Idaho Gov. Butch Otter tells the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals that its ruling in favor of marriage equality could cause significant harms, “especially [to] the children of heterosexuals.” [Update: Alaska’s attorney general asks for the 9th Circuit to consider its appeal of his state’s marriage ruling as well.]
“Traditional marriage is exclusively [an] opposite-sex institution,” a federal judge rules. U.S. District Court Judge Juan Pérez-Giménez dismissed a lawsuit challenging Puerto Rico’s ban on same-sex couples’ marriages.
“[T]he harms of ineffective and un-American profiling are of clear concern and importance to the LGBT community,” more than two dozen groups tell Attorney General Eric Holder. A BuzzFeed News exclusive.
Wyoming’s attorney general filed notice on Tuesday morning that he will not appeal last week’s decision that the state cannot bar same-sex couples from marrying. Wyoming becomes the 32nd state, plus Washington, D.C., with marriage equality.
The Labor Department was tasked by the president this summer with devising regulations barring federal contractors from discriminating against LGBT workers.
Robbie Kaplan takes on a marriage case in the Deep South.
Progressives, for the most part invigorated by the work of the attorney general, look for a steady hand to take the reins at the Justice Department.
The decision prompts a strong rebuke from Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg.
[Update: Wyoming will not appeal; Attorney General Patrick Michael says marriage will begin at 10 a.m. Tuesday.]
Judge also refuses to put his ruling on hold during any possible appeal. [Update: Arizona Attorney General Tom Horne will not appeal, says clerks “can issue licenses for same sex marriages immediately.” ]
A temporary hold on the marriages that a federal appeals court granted on Wednesday expires on Friday. [Update: Supreme Court denies Alaska’s stay request, bringing marriage equality to the state.]
Former California judge Lisa Foster to head office aimed at increasing availability of lawyers for those who cannot otherwise afford counsel. A BuzzFeed News exclusive.
Unless the Supreme Court grants a stay, the stay issued tonight by the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals will end on Friday and same-sex couples’ marriages would then be allowed to proceed.
“We have done all we can through the courts for now to defend traditional marriage in Idaho,” Governor Butch Otter says.
The status of same-sex couples’ marriage rights is changing daily. BuzzFeed News will be updating this map as changes warrant to give everyone an up-to-the-minute view of what the latest marriage news means. [Updated as of Oct. 21.]
The lawyer for the coalition that backed Nevada’s ban on same-sex couples’ marriages made the explosive claim in a filing asking the Nevada marriage case to be reheard by the appeals court.
After a Friday ruling from the Supreme Court denying Idaho’s request to put the marriage ruling on hold, the governor continues to fight — but the attorney general takes a different approach. [Update: Marriages to start Wednesday, 9th Circuit rules.]
U.S. District Court Judge Max O. Cogburn issued the friday afternoon order.
A Friday order from the court. [Update: At least one Idaho county began issuing marriage licenses to same-sex couples on Friday evening.]
A local judge ordered same-sex couples to be allowed to marry in Johnson County, Kansas earlier this week. [Update: In a Friday evening order, the state supreme court issued a temporary stay and set a schedule for full resolution of the constitutionality of the state’s marriage ban.]
