Sexual Orientation and the Law Blogtag:typepad.com,2003:weblog-13861842011-10-25T13:02:03-04:00A Member of the Law Professor Blogs NetworkTypePadSexualOrientationAndTheLawBloghttp://feedburner.google.comSubscribe with My Yahoo!Subscribe with NewsGatorSubscribe with My AOLSubscribe with BloglinesSubscribe with NetvibesSubscribe with GoogleSubscribe with Pageflakestag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d8341bfae553ef0154366735b2970c2011-10-25T13:02:03-04:002011-10-25T13:02:03-04:00Feminist Legal Theory Collaborative Research Network Law and Society Association Annual Meeting, June 5-8, 2011 Invitation and Call for Papers Dear friends and colleagues, As many of you know, the Feminist Legal Theory Collaborative Research Network (CRN) is a newly-constituted...lgbtlaw bloggerObama and same-sex marriage: the lawyerly straddle continuestag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d8341bfae553ef014e8979e2d9970d2011-06-29T13:29:40-04:002011-06-29T13:30:57-04:00Republished from the University of Chicago Law School Faculty Blog. President Obama's remarks last week to a gay/lesbian fundraising event must have disappointed his supporters who have grown tired of straddling and rhetorical games on the subject of marriage equality...lgbtlaw bloggertag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d8341bfae553ef0133f3852409970b2010-09-02T09:59:16-04:002010-09-02T09:59:16-04:00TEXAS WESLEYAN UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF LAW invites applications for permanent faculty positions. We are interested in both entry-level and lateral candidates. Our curricular needs include Torts, Civil Rights, and Race and the Law. We welcome applications from all persons of...lgbtlaw bloggerArgentina's Senate to vote on marriage equalitytag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d8341bfae553ef0134856caaa3970c2010-07-14T09:06:39-04:002010-07-14T09:07:20-04:00The NYT reports: Already known for having one of the most gay-friendly capitals in the world, Argentina is in the throes of a debate this week over granting the broadest marital protections to gay people in Latin America. In what...lgbtlaw bloggerFederal court finds DOMA unconstitutional on Tenth Amendment, equal protection groundstag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d8341bfae553ef0134854d9039970c2010-07-08T19:22:02-04:002010-07-08T19:22:02-04:00A federal district judge in Massachusetts has ruled that Section 3 of the Defense of Marriage Act, which established the federal government’s definition of marriage as between one man and one woman, is unconstitutional. The court issued rulings in two...lgbtlaw bloggerKagan, law school recruiting, and civilian control of the militarytag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d8341bfae553ef0133f2148aff970b2010-07-05T21:38:55-04:002010-07-05T21:38:55-04:00Aaron Belkin, director of the Palm Center at UC-Santa Barbara, writes in the Huffington Post on the Kagan hearings and what they tell us about the state of civilian control of the military: [T]he questioning of Elena Kagan reveals a...lgbtlaw bloggerWisconsin SCt upholds gay marriage ban against technical challengetag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d8341bfae553ef01348522c8ec970c2010-07-01T10:28:28-04:002010-07-01T10:28:48-04:00The Wisconsin Supreme Court has upheld the state's constitutional ban on marriage equality and civil unions. In a unanimous ruling, the court rejected a claim that the 2006 amendment violated a rule limiting constitutional amendments to a single subject. The...lgbtlaw bloggerHigh court upholds public law school's non-discrimination policy against religious challengetag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d8341bfae553ef0133f1ec489a970b2010-06-28T19:26:49-04:002010-06-28T19:26:49-04:00The Supreme Court Monday upheld a policy at a California law school that groups receiving campus funding must accept "all comers" -- that is, that they may not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, sexual orientation or other status...lgbtlaw bloggerSen. Byrd was powerful foe of same-sex marriagetag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d8341bfae553ef0134850c6950970c2010-06-28T08:38:11-04:002010-06-28T08:38:11-04:00Legendary West Virginia Sen. Robert Byrd, who died this morning, had at best a mixed record on civil rights. He was once a member of the Ku Klux Klan (something for which he later apologized) and filibustered against the 1964...lgbtlaw bloggerTravel Insurance: Protecting Lesbian and Gay Parent Families Across State Lines tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d8341bfae553ef0133f18841be970b2010-06-21T10:49:12-04:002010-06-21T10:49:12-04:00Courtney Joslin, Acting Professor at the University of California Davis College of Law, just posted