Servicemembers Legal Defense Network (SLDN) filed suit Thursday in the US District Court for the District of Massachusetts challenging the federal Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA) . DOMA...
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Members of the House of Representatives Bipartisan Legal Advisory Group defended the Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA) in a filing on Friday in the US District Court for the Northern District of California...
A disabled Navy veteran filed a notice of appeal Thursday with the Court of Appeals for Veterans Claims for denying her partner a share of her disability benefits under the Defense of Marriage Act...
US President Barack Obama on Saturday told gay rights activists that he would continue to fight for the repeal of the Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA) . During a speech given at the...
New York Attorney General Eric Schneiderman on Friday filed a motion to dismiss a lawsuit challenging the validity of the state's newly passed Marriage Equality Act . The initial complaint , filed by...
New York AG files brief challenging federal same-sex marriage ban
New York Attorney General Eric Schneiderman filed an amicus curiae brief challenging the constitutionality of the federal Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA) barring recognition of same-sex marriages . The...
US President Barack Obama supports repeal of the Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA) , Press Secretary Jay Carney announced at a White House press briefing Tuesday. Carney also said that Obama supports the Respect for...
France parliament approves participation in NATO operations in Libya
The French National Assembly on Tuesday voted 482 to 27 to authorize France's continued participation in NATO operations in Libya. The military intervention began on March 19 in response to violent reactions...
The US House of Representatives voted Thursday for a measure to restrict funding for US military operations in Libya but voted down a measure to entirely defund it. In another contradictory message from the House on approval...
DOJ appeals bankruptcy ruling striking down federal same-sex marriage ban
The US Department of Justice (DOJ) filed an appeal in the US Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit on Monday contesting a bankruptcy court ruling that the Defense of Marriage...
