Posts Tagged ‘Supreme Court’

JUST IN TIME FOR PRIDE

May 15, 2008

Says the AP:
The California Supreme Court has overturned a ban on gay marriage, paving the way for California to become the second state where gay and lesbian residents can marry.
The case involved a series of lawsuits seeking to overturn a voter-approved law that defines marriage as a union between a man and a woman.
With the [...]

CA SUPREME COURT HEARS GAY MARRIAGE TESTIMONY

March 4, 2008

“SAN FRANCISCO – Attorneys for same-sex couples presented arguments to the California Supreme Court today in a historic lawsuit seeking to strike down a state law that bars lesbians and gay men from marriage.”
Read the full story on the California Equality website.

VETERANS DAY PARADE: THE SUPREME COURT AND WACKO

November 9, 2007

The Boston parade that took its case for banning gays to the Supreme Court and won, later banned certain veterans as well.
As Will Swaim writes below, the organizers of the Long Beach Veterans Day Parade can rely on a 1995 Supreme Court decision in a case originating in Boston, which declared such events to be [...]

PROTECT-ING YOU INTO PRISON

November 1, 2007

Or pornographers with no pornography
During its Tuesday session, several justices of the US Supreme Court “seemed to be looking for ways to save” the latest anti-kiddie porn law passed by Congress, according to the Washington Post. A federal appeals court has already struck down the law for being overly broad.
How broad is it?

 

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