New England
Rhode Island Governor Signs Civil Union Law
Fri, 2011-07-01 23:00 — AnonymousPROVIDENCE—In a small ceremony in his office Saturday morning, Governor Chafee signed into law legislation legalizing civil unions for same-sex couples. Read more »
Rhode Island Senate Passes Civil Union Bill
Tue, 2011-06-28 23:00 — AnonymousPROVIDENCE, R.I.—The Rhode Island Senate voted 21 to 16 Wednesday to pass a bill that legalizes civil unions, adding Rhode Island to a short but growing list of states that provide marriage-like rights to same-sex couples. Read more »
Pro and Anti-Marriage Equality Legislation Introduced in Rhode Island
Mon, 2011-02-07 00:00 — AnonymousPROVIDENCE—A bill seeking a constitutional amendment to define marriage as strictly between a man and a woman is being introduced at the Rhode Island Statehouse. Meanwhile, on Wednesday House lawmakers will take up a bill that would legalize same-sex marriage in Rhode Island. Read more »
New Hampshire GOP Won't Attempt Marriage Equality Repeal This Year
Thu, 2011-01-13 00:00 — AnonymousCONCORD—Republicans who control the New Hampshire House have decided that repealing the state’s gay marriage law won’t be on their agenda this year. Read more »
GLAD Files DOMA Challenge in CT
Tue, 2010-11-09 00:00 — AnonymousHARTFORD, CT—Gay & Lesbian Advocates & Defenders (GLAD) filed its second major, multi-plaintiff lawsuit challenging the constitutionality of the federal Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA) and the government's denial of protections and responsibilities to married gay and lesbian couples. Today's action specifically addresses married couples in Connecticut, Vermont, and New Hampshire, and comes on the heels of GLAD's Massachusetts Federal District Court ruling this summer finding DOMA Section 3 unconstitutional. Read more »
Federal Government Defends DOMA
Mon, 2010-10-11 23:00 — AnonymousBOSTON, MA—The U.S. Department of Justice on Tuesday defended the federal law defining marriage as between a man and a woman by appealing two rulings in Massachusetts by a judge who called the law unconstitutional for denying federal benefits to gay married couples. Read more »
Amended Judgment Entered in DOMA Challenge
Tue, 2010-08-17 23:00 — AnonymousBOSTON—An amended judgment was entered August 18, 2010 in Gill v. Office of Personnel Management, GLAD's challenge to the Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA). Simultaneously, a stay was issued pending any appeal by the government to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the First Circuit. It supersedes a judgment entered by the federal district court on August 12, 2010. Read more »
Connecticut Civil Union Partner Denied Loss of Consortium Claim
Fri, 2010-07-02 00:00 — AnonymousHARTFORD—A Superior Court jury has awarded more than $1.3 million in a medical malpractice lawsuit that had tested whether an unmarried same-sex partner could recover for loss of consortium. Read more »
