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Garden State Equality Recognizes Hyland Law Firm as an Equality Company of the Year
Fri, 2011-06-03 09:00 — AnonymousWe are pleased to announce that we are being honored by New Jerseys's largest LGBT rights organization, Garden State Equality, as one of its 2011 Equality Companies of the Year at GSE's Legends Dinner on June 25, 2011. The selection of our firm was unanimous. The award is being given in recognition of our firm's work in support of LGBT rights here in New Jersey. In addition to honoring the Equality Companies at its Legend's dinner, GSE will begin showcasing the companies on its companion website, www.EqualityCompanies.com. Read more »
NY Marriages Begin
Sun, 2011-07-31 23:00 — Stephen J. HylandOn July 24, 2011, those who were inclined to marry were able to do so in New York. My husband, Richard, and I have been eagerly reading the New York Time's Weddings and Celebrations section, which has had tremendous coverage of same-sex marriages held in the State of New York. Read more »
New Jersey Marriage Equality Suit Filed
Wed, 2011-06-29 09:22 — AnonymousTRENTON—Seven gay and lesbian New Jersey couples, along with many of their children, are going to court to try to force the state to recognize gay marriage. Read more »
NY Passes Marriage Equality Law
Thu, 2011-06-23 23:00 — AnonymousALBANY—New York lawmakers narrowly voted to legalize same-sex marriage Friday, handing activists a breakthrough victory in the state where the gay rights movement was born.
New York will become the sixth state where gay couples can wed and the biggest by far.
Gay rights advocates are hoping the vote will galvanize the movement around the country and help it regain momentum after an almost identical bill was defeated here in 2009 and similar measures failed in 2010 in New Jersey and this year in Maryland and Rhode Island. Read more »
Delaware Approves Civil Union Bill
Thu, 2011-04-14 23:00 — AnonymousDOVER—Delaware's House of Representatives voted 26-15 Thursday night to grant legal status to same-sex civil unions, giving those couples the same rights, protections and obligations now granted only to married couples.
The vote followed three hours of debate that covered a wide range of concerns – some fiscal, some related to family relations, some related to equal access to civil unions for opposite-sex couples. Read more »
MD Marriage Equality Bill Withdrawn
Sat, 2011-03-12 00:00 — AnonymousANNAPOLIS— The speaker of Maryland’s House vowed that Democrats would try again next year to pass legislation legalizing gay marriage, but the intense lobbying by faith groups against the measure in recent weeks shows that it won’t be easy, even in a state known for its liberal politics.
A loose coalition of Democratic legislators failed to cobble together enough votes to overcome opposition from Republicans and religious groups, including the Catholic church and many black congregations, to make Maryland the sixth state to legalize gay marriage. Read more »
Rutgers University to Begin Offering Co-Ed Rooms
Wed, 2011-03-02 00:00 — AnonymousNEW BRUNSWICK—Starting this fall, Rutgers University will allow male and female students to live in the same dormitory room for the first time in a pilot program designed to make the New Brunswick campus more welcoming to gay students. Read more »
MD Senate Passes Marriage Equality Bill; House Takes Up Bill
Fri, 2011-02-25 14:32 — AnonymousANNAPOLIS— Maryland's Senate passed a landmark measure Thursday evening that would allow same-sex couples to wed, pushing the controversial issue to the House of Delegates, which appears nearly evenly split on the issue. Read more »
NY Court Recognizes Equal Spousal Rights for Same-Sex Couples
Fri, 2011-02-25 00:00 — AnonymousNEW YORK—A state appeals court has cleared the way for a same-sex spouse to inherit the estate of his deceased partner.
The Appellate Division, First Department, held yesterday in Matter of the Estate of H. Kenneth Ranftle, that recognizing the marriage in Canada of H. Kenneth Ranftle and J. Craig Leiby, who was designated as Mr. Ranftle's surviving spouse and sole distributee,
did not violate public policy. Read more »
MD Senate Grants Marriage Equality Bill Preliminary Approval; Final Vote on Thursday
Wed, 2011-02-23 00:00 — AnonymousANNAPOLIS— The Maryland Senate advanced legislation Wednesday allowing same-sex marriages on a preliminary vote of 25 to 22, all but ensuring passage of the measure in that chamber. Read more »
