Showing posts with label Same-sex marriage. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Same-sex marriage. Show all posts
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...
Wednesday, August 16, 2023

MD Supreme Court: State Law Sex Discrimination Ban Does Not Include Sexual Orientation Discrimination

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In Doe v. Catholic Relief Services ,  (MD Sup. Ct., Aug. 14, 2023), the Maryland Supreme Court, responding to certified questions from a fed...
Friday, August 04, 2023

New Jersey Issues Guidance On Public Accommodation Law Coverage After 303 Creative Decision

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Earlier this week (July 31), the New Jersey Division on Civil Rights issued a Guidance on the New Jersey Law Against Discrimination Followin...
Monday, July 31, 2023

6th Circuit Hears Oral Arguments In Wedding Photographer Case

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On Friday, the U.S 6th Circuit Court of Appeals heard oral arguments ( audio of full oral arguments ) in  Chelsey Nelson Photography LLC v L...
Friday, July 14, 2023

Catholic School's Non-Renewal of Counsellor Who Entered Same-Sex Marriage Upheld

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In Fitzgerald v. Roncalli High School, Inc. , (7th Cir., July 13, 2023), the U.S. 7th Circuit Court of Appeals held that the ministerial exc...
Saturday, July 01, 2023

Supreme Court GVR's Case on Bakers' Refusal To Design Cake For Same-Sex Wedding

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On Friday, in  Klein v. Oregon Bureau of Labor and Industries, (Docket No. 22-204, GVR'd June 30, 2023) ( Order List ) the U.S. Supreme ...
Friday, June 30, 2023

Supreme Court: Web Designer's Free Speech Rights Allow Her to Refuse to Design Websites for Same-Sex Weddings

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The U.S. Supreme Court today in 303 Creative LLC v. Elenis ,  (Sup. Ct., June 30, 2023), in a 6-3 decision, held that the 1st Amendment'...