lgbt | Sasha Issenberg

2 days ago
3 min

February 27, 1998: Alaska court rules for marriage plaintiffs

ON THIS DAY IN 1998... An Alaska superior court ruled that excluding gays from marriage denies them a fundamental right, ordering a trial...

4 days ago
3 min

February 25, 2014: Marriage goes on trial in Detroit

ON THIS DAY IN 2014… Judge Bernard Friedman gaveled in a trial in his federal courtroom over same-sex marriage rights, setting up a showd...

Feb 21
3 min

February 21, 2013: Barack Obama plots Supreme Court strategy

ON THIS DAY IN 2013… President Barack Obama and his top legal advisers set a strategy for the administration in two marriage-related case...

Feb 13
2 min

February 13, 1994: Mormons Enter Marriage Debate

ON THIS DAY IN 1994... The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints urged members to fight any effort to extend "official approval or ...

Feb 12
2 min

February 12, 2004: San Francisco Mayor Gavin Newsom defies state law with marriage order

ON THIS DAY IN 2004... San Francisco Mayor Gavin Newsom began marrying gay and lesbian couples at City Hall in defiance of state law. On ...

Feb 10
2 min

February 10, 1996: Six presidential candidates sign anti-gay-marriage pledge

ON THIS DAY IN 1996... Six Republican presidential candidates signed a pledge to not "legitimize homosexual relationships” in the first s...

Feb 7
2 min

February 7, 2012: Federal court upholds Prop 8 ruling

ON THIS DAY IN 2012... A three-judge panel of the Ninth Circuit upheld a circuit court’s ruling that a gay-marriage ban approved by Calif...

Dec 22, 2020
2 min

December 22, 2010: Obama declares his views on marriage “constantly evolving”

ON THIS DAY IN 2010... At a year-end press conference held shortly after Congress passed a law allowing gays to serve openly in military,...

Dec 21, 2020
2 min

December 20, 2013: Utah’s marriage law struck down by federal judge

ON THIS DAY IN 2013… A federal district court in Utah ruled that the state’s 2004 constitutional amendment banning same-sex marriage was ...

Dec 17, 2020
1 min

December 17, 1990: Hawaii same-sex couples demand marriage licenses

30 YEARS AGO... Honolulu gay-rights activist Bill Woods led three same-sex couples to demand marriage licenses from the Hawaii Department...

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