USA Law

Tag: Gay marriage

  • Homosexual Marriage

    Homosexual Marriage in the United States The same-sex marriage case Baskin v. Bogan (Baskin v. Bogan, 766 F.3d 648 (7th Cir. 2014). ) invalidated the Indiana and Wisconsin prohibitions of same-sex marriage. It was argued in August 2014 and decided in September, just months before the case […]

  • Homosexual Marriage

    Homosexual Marriage in the United States The same-sex marriage case Baskin v. Bogan (Baskin v. Bogan, 766 F.3d 648 (7th Cir. 2014). ) invalidated the Indiana and Wisconsin prohibitions of same-sex marriage. It was argued in August 2014 and decided in September, just months before the case […]

  • Gay Marriage

    Same-Sex Marriage and Civil Union in the United States Same-Sex Marriage and Civil Union: Main Elements The coverage of Same-Sex Marriage and Civil Union includes the following element(s): The Full Faith and Credit Clause and the Defense of Marriage Act Find out an overview of this topic, in […]

  • Presbyterian Church

    Presbyterian Church (USA) in the United States Presbyterian Church (USA) and Same Sex Marriage By Ron Russell. He is editor of the online Bay Area Observer. Thanks to some clever parsing by the church’s court, the largest Presbyterian denomination in the country has remained largely […]

  • Same-Sex Marriage

    Same-Sex Marriage in the United States The Supreme Court’s Rulings on Proposition 8 and Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA) By Erwin Chemerinsky, the dean of UC Irvine Law School. The Supreme Court’s dismissing the challenge to (California) Proposition 8 on standing grounds had the practical […]

  • Same-Sex Marriages

    Same-Sex Marriages Gay Marriages When I have discussed gay marriage with some conservatives, they strongly opposed using the word marriage for gays. Yet many of them accepted that gay partners should have the right to sign contracts that determine the inheritance of their property, provide various stipulations about living arrangement, the disposition of assets in…