Georgia Marriage Amendment

Massachusetts DOMA Decision – Georgia Tenth Amendment Center

The first marriage licenses were issued by the government in an effort to prevent or regulate interracial marriage. Marriage licenses were generated due to racial bigotry, and this marriage amendment is based on sexual preference ...

Results in other primary races of LGBT interest

On the Republican side, Sam Olens and Preston Smith will compete in the Aug. 10 runoff to see who will face Hodges in November. As a member of the Georgia Senate, Smith voted for the anti-gay marriage amendment. ...

ACLU Opens Up a New Front in the Battle for Equal Rights for Same ...

This was the first affirmative test-case state constitutional litigation to be filed in a state that has an anti-gay marriage amendment in place specifically seeking an equal status to marriage for same-sex couples. ...

Swing State Project: Democrats Surge in State Legislatures

Georgia, N/C, 34R-22D, R+2, 105R-74D-1? Hawaii, N/C, 20D-5R, D+2, 43D-8R. Idaho, N/C, 28R-7D, D+6, 51R-19D. Illinois, D+5, 37D-22R ? 65D-49R-4? Indiana, N/C, 33R-17D, D+3, 51D-49R. Iowa, D+4, 29D-21R, D+5, 54D-45R .... Sensenbrenner next noted the Marriage Amendment outpolled Green by about 275000 votes statewde ((it passed statewide by exactly 399000 votes, Dane County (Madison) voted over 2-1 against the Amendment but it passed in every other county winning statewide ...

The Volokh Conspiracy » DOMA case and the Tenth Amendment

If so, then how are the judge's (excuse me, I mean the 10th Amendment's) purposes served by the status quo ante: If Georgia's right to define marriage is sovereign, according to this judge, then how does effectively subordinating that ...

Two amazing videos from St. Paul + analysis « Prop 8 Trial Tracker

Civil rights is all about extending rights, while Brown supports amendments like the 2004 Federal Marriage Amendment that would, for the first time in our nation's history, amend the U.S. Constitution to restrict rights rather than ... John Lewis of Georgia, a civil rights hero in his own right, and many, many other leaders to that list, as well). Craig Cady raises the question of whether it's more strategic for equality supporters attending NOM events to remain silent ...

Georgia Governor GOP Primary: Birthers, Bigots and Crooks, Oh My

I think that's not an issue that has come forward in Georgia. We have the constitutional amendment against gay marriage, and I don't want to see any taxpayer funding going toward benefits etcetera for a couple that is not married. ...

Several States Overwhelmingly Support “Personhood” Amendment

Supreme Court: Second Amendment Is Fundamental & Applies to All 50 States In a 5-4 opinion, the Supreme Court ruled for the... Wisconsin Supreme Court To Rule On Gay Marriage Amendment Case The Wisconsin Supreme Court is expected to ...

Christians Discriminated Against at Augusta State University ...

Hot Air has the story about Jennifer Keeton. Keeton, trying to graduate from Augusta State University in Augusta, Georgia, has been told she cannot get. ... But is this not one of the reason the founders thought the first amendment important, and provided for the separation of church and state. Does the second part of the establishment clause state “or prohibiting the free exercise thereof?” From here we can say that one, there is no freedom of religion, instead it is ...

Election: Governor's race offers little positive for gay voters

As a member of the Georgia General Assembly, voted twice in favor of the state constitutional amendment to ban gay marriage; was Speaker Pro Tempore of the House during the debate. • Also voted for a bill sponsored by Rep. ...

STEVEN AND COKIE ROBERTS: Be careful what you wish for

Supporters of gay rights were naturally thrilled when a judge in Boston ruled recently that same-sex couples - who have been marrying each other in Massachusetts since 2003 - are entitled to the same federal benefits as other legally wed partners.

A Judge's Dissection of DOMA

US District Judge Joseph L. Tauros pair of rulings on July 8 found that Section 3 of the Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA), enacted in 1996 in reaction to same-sex marriage litigation in Hawaii, violates the Fifth Amendments equal protection requirement and rights reserved to the Commonwealth of Massachusetts under the Tenth Amendment.

Tonya Craft Files Amended Federal Court Complaint 73-Page Suit Gives More Details Than Original 52-Page Filing

Attorneys for Tonya Craft, who was absolved of all charges of child molestation in a highly-publicized trial at Ringgold, on Wednesday filed an amended 73-page lawsuit against her accusers in Federal Court in Rome, Ga.

Georgia Gov. Hopeful Attacks Opponent on Gay Rights

One Conservative running for Governor in Georgia is spending money on TV ads that attack other candidates based on gay rights issues.

Be careful what you wish for

SUPPORTERS of gay rights were naturally thrilled when a judge in Boston ruled recently that same-sex couples - who have been marrying each other in Massachusetts since 2003 - are entitled to the same federal benefits as other legally wed partners.

NOM launches 'Summer for Marriage' tour

The National Organization for Marriage, which opposes same-sex marriage, came to Augusta's Capitol Park today to launch a tour of several states that will play a key role in the debate moving forward.

Karen Hateful

Georgia GOP hopeful Karen Handel would like to make it very clear to all potential Republican voters that she hates gay people as much as her opponents. In an interview with 11 Alive's Doug Richards , Handel called gay relationships less "legitimate" than heterosexual relationships and said she'd support banning gay adoptions. Q: Frequently, folks in the legislature kind of threaten to there ...

Tea party groups choose to stand mute on same-sex marriage ruling

While many conservative organizations immediately decried a federal judge's decision last week to invalidate the federal ban on recognizing gay marriages, tea party groups have been conspicuously silent on the issue. Same-sex marriage - United States - Politics - Gay Lesbian and Bisexual - Marriage and Domestic Partnership

Handel: Gay parents "not in the best interest of the child"

Karen Handel's unedited interview with 11 Alive News about gay issues, conducted July 14, 2010.

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