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• Marriage has started in Kansas, and a judge has overturned a ban in South Carolina but you still can’t get married there yet.
• The lawyer who got DOMA overturned is now taking on Mississippi’s marriage ban.
• A few states are taking a closer look at overturning marriage bans at the ballot or in the legislature, just in case the Supreme Court doesn’t come through for us.
For more info, head over to the American Foundation for Equal Rights.
From the American Foundation for Equal Rights:
• Two judges in the Sixth Circuit just ruled against equality, which sets us up for a Supreme Court ruling in the coming months.
• No sooner did the Sixth Circuit uphold marriage bans than a judge in West Virginia issued a ruling of his own, explaining why they’re wrong.
• Plus, judges overturned marriage bans in Kansas and Missouri, with some complicated rules about who can get married and when.
From the American Foundation for Equal Rights:
• The future of Florida’s marriage ban is hanging in the balance, with a big ruling that could allow marriage to start any day now.
• Anti-gay groups are still spending tons of money in multiple states, but they’re not getting much out of it.
• And there’s an election this week could determine the future of marriage in multiple southwestern states.
From the American Foundation for Equal Rights:
The number of states with marriage has gone up yet again this week. Only a handful of states are stil trying to defend their marriage bans, and they’re quickly running out of ways to delay their inevitable loss.
A straight couple in Kansas has filed a new anti-gay lawsuit, and it’s nuts.
A federal judge just ruled against the freedom to marry, but his decision has virtually no chance of being upheld.
Plus, there’s a powerful new lawsuit in Mississippi.
The latest news on marriage equality recapping last week’s advances.
From the American Foundation For Equal Rights:
We just picked up more states with the freedom to marry, and the number could continue increasing over the course of this week.
But in several states, officials are blocking the start of marriage despite courts ruling against their bans. We’ll have the details on how couples are fighting back.
Plus, more bad news for the National Organization for Marriage. This time it’s a ruling in Virginia that means they’ll lose out on over half a million dollars.
From the American Foundation for Equal Rights: This is the week when the Supreme Court meets to decide whether to take a marriage case.
After meeting in conference on Monday, the Justices will announce their decision next week, on October 6th.
Currently, cases from Virginia, Indiana, Wyoming, Utah and Oklahoma are ready for consideration. The court could take one case, or several, or none at all.
From the American Foundation for Equal Rights: A surprising reveal this week from Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsberg about the court’s plans for taking up a marriage case — or maybe not taking up any.
An Arkansas clerk breaks ranks with top state officials, declaring for the first time that the state’s marriage ban is unconstitutional.
Plus: numerous states freeze their marriage lawsuits while they wait for a Supreme Court ruling.
From the American Foundation for Equal Rights: The number of marriage cases before the Supreme Court keeps climbing, with the Court scheduled to decide which ones to take in just a few weeks.
Plus, couples file new briefs in Texas, and appeal last week’s anti-gay ruling from a federal judge in Louisiana.
• A massive victory for equality in Wisconsin and Indiana, with one of the most strongly-worded decisions yet.
• A judge in Louisiana has ruled against marriage equality, but there are some problems with his ruling.
• Oral arguments today in the 9th Circuit for Idaho, Nevada and Hawaii.
From the American Foundation for Equal Rights:
Anti-gay attorneys took a beating before the Seventh Circuit last week, trying and failing to defend marriage bans before a panel of hostile judges. Now all eyes are on the Supreme Court to see which cases they’ll take up in their fall session.
There’s another major marriage argument coming up in a few days.
And the National Organization for Marriage still isn’t giving up in Oregon, despite having lost months ago.