Marriage Equality – Page 7

Obama makes historic move on same-sex marriage rights

February 24, 2011 By Pepe Lozano

A federal law that bans recognition of same-sex marriage is unconstitutional says the Obama administration, which has ordered the Justice Department to stop defending it in courts nationwide.

Appeals court hears California marriage equality case

December 7, 2010 By Marilyn Bechtel

The effort to overturn Prop. 8, California's ballot initiative barring same-sex marriage, reached a new milestone Dec. 6 on its way to the U.S. Supreme Court, as a three-judge panel of the Ninth Circuit Court of...

Maine gov. signs marriage equality bill

May 7, 2009 By World Combined Sources

This statement was released by Gov. John Baldacci's office on May 6, 2009. AUGUSTA -- Governor John E. Baldacci today signed into law LD 1020, An Act to End Discrimination in Civil Marriage and Affirm Religious...