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The Council of the District of Columbia voted Tuesday in favor of a law that would allow same-sex marriages to be performed in Washington, DC. The Religious Freedom and Civil Marriage Equality Amendment Act of 2009 [text,...

A three-judge panel of the US Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit on Thursday affirmed a lower court's denial of a conservative advocacy group's motion to intervene in a challenge to Proposition...

The Salt Lake City Council has passed an a ordinance prohibiting employment and housing discrimination based on sexual orientation, after the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (Mormon) gave its support. The...

Rhode Island Governor Don Carcieri vetoed legislation on Tuesday that would have allowed domestic partners, including those in same-sex relationships, to claim the body of their partner and to make funeral arrangements. Neither domestic partnerships...

Maine voters approved a ballot initiative Tuesday that repealed a same-sex marriage bill passed by the state legislature last May. Question 1 , which read, "Do you want to reject the new law that lets...

A federal judge on Wednesday refused to dismiss a case challenging California's ban on same-sex marriage . Chief Judge Vaughn Walker of the US District Court for the Northern District of California said that a trial is...

California Supreme Court Chief Justice Ronald George on Saturday criticized California's voter initiative process, which gives Californians the right to initiate or make new laws via the ballot box. In a speech to the...

JURIST Contributing Editor Haider Ala Hamoudi of the University of Pittsburgh School of Law says that outside observers purporting to assess adherence to the "rule of law" in Iraq should pay less attention to compliance or non-compliance with formally enacted...

A judge in the US District Court for the Northern District of California ruled Wednesday that several gay rights groups may not intervene in a lawsuit challenging California's constitutional amendment banning same-sex marriage , Proposition...

The Nevada Assembly on Sunday approved a same-sex partnership law , overriding the governor's veto by a 28-14 vote . The measure, passed in the state senate [roll call...