Official News Outlet for the Rainbow Round Table of the American Library Association
By John Mack Freeman (Thanks to Glenn Patton for the tip!) The Ohio Supreme Court issued an advisory opinion this week that found it illegal for judges to recuse themselves from performing same-sex marriages. From the decision: A judge who takes the position that he or she will discontinue performing all marriages, in order to avoid marrying […]
By John Mack Freeman For all of the progress being made in same-sex marriage throughout the world, it still seems to come in slow and stilted leaps forward. However, the growing support for same-sex marriage in Australia and the attempts by that country’s left-wing legislators to bring marriage to a vote suffered a major setback […]
By John Mack Freeman A ruling by the European Court of Human Rights has found that the 47 members of that court must recognize same-sex unions. Stemming from an Italian case, the ruling found that not recognizing same-sex unions violates the human rights of the plaintiffs. At the moment, 23 of the member countries have […]
By John Mack Freeman In addition to the 50 states that are now the land of same-sex marriage, the US territories around the globe now offer same-sex marriage as well. The governor of the Virgin Islands Kenneth Mapp signed an executive order ordering the territory to follow the Obergefell decision. The courts have ruled in Puerto Rico […]
By John Mack Freeman After the Supreme Court’s Obergefell decision made same-sex marriage the law of the land, county clerks in several conservative districts have refused to acknowledge the right of same-sex couples to get married. Leaning on arguments that their religious freedom is being violated by having to serve same-sex couples equally, clerks in Texas, Kentucky, […]
Via press release If you missed the press release from ALA after the same-sex marriage Supreme Court decision last week, here it is: American Library Association applauds marriage equality U.S. Supreme Court ruling For Immediate Release Fri, 06/26/2015 Contact: Macey Morales Manager, media relations Public Information Office mmorales@ala.org CHICAGO – Today the U.S. Supreme Court […]
By John Mack Freeman A trio of bills have been introduced by Republicans in the Michigan House of Representatives to make it significantly more difficult for same-sex couples to become married. Via PinkNews: Todd Courser and Cindy Gamrat, who sit in the Michigan House of Representatives, have filed House Bill 4732 – which would make […]
By John Mack Freeman This week marked further progress in the advance of recognizing same-sex unions worldwide. Taipei, Taiwan now allows for the registration of same sex unions. This marks the second city in Taiwan to recognize these unions after the change was quietly rolled out this past Wednesday. White a move in the right […]
By John Mack Freeman A judge has validated the 500 same-sex marriages that occurred during a window period in Arkansas when same-sex marriage was briefly legal. Via Advocate.com: Pulaski County Circuit Judge Wendell Griffen affirmed marriage rights for the same-sex couples who wed after another judge tossed out Arkansas’s marriage equality ban last year. […] […]
By John Mack Freeman This week, two states passed legislation opposed to LGBT rights in the United States. In North Carolina, the legislature overcame a gubernatorial veto to pass a law that would allow registers of deeds and magistrates to decline to perform any weddings on religious grounds. Although broadly written, the measure is obviously […]
