By: Paul Goldberg, Staff Writer NEW YORK, NY — Edith Windsor, a pioneer and a widow who brought a landmark Supreme Court case that successfully struck down parts of a federal law banning gay marriage and which eventually led to federal recognition of same-sex marriages, died Tuesday at the age of 88. According to Windsor's [...]
By: Paul Goldberg, Staff WRiter WASHINGTON D.C — The U.S. Supreme Court ruled on Monday to reaffirmed its 2015 decision recognizing a constitutional right for same-sex marriage, ruling that states can not treat married same-sex couples differently from others in issuing birth certificates. As expected, the only dissents in the unsigned ruling were Justice Neil [...]
By: Paul Goldberg, Staff Writer The U.S. Supreme Court once again has rejected a challenge to California's ban on the debunked gay conversion therapy. All 9 justices did not comment Monday in refusing to hear an appeal from a San Diego minister and several other co-plaintiffs who argued that the law violated their First Amendment [...]
By: Paul Goldberg, Staff Writer RALEIGH, N.C. – A new GOP bill HB780, filed by two Charlotte-area representatives is aiming to ban gay marriage in North Carolina once again The new proposed bill entitled, “Uphold Historical Marriage Act” , states that the U.S. Supreme Court over stepped its “constitutional bounds” when it ruled in 2015 [...]
By:Paul Goldberg, Staff Writer The U.S Supreme Court refused to hear the transgender rights in schools case and referred it back to the lower courts. The court has backed out of a high-profile case Monday in which a Virginia high school student was discriminated against and had filed suit against his school district so that [...]