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Push for inclusive parenting law in Mass. as families ‘live in fear' of losing kids
After giving birth to her baby, Annika Bockius-Suwyn and her wife spent upwards of $2,000 to adopt her. It’s one of countless complicated legal hoops that LGBTQ families jump through in order to solidify their parental rights in Massachusetts and across the country. The couple started their family through Reciprocal IVF (in vitro fertilization), where one partner provides the egg,…
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Policy Honestly: Understanding the Massachusetts Parentage Act
Same-sex parents in Massachusetts are living in fear of having their legal rights to their own children challenged due to antiquated language in the law, but there’s a big push to change that.
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House Passes ‘Respect for Marriage' Act, Protecting Same-Sex and Interracial Unions
The House voted 258-169 to pass the Respect for Marriage Act on Thursday, sending the legislation to President Biden’s desk.
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Conservative Justices Lean Toward Anti-Gay Marriage Web Designer in Case Pitting LGBTQ Rights Against Religious Freedom
The case comes at a time when the court is dominated 6-3 by conservatives and following a series of cases in which the justices have sided with religious plaintiffs.
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Same-Sex Marriage Returns to Supreme Court With High Stakes Free-Speech Case
The Supreme Court is being warned about the potentially dire consequences of a case next week involving a Christian graphic artist who objects to designing wedding websites for same-sex couples.
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Senate Passes Same-Sex Marriage Bill
The Senate on Tuesday passed legislation to protect same-sex and interracial marriages.
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Landmark Same-Sex Marriage Bill Wins Senate Passage
The Senate passed bipartisan legislation Tuesday to protect same-sex marriages, an extraordinary sign of shifting national politics on the issue and a measure of relief for the hundreds of thousands of same-sex couples who have married since the Supreme Court’s 2015 decision that legalized gay marriage nationwide
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Mormon Church Comes Out in Support of Protecting Same-Sex Marriage in Federal Law
The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints says it supports efforts underway in Congress to safeguard same-sex marriage rights.
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Judge Rules for California Baker Over Same-Sex Wedding Cake
A California judge has ruled in favor of a bakery owner who refused to make wedding cakes for a same-sex couple because it violated her Christian beliefs.
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Judge Rules for California Baker Over Same-Sex Wedding Cake
A California judge has ruled in favor of a bakery owner who refused to make wedding cakes for a same-sex couple because it violated her Christian beliefs.