Tag: Prop 8
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.
Ted Olson and David Boies Support Comprehensive Federal LGBT Non-Discrimination Legislation
Acclaimed bipartisan legal duo announce support on eve of the introduction of the Equality Act in Congress.
Family Equality Council Welcomes Award-Winning Performer Alison Wearing to its Outspoken Generation Program
Family Equality Council®, the national organization which connects, supports, and represents the estimated three million parents who are Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, and Queer in the United States and their six million children of all ages, today announced that bestselling author and award-winning performer, Alison Wearing will join its Outspoken Generation®Program, which empowers those with LGBTQ parents to speak out for their families and other families like theirs.
HBO to Show Behind-the-Scenes Documentary on Prop 8 Legal Battle
HBO Documentary Films will air a documentary on the battle to overturn California’s Proposition 8, with exclusive access to Ted Olson and David Boies as they represented two California same-sex couples fighting the state’s ban on same-sex marriage.
Marriage Equality Returns to California
Today, in a historic victory for marriage equality, the United States Supreme Court issued a decision in Hollingsworth v. Perry that restores marriage equality to California.
Poll: 53% of Americans support same-sex marriage
As the Supreme Court begins to hear oral arguments in cases involving two high-profile laws to do with same-sex marriage – California’s Proposition 8 and the 1996 Defense of Marriage Act -53 percent of Americans think it should be legal for same-sex couples to marry, while 39 percent say it should not be legal.