New York court upholds and gives full faith and credit to a California judgment of paternity awarded to two men who had twins through gestational surrogacy [...] despite New York's public policy against surrogacy.
Category: LGBT News
Wed 22 Sep, 2010
Same Sex Adoption in Florida
The unanimous 3-0 decision deals a critical blow to Florida's 33-year-old law banning adoption by gay men and lesbians.
Thu 5 Aug, 2010
The “State” of Affairs in Same Sex Marriage Laws
The California Supreme Court held in May 2009 that the estimated 18,000 couples who married in California between that court’s marriage equality decision in May 2008 and Prop 8’s passage on November 4, 2008 remain validly [...]
Thu 4 Mar, 2010
Same Sex Marriage Legalized in Washington, D.C.
Bill saying that the District would provide a road map for gay rights activists in other jurisdictions, including possibly Maryland.
Mon 17 Aug, 2009
Obama administration says marriage law unfair
The Obama administration filed court papers Monday claiming a federal marriage law discriminates against gays, even as government lawyers continue to defend the law.