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Sixth Circuit Upholds Same-Sex Marriage Bans

By a two-to-one vote, a three-judge panel of the United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit upheld the right of states to ban same-sex marriages yesterday , overturning rulings in Kentucky, Michigan, Ohio and Tennessee. Going forward, the challengers in the cases can either ask the full Sixth Circuit bench to reconsider their cases (en banc) or appeal directly to the Supreme Court.

Reform Jewish Movement Applauds Rabbinical Assembly's Same-Sex Marriage Guidelines

June 4, 2012

Rabbi David Saperstein: "The Reform Movement's experience sanctifying same-sex marriage has made it absolutely clear that, like heterosexual couples, gay, bisexual, and lesbian men and women find happiness and strength in the holiness of their relationships."

Reform Jewish Movement Applauds Rabbinical Assembly's Same-Sex Marriage Guidelines

Washington, D.C.

Reform Jewish Movement Commends NYS Assembly Vote to Legalize Same-Sex Marriage

June 21, 2007

Feldman: Americans of all sexual orientations should be allowed the rights, privileges, joys and responsibilities of marriage.

Contact: Donald Cohen-Cutler, 212.650.4213

Vermont Passage of Same-Sex Marriage a Welcome Victory

April 7, 2009

Weinstein: "The Vermont legislature made clear that all loving, committed couples, regardless of the sexual orientation of those involved, deserve respect and recognition from their government."

Marching toward Marriage Equality

Over the past couple of years, the number of states that have marriage equality have more than doubled, thanks largely in part to court cases. On April 28, the Supreme Court hear oral arguments on four combined cases relating to marriage equality and could potentially establish marriage equality as the law of the land in all 50 states. The joint suit is known by one of the cases, Obergefell v. Hodges.

Marriage Equality Update

Noah Baron

Progress toward full equality for lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) Americans seems to jump forward with every year that goes by, though we certainly have a ways to go.

Same-Sex Couples Score a Win in Israeli Court

Anat Hoffman

Same-sex couples still cannot get married in Israel, but victories like these are welcome steps in the right direction. With this year's Jerusalem Pride less than a month away, we have good reason to celebrate.

Barriers to Forming Loving Families: Adoption Laws and Same-Sex Couples

After a historic summer for marriage quality and the decision by the Supreme Court to deny review of seven petitions challenging state bans on same-sex marriage, 32 states and the District of Columbia now allow same-sex couples to marry. Although these marriage equality victories helped remove some barriers to same-sex couples looking to start a family, many barriers still exist to same-sex couples—in both marriage equality and non-marriage equality states—that want to raise children.

Supreme Court Marriage Equality Ruling Expected Shortly

By the end of the month, the Supreme Court is expected to issue a historic ruling on marriage equality. The joint suit – known by the first listed case of the group Obergefell v. Hodges – could establish marriage equality in all fifty states and addresses two questions:

Does the Fourteenth Amendment require a state to issue marriage licenses to same-sex couples? And;
Does the Fourteenth Amendment require a state to recognize marriages of same-sex couples performed out of state?

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Sixth Circuit Upholds Same-Sex Marriage Bans

Reform Jewish Movement Applauds Rabbinical Assembly's Same-Sex Marriage Guidelines

Reform Jewish Movement Applauds Rabbinical Assembly's Same-Sex Marriage Guidelines

Reform Jewish Movement Commends NYS Assembly Vote to Legalize Same-Sex Marriage

Vermont Passage of Same-Sex Marriage a Welcome Victory

Marching toward Marriage Equality

Marriage Equality Update

Same-Sex Couples Score a Win in Israeli Court

Barriers to Forming Loving Families: Adoption Laws and Same-Sex Couples

Supreme Court Marriage Equality Ruling Expected Shortly

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