Nassau County District Attorney Kathleen Rice said yesterday that she plans to sue the federal government over the Defense of Marriage Act if elected New York’s next attorney general.
District Attorney Rice said that she believes the federal law infringes upon the civil rights of New Yorkers and unconstitutionally deprives the state of its right to [...]
Categories: New York AG
Tagged: Andrew Cuomo, Defense of Marriage Act, DOMA, Eric Dinallo, Eric Schneiderman, Gay Rights, Kathleen Rice, LGBT, Richard Brodsky, Sean Coffey
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- May 20, 2010 – 10:48 am
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- By defendthelaw
Recently, a campaign was started to ask the candidates for Attorney General in Rhode Island, if elected, would he or she defend all citizens and families of Rhode Island, including the married same-sex couples there, and legally join the fight against Section 3 of DOMA, which denies all 1,138 federal marriage benefits to married same-sex [...]
Categories: Rhode Island AG
Tagged: 2010 Attorney General, Chris Little, Defense of Marriage Act, DOMA, Erik Wallin, Gay Marriage, Gay Rights, Joe Fernandez, LGBT, Marriage Equality, Peter Kilmartin, Rhode Island, Robert Rainville, Steve Archambault
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- March 29, 2010 – 6:15 pm
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- By defendthelaw
Recently, a campaign was started to ask the candidates for Attorney General in Rhode Island, if elected, would he or she defend all citizens and families of Rhode Island, including the married same-sex couples there, and legally join the fight against Section 3 of DOMA, which denies all 1,138 federal marriage benefits to married same-sex [...]
Categories: Rhode Island AG
Tagged: Attorney General, Chris Little, Defense of Marriage Act, DOMA, Erik Wallin, Gay Marriage, Gay Rights, Joe Fernandez, LGBT, Marriage Equality, Peter Kilmartin, Rhode Island, Robert Rainville, Steve Archambault
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- March 22, 2010 – 4:06 pm
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- By defendthelaw
Massachusetts became the 1st state to sue the U.S. government on July 8, 2009 over Section 3 of the federal Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA), which denies married same-sex couples all 1,138 federal marriage benefits. Massachusetts Attorney General Martha Coakley contends in the lawsuit that DOMA “constitutes an overreaching and discriminatory federal law.” You can [...]
Categories: Rhode Island AG
Tagged: Chris Little, Defense of Marriage Act, DOMA, Erik Wallin, Gay Marriage, Gay Rights, Joe Fernandez, LGBT, Marriage Equality, Peter Kilmartin, Rhode Island Attorney General, Robert Rainville, Steve Archambault
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- March 18, 2010 – 4:41 pm
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- By defendthelaw
The candidates for Attorney General in Connecticut were all recently asked whether, if elected, he or she would be willing to defend state law — marriage equality — and file suit against Section 3 of the federal Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA), which denies married same-sex couples of Connecticut all 1,138 federal marriage benefits.
All 3 [...]
Categories: Uncategorized
Tagged: Cam Staples, Connecticut Attorney General, Defense of Marriage Act, DOMA, Gay Marriage, Gay Rights, George Jepsen, LGBT, Marriage Equality, Susan Bysiewicz
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- March 18, 2010 – 10:53 am
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- By defendthelaw
Massachusetts became the 1st state to sue the U.S. government on July 8, 2009 over the federal Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA), which denies married same-sex couples all 1,138 federal marriage benefits. Massachusetts Attorney General Martha Coakley contends in the lawsuit that DOMA “constitutes an overreaching and discriminatory federal law.” You can view the full [...]
Categories: Richard Blumenthal
Tagged: Gay Rights, LGBT, Marriage Equality, Martha Coakley, Richard Blumenthal
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- July 27, 2009 – 1:23 pm
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- By admin