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  • Same-Sex Divorce Ruling Appealed
    Following a Dallas appeals court panel ruling in August that prevented the same-sex divorce of two Texas men who had previously been married in Massachusetts, yet another motion has been filed in the Lone Star State’s courts. Now attorneys for one of the men have filed a motion... Read More

  • Texas Blocks Same-Sex Divorce
    Even though same-sex marriage is not legal in Texas, a Texas appeals court has ruled that gay couples cannot get divorced in that state. Same-sex couples married in other states do not have the legal right to get divorced in the Lone Star State and must seek their relationship remedies... Read More

  • Divorce & Taxes
    With the ongoing debate over Proposition 8 in California concerning same-sex marriage in that state, the advantages of marriage are being discussed in the news again. One of the many reasons gay couples desire legal marriage status is the fact that all unmarried couples, regardless of sex... Read More

  • Regulation of Marriages May Head to Supreme Court
    Despite Federal District Judge Vaughn Walker's Aug. 4 decision nullifying Proposition 8, the Ninth U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in San Francisco has put a stop to same-sex weddings in California for the time being with a stay order issued August 16th.  The stay took effect just... Read More

  • Same-Sex Divorce Faces Hurdles in Texas
    It was only a matter of time. Now that gay marriages have been recognized in a handful of states, the next logical hurdle would be gay divorce. However, it seems the laws in one state can create confusion in another. The question of whether or not a person married in a state where same-... Read More

  • Same-Sex and Marriage in the Census
    New Census Bureau data released Monday from the American Community Survey of 3 million households shows that 76% of those who have ever been married, have been married just one time. The figures are 20% for those who have been married twice and 5% have been married three or more times.... Read More

  • Man Seeks to Ban Divorce in California
    John Marcotte, who runs the website BadMouth.net, is trying to collect signatures to get his own bill, the "California Protection of Marriage Act" on the ballot in the Golden State. If Marcotte’s bill passes, divorce would become illegal in California. Marcotte’s... Read More

  • Defense of Marriage Act Under Fire
    A New York Congressman plans to introduce a bill in Congress that would repeal the Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA), or at least repeal the part of the Act that denies federal recognition of same-sex marriages in the United States today. It is uncertain whether or not Congressman Jerry... Read More

  • CDC Report Shows Massachusetts has Lowest Divorce Rate
    A recently released study of divorce in the United States shows that same-sex marriage has not ruined the institution of marriage in Massachusetts as some opponents had claimed it would back in 2004 when the state began issuing same-sex marriage licenses following the Supreme Court... Read More

  • Gay Marriage on Hold in California for Now
    Gay rights supporters in California are debating when the next assault on the state's Proposition 8 same-sex marriage ban should be launched. Although many Prop. 8 opponents are eager to get to work before the 2010 elections, Equality California, the state's largest gay-rights group, is... Read More

  • Senator John Kerry Backs DOMA Lawsuit in Massachusetts
    On July 9th, 2009, Senator John Kerry released a statement supporting Massachusetts’s court challenge of the Defense of Marriage Act.  Kerry is backing the lawsuit filed by Massachusetts Attorney General Martha Coakley challenging the constitutionality of the Defense of... Read More

  • Massachusetts Takes on Feds over Same-Sex Marriage

    Massachusetts was the first state to legalize same-sex marriage back in 2003. This week in Boston, Massachusetts became the first state to file suit against the U.S. government over the constitutionality of the Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA). The DOMA was established in 1996 and forbids... Read More

  • Gay Activists Call for Immediate Response Following Decision on Prop 8
    "Win or lose, the lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) community & our allies must respond immediately to the forthcoming California Supreme Court decision on whether to invalidate Proposition 8," says veteran activist Robin Tyler, who, with her wife, Diane Olson,... Read More

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