families: Marriage Equality in Rhode Island”, a video featuring five Rhode Island same-sex couples talking about what marriage means to them.
“These couples exemplify the best …
Fighting for Their Family
Margery Eagan writes in the Sunday Herald about Gill plaintiffs Mary Ritchie and Kathy Bush, who describe how the double standard of DOMA (the federal Defense of Marriage Act) makes them feel as if they are a “second-class family.”
GLAD: Support the Perry Case, Fight for Justice
Lee Swislow, GLAD Executive Director, made the following statement today about Perry v. Schwarzenegger:
As the Perry v. Schwarzenegger trial opens today, our thoughts and good wishes are with Kristin Perry and Sandra Stier, Paul Katami and Jeffrey Zarrillo, the plaintiffs. Like so many others …