Gay Marriage News

The District of Columbia Court of Appeals rejected an attempt by opponents of same-sex marriage to force a referendum on the subject, ruling 5-4 in Jackson v. DC Board of Elections and Ethics, No. 10-CV-20 (July 15, 2010), that the…
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Leonard Link: No Referendum Against Same-Sex Marriage for D.C.

In February 2008, an appellate division panel upstate ruled in the Martinez case that established principles of New York marriage recognition law require Monroe Community College to recognize the same-sex marriage contracted by one of …

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Leonard Link: Spoilsports: NY State Tax Department Refuses to …

(Under a federal law, the Defense of Marriage Act of 1996, only different-sex couples can be recognized by the federal government as married, so same-sex couples married in those jurisdictions that authorize same-sex marriage were not …

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Leonard Link: Obama Administration Publishes Regulation Allowing …