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The Washington Supreme Court ruled Wednesday morning that a statute prohibiting same-sex marriage does not violate the state Constitution. The Supreme Court reversed a 2004 Superior Court ruling that the state's 1998 Defense...

JURIST Guest Columnist Lynn Wardle of J. Reuben Clark School of Law at Brigham Young University says that the 2006 House and Senate votes on the Federal Marriage Protection Amendment may not have been sufficient to send the amendment to...

The US Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit has upheld a lower court's dismissal of a case challenging federal and California laws prohibiting same-sex marriage , saying that the plaintiffs must await the outcome...

Nebraska Attorney General Jon Bruning filed an appeal Thursday contesting a federal judge's May 12 ruling against the Nebraska same-sex marriage ban. The appeal was expected as Bruning had previously announced in a press release that...

The only remaining challenge to the federal Defense of Marriage Act is set to begin today in California. The lawsuit argues DOMA and California's Proposition 22 are violations of a gay couple's civil rights. California only...

The Indiana Court of Appeals ruled Thursday that the state's constitution does not require governmental recognition of same-sex marriage. The lawsuit was filed on behalf of three same sex couples who argued that law was unconstitutional because...

Russian President Vladimir Putin introduced legislation Tuesday to the state Duma that would set a maximum service age for judges and justices of the peace at 70 years old. The stated goal of the legislation is to create uniformity...