Tag: Obergefell v Hodges
Alabama Supreme Court Dismisses Lawsuits Challenging Marriage Equality
Today, Human Rights Campaign (HRC) Alabama responded to the news this morning, that the Alabama Supreme Court dismissed lawsuits filed by the Alabama Citizens Action Program (ALCAP), the Alabama Policy Institute (API) and Elmore County Probate Judge John Enslen, regarding the Supreme Court of the United States’ ruling in favour of marriage equality last June.
Which Anti-Equality Candidate will the Family Leader Endorse Tomorrow?
With less than 60 days until the Iowa Caucus, the state’s most prominent anti-LGBT group, the Family Leader, is expected to announce tomorrow it’s highly sought-after endorsement in the 2016 presidential election. Seven GOP candidates attended the Family Leader’s Presidential Forum in November, and their long records of anti-LGBT rhetoric and positions gives Family Leader President and CEO, Bob Vander Plaats many options to choose from.
Treasury Department Announces Proposed Rule Change In Light of Nationwide Marriage Equality
Proposed regulations further clarify federal tax code relating to marriage to be inclusive of same-sex spouses.
Deeply Troubling: Carly Fiorina Denies Her Own Words on Marriage Equality
Today, the Human Rights Campaign (HRC), America’s largest lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) civil rights organisation, reacted to news that Carly Fiorina has attempted to deny and walk back her own words suggesting that the Supreme Court’s ruling in Obergefell v Hodges, the case that led to nationwide marriage equality is the law of the land.
HRC Mississippi Slams Gov. Bryant and A.G. Hood for Defending State’s Horrific LGBT Adoption Ban
Yesterday, HRC Mississippi condemned spurious assertions by Governor Phil Bryant and Attorney General Jim Hood that the state’s ban on adoption by same-sex couples remains constitutional despite the Supreme Court’s ruling affirming marriage equality in the historic Obergefell v. Hodges case.
HRC Statement on the Release of Kim Davis From Federal Custody
Today, the Human Rights Campaign (HRC), America’s largest lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) civil rights organisation, responded to the news that U.S. District Judge David Bunning ordered the release of Kentucky’s Rowan County Clerk Kim Davis from federal custody and ordered her not to “interfere in any way, directly or indirectly, with the efforts of her deputy clerks to issue marriage licenses to all legally eligible couples.”