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A Child-Centered View of Foster Parenting by Same-Sex Couples
JURIST Guest Columnist James Dwyer of the College of William & Mary School of Law discusses the controversy surrounding recent removal of a foster child from a same-sex couple...A November foster care review hearing in Utah captured national news at (More) |
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Utah judge reverses order denying foster rights to same-sex couple
Following significant criticism, Utah Juvenile Court judge Scott Johansen on Friday amended an earlier ruling to allow a same-sex couple to remain foster parents. Johansen had initially ruled against married women April Hoagland and Beckie Peirce (More) |
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Ukraine lawmakers approve bill to ban sexual orientation discrimination
The Ukrainian Parliament approved legislation Thursday to protect individuals from sexual orientation discrimination in the workplace, removing the last barrier to EU visa-free travel into the country. The bill failed several times [Kiev Post repor (More) |
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Obama administration backs amendment to add sexual orientation, gender identity to Civil Rights Act
A White House spokesperson on Tuesday expressed President Barack Obama's support for legislationy that would ban discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation and gender identity through an amendment to the 1964 Civil Rights Act. The legislation (More) |
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Colombia Constitutional Court grants same-sex couples right to adopt
The Constitutional Court of Colombia on Wednesday ruled that same-sex couples can legally adopt children. In a 6-2 decision, the court said that allowing same-sex couples to form a family upholds equality and is in the best interest of children and (More) |
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Houston voters reject Equal Rights Ordinance
Houston voters rejected the Houston Equal Rights Ordinance on Tuesday by a margin of 61 to 39 percent. Ordinance No. 2014-530 , known by its opponents as the "bathroom bill," prohibited discrimination based on sex, race, age, religion, sexual orienta (More) |
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Indonesia's Aceh province begins to enforce anti-gay law
The Indonesian province of Aceh has begun to enforce a law based on Sharia law which bans homosexual sex as well as adultery. Both locals and foreigners may now be punished with "100 strokes of the cane" upon proof that they engaged in an outlawed (More) |
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The Right Not To Be Mutilated: Intersex People and The Quest For Justice
JURIST Guest Columnist Arvind Narrain of ARC International discusses the issues with assigning a gender to intersex born children... International recognition of sexual and gender diversity has grown from the protection of sexual orientation (Toonen (More) |
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Reported hate crimes in England and Wales increase 18%
Home Office statistics revealed Tuesday that hate crimes in England and Wales have risen by 18 percent over the last year. Police recorded [Huffington Post report] 52,528 hate crimes between 2014 and 2015, which were motivated by factors including (More) |
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HRW criticizes Malaysia court for reinstating transgender law
Human Rights Watch (HRW) criticized the Malaysia Federal Court on Thursday for overturning a prior ruling that declared a discriminatory transgender law unconstitutional. The November 2014 ruling by the Putrajaya Court of Appeal reviewed Section 6 (More) |
President Lincoln signed first US federal income tax act
On July 1, 1862, the Tax Act of 1862 was passed and signed by President Lincoln, establishing a 3% federal tax on income above $600 and a 5% tax on income above $10,000.
Compliance with the act was poor, even though there were needs for the Civil War. After the war the act was declared unconstitutional by the Supreme Court. Review a brief history of the US income tax from the Library of Congress.
