Showing posts with label Same-sex marriage. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Same-sex marriage. Show all posts
Thursday, November 07, 2024

3 States' Voters Remove Unenforceable Anti-Gay Marriage Provisions

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On Tuesday, voters in three states approved measures recognizing same-sex marriage and eliminating now-unenforceable provisions to the contr...
Sunday, November 03, 2024

Ballot Measures to Watch in Tuesday's Elections

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Tuesday's elections around the country will feature an unusually large number of ballot measures of particular interest to Religion Clau...
Tuesday, October 08, 2024

Texas Judicial Conduct Commission Withdraws Reprimand of Judge Who Refused to Perform Same-Sex Weddings

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As previously reported , in 2019 the Texas State Commission on Judicial Conduct issued a Public Warning to Justice of the Peace Dianne Hensl...
Monday, July 15, 2024

2nd Circuit: Trial Court Must Make Further Findings in Wedding Photographer's Challenge to NY Public Accommodation Law

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In Emilee Carpenter, LLC, dba Emilee Carpenter Photography v. James ,  (2d Cir., July 12, 2024), the U.S. 2nd Circuit Court of Appeals rever...
Monday, July 01, 2024

Justice of the Peace's Challenge to Reprimand for Refusing Same-Sex Marriage Officiation Is Remanded

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 In Hensley v. State Commission on Judicial Conduct , (TX Sup. Ct., June 28, 2024), the Texas Supreme Court, in an 8-1 decision, held that a...
Thursday, May 09, 2024

4th Circuit: Ministerial Exception Bars Suit by Catholic School Teacher Fired Over Same-Sex Marriage Plans

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In Billard v. Charlotte Catholic High School ,  (4th Cir., May 8, 2024), the U.S. 4th Circuit Court of Appeals held that a Catholic high sch...
Thursday, March 28, 2024

District Court Enters Final Order in Wedding Website Designer Case

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As previously reported , last year the U.S. Supreme Court in 303 Creative LLC v. Elenis held that the 1st Amendment's free speech protec...
Friday, March 15, 2024

Japanese Appellate Court Says Failure to Recognize Same-Sex Marriage Is Unconstitutional

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In Japan yesterday, the Sapporo High Court-- an intermediate appellate court-- held that Japan's refusal to recognize same-sex marriages...
Thursday, March 07, 2024

Virginia Legislature Passes Symbolic Bill Recognizing Same-Sex Marriages

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In Virginia, Governor Glenn Youngkin has until tomorrow to decide whether or not to sign HB 174/ SB 101 ( full text ) which provides: No pe...
Thursday, February 22, 2024

Tennessee Governor Signs Law Allowing Potential Officiants to Refuse to Solemnize a Marriage

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Yesterday, Tennessee Governor Bill Lee signed into law HB 878 ( full text ) which adds to the Tennessee Code section  which lists who may s...
Friday, February 16, 2024

Greek Parliament Approves Same-Sex Marriage

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The Guardian reports that Greece's Parliament on Thursday, by a vote of 176- 76, legalized same-sex marriage, making Greece the first C...
Tuesday, December 19, 2023

Pope OK's Non-Marital Blessings for Same-Sex Couples

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In a Declaration titled " Fiducia Supplicans: On the Pastoral Meaning of Blessings"  ( full text ) issued by the Vatican's Dic...
Friday, December 01, 2023

Christian Non-Profit Cannot Rescind Job Offer Because of Same-Sex Marriage

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In McMahon v. World Vision, Inc. ,  (WD WA, Nov. 28, 2023), a Washington federal district court held that a Christian non-profit organizatio...
Thursday, October 26, 2023

Texas Supreme Court Hears Oral Arguments from JP Sanctioned for Refusing to Perform Same-Sex Weddings

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The Texas Supreme Court yesterday heard oral arguments ( video of full oral arguments ) in Hensley v. State Commission on Judicial Conduct, ...
Wednesday, October 25, 2023

New House Speaker Has Long Record of Conservative Advocacy on Religious Freedom Issues

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Newly elected Speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives, Mike Johnson (R- LA), has a long record, before he was in Congress, of advocacy...
Wednesday, October 18, 2023

India's Supreme Court Refuses to Recognize Same-Sex Marriage

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In  Supriyo @ Supriya Chakraborty v. Union of India , (Sup. Ct. India, Oct. 17, 2023), a 5-judge bench of India's Supreme Court, in 4 op...
Friday, September 22, 2023

4th Circuit Hears Oral Arguments on Catholic School's Firing of Teacher Who Entered Same-Sex Marriage

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The U.S. 4th Circuit Court of Appeals on Wednesday heard oral arguments ( audio of full oral arguments ) in  Billard v. Charlotte Catholic H...
Friday, September 15, 2023

Kim Davis Assessed $100K Damages In One Case, $0 in Another

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Last year, in a long-running case, a Kentucky federal district court held that Rowan County Clerk Kim Davis violated the constitutional righ...
Tuesday, September 12, 2023

Bulgaria Violates European Convention by Failing to Recognize Same-Sex Married Couple

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In  Koilova and Babulkova v. Bulgaria, (ECHR, Sept 5, 2023) ( full text of decision in French ) ( Court's English Summary of decision ),...
Tuesday, August 22, 2023

1st Amendment Requires Exemption from Anti-Bias Law for Business That Discriminates Against Same-Sex Weddings

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In Country Mill Farms, LLC v. City of East Lansing , (ED MI, Aug. 21, 2023), a Michigan federal district court held that the city of East La...