Morning Bell: Obama Administration vs. the Law on Same-Sex Marriage
President Obama has so many flip-flops in his policy positions that it’s hard to keep track. After running for President supporting traditional marriage, he “evolved”… Read More
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Decoding the Constitutional Challenges to Traditional Marriage
The Supreme Court will hear oral arguments in the challenge to California’s Proposition 8 on March 26 and the Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA) on… Read More
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The Giglio Smear: When Faith Is Called Bigotry
Pastor Louie Giglio, whose Passion Movement has raised millions of dollars toward ending sex trafficking, removed himself from offering the benediction at President Obama’s second… Read More
LawNews
Supreme Court to Hear Defense of Marriage Act Challenges: Legal Analysis
It’s official: The Supreme Court announced today that it will take up the Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA) this term. This was hardly unexpected. As… Read More
The Supreme Court’s Challenge: Restore Marriage Decisions to Citizens
The Supreme Court announced today that it will hear cases dealing with the definition of marriage during its current term. The Court will consider challenges… Read More
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Next Stop for Proposition 8: U.S. Supreme Court
It was no surprise today that the most liberal (and most-overturned) federal appeals court in the nation, the Ninth Circuit, refused a request for a… Read More
Ninth Circuit Rules Against Marriage
Today, in a 2–1 decision, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit ruled against Proposition 8, the California ballot measure that defined marriage… Read More
Prop 8 Ruling Roundup II
In the wake of Judge Vaughn Walker’s decision last month in Perry v. Schwarzenegger striking down the California constitutional amendment defining marriage as the union… Read More
SocietyNews
Appeals Panel Should Reinstate Stay on Prop 8 Ruling
Judge Vaughn Walker’s decision to lift the stay on his ruling striking down California’s voter-approved Proposition 8 is, fortunately, not the last word on whether… Read More
Ruled by Professors on the Meaning of Marriage?
This week in a federal district courtroom in San Francisco, the trial that could alter the future of the institution of marriage came to an… Read More
