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Biden signs Respect for Marriage Act to protect interracial and same-sex marriages at federal level
President Biden Tuesday signed the Respect for Marriage Act into law, granting federal protections to interracial and same-sex marriages. The landmark legislation passed the US Senate in November and the House of Representatives last week with strong (More) |
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Barbados High Court decriminalizes gay sex in landmark ruling
The Barbados High Court Monday issued an oral judgement striking down two laws which effectively criminalized gay sex in the island nation. Sections 9 and 12 of the Barbados Sexual Offences Act of 1992 criminalized "buggery" and acts of "serious inde (More) |
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Same-sex marriage protection bill passes US Congress
The US House of Representatives Thursday issued final approval to the Respect for Marriage Act, a bill to federally recognize same-sex marriages, in a vote of 258 to 169. The bill now goes to President Joe Biden for approval. The Respect for Marriag (More) |
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Colorado nightclub shooting suspect charged with murder, hate crimes
A Colorado court Tuesday formally charged the suspect accused of killing five and injuring 19 in Club Q, a LGBTQ nightclub in Colorado Springs, Colorado, on November 19. Anderson Lee Aldrich was formally charged with murder, hate crimes and assault. (More) |
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US Supreme Court considers whether Colorado authorities can compel businesses to serve LGBT clients under anti-discrimination law
The US Supreme Court Monday heard oral arguments in 303 Creative LLC v. Elenis. The Court will decide whether Colorado's Antidiscrimination Act compels an artist to speak or stay silent and whether the law violates the First Amendment. Lorie Smith, (More) |
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Minneapolis legalizes gender-affirming healthcare for transgender community
Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey Friday signed an executive order legalizing gender-affirming care for the transgender community. This happened just a month after the Ohio House of Representatives introduced a bill limiting medical care for transgender c (More) |
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Russia enacts strengthened anti-LBGT 'propaganda' bill
Russian President Vladimir Putin Wednesday signed an amended "LGBT propaganda" bill into law. The amendments significantly expand the scope of the previous legislation. Last week, the amended legislation passed unanimously in the Duma, the lower hous (More) |
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Maryland House passes LGBTQ law to protect youth from conversion therapy
Maryland's House of Delegates passed a bill on Wednesday banning the controversial practice of conversion therapy on LGBTQ youth. The Senate first considered the Youth Mental Health Protection Act in February and passed it last week with a 34-1 (More) |
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Maryland Senate passes bill making conversion therapy illegal for minors
The Maryland Senate passed a bill on Wednesday that would prohibit licensed mental health professionals from offering conversion therapy to minors. The bill passed 34-12 , with 1 senator not voting. Conversion therapy, as defined in the bill, "mea (More) |
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World Legal News Round Up for Saturday, 24 March 2018
Here's the international legal news we covered this week: The UK Court of Appeal ruled this week that software is not a good, overruling the lower court opinion. UN human rights experts expressed concern Friday over the diminishing health of Jia (More) |
Ford pardoned Nixon for Watergate
On September 8, 1974, President Gerald Ford, in a televised address to the American people, pardoned ex-President Richard Nixon for any offenses committed in association with the Watergate break-in.
Read the full text of Ford's address, or listen to him read the pardon (via Watergate.info).
