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Lambda Legal Files Supreme Court Case in Louisiana Birth Certificate Case
Sun, 2011-07-10 23:00 — AnonymousNEW ORLEANS — Lambda Legal filed a petition for a writ of certiorari asking the U.S. Supreme Court to hear the case of a same-sex couple seeking an accurate birth certificate for their Louisiana-born son whom they adopted in New York. The state of Louisiana has refused to recognize the adoption and issue a birth certificate listing both fathers as the boy's parents. Read more »
NM Republicans Introduce Bills to Ban Marriage Equality
Thu, 2011-01-27 00:00 — AnonymousSANTA FE—Among the hundreds of bills introduced so far in the state House and Senate are four from Republicans hoping to restrict marriage in New Mexico, including three separate pieces of legislation that seek to define marriage as between one man and one woman.
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Texas Court of Appeals Upholds Gay Divorce
Fri, 2011-01-07 00:00 — AnonymousAUSTIN—An appellate court ruled today that Texas Attorney General Greg Abbott may not intervene in a Travis County same-sex divorce case, a finding that lets stand for now the divorce of two women who were married out of state but does not affect Texas' ban on gay marriage. Read more »
NM Attorney General: Out-of-state Same-sex Marriages Legal
Wed, 2011-01-05 00:00 — AnonymousSANTA FE—Marriage equality advocates received some good news on Tuesday as New Mexico Attorney General Gary King issued an opinion stating that gay marriages from out of state would likely be legal here. King came to this conclusion after a comprehensive legal analysis
by his office which said that New Mexico can recognize same-sex marriages from states where it’s legal. Read more »
Texas Court Vacates Same-sex Divorce
Mon, 2010-08-30 23:00 — AnonymousDALLAS—Gay couples legally married in other states cannot get a divorce in Texas, where same-sex marriage is banned, a state appeals court ruled Tuesday. Read more »