anew Article to SSRN entitled "Travel Insurance: Protecting Lesbian and Gay Parent Families Across State Lines." Abstract: Until recently, when a lesbian couple had a...lgbtlaw bloggerIn dispute with Philly, Boy Scouts seek to keep special privileges despite anti-gay discriminationtag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d8341bfae553ef0134841824d4970c2010-06-14T11:41:23-04:002010-06-14T11:41:23-04:00NPR reports on a trial set to begin soon that pits anti-discrimination and First Amendment rights of association: It's been two years since city officials in Philadelphia threatened to evict the local chapter of the Boy Scouts from the city-owned...lgbtlaw bloggerState Dept. liberalizes passport policy for transgenderstag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d8341bfae553ef013483f51ed5970c2010-06-11T09:09:21-04:002010-06-11T09:09:21-04:00The State Department has introduced new policy guidelines on changing the sex marker on American passports. When a passport applicant presents a doctor's certification that he or she has undergone treatment for gender transition, their passport will be updated to...lgbtlaw bloggerSame-sex marriage fizzles as an issue in Iowatag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d8341bfae553ef013483a2430a970c2010-06-09T16:00:00-04:002010-06-09T16:00:00-04:00Last year, bellwether Iowa became the first and still only Midwestern state to authorize same-sex marriage. Despite predictable conniptions from social and religious conservatives, the NYT reports that the issue just hasn't been very important in the state's politics this...lgbtlaw bloggerPew examines conscience vs. civil rights: Are health care workers obligated to treat gays and lesbians?tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d8341bfae553ef0133f078af61970b2010-06-09T09:09:49-04:002010-06-09T09:09:49-04:00The Pew Forum on Religion and Public Life examines a question around which there's been increasing controversy: Should doctors, pharmacists and other health care workers have the right to refuse to provide services that conflict with their religious beliefs? Until...lgbtlaw bloggerHow the Prop 8 court can balance justice and judicial limitstag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d8341bfae553ef0133ef9efd7b970b2010-06-02T10:48:48-04:002010-06-02T10:48:48-04:00In an issue brief for the American Constitution Society, titled "The Prop 8 Court Can Have it All: Justice, Precedent, Respect for Democracy, and an Appropriately Limited Judicial Role," Rebecca L. Brown, Newton Professor of Constitutional Law at the University...lgbtlaw bloggerVotes in Senate committee and House may spell the end of DADTtag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d8341bfae553ef0133ef20e085970b2010-05-28T08:57:19-04:002010-05-28T08:57:19-04:00The NYT reports: The House voted Thursday to let the Defense Department repeal the ban on gay and bisexual people from serving openly in the military, a major step toward dismantling the 1993 law widely known as “don’t ask, don’t...lgbtlaw bloggerAnother anti-gay, Christianity-professing, marriage-defending GOP politician has an affair and resigns in disgracetag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d8341bfae553ef0133edf09084970b2010-05-19T11:59:30-04:002010-05-19T12:04:23-04:00The San Diego Gay & Lesbian News reports: Rep. Mark Souder, R-Indiana, an outspoken “family values” politician who has consistently voted against LGBT issues, has resigned his seat a week after winning his Republican primary seeking re-election. After callers began...lgbtlaw bloggerWalter Dellinger on Kagan, gays, and the militarytag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d8341bfae553ef01348109052b970c2010-05-18T10:06:05-04:002010-05-18T10:06:05-04:00Dellinger explains why Kagan is not anti-military. -SSlgbtlaw bloggerPortugal to become sixth European nation to grant marriage equalitytag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d8341bfae553ef01348108f3fa970c2010-05-18T09:51:53-04:002010-05-18T09:51:53-04:00The BCC reports: Portugal's President Anibal Cavaco Silva says he will sign a law legalising same-sex marriage passed by parliament earlier this year. The law had been fiercely opposed by conservatives in the Catholic country. The ratification will make Portugal...lgbtlaw bloggerQuestions about military ban and sexuality dominate key senators' discussion of Kagantag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d8341bfae553ef013480ef3724970c2010-05-17T13:14:32-04:002010-05-17T13:14:32-04:00The chairman and ranking minority member of the Senate Judiciary Committee discussed the Kagan Supreme Court nomination on ABC's "This Week" yesterday with host Jake Tapper, and much of the discussion was about Harvard law school's policy refusing to allow...lgbtlaw blogger