Topic: Martha Coakley
The Obama administration on Thursday appealed two cases that found portions of the federal Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA) unconstitutionalThe Obama administration on Thursday appealed two federal cases that found portions of the federal Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA) unconstitutional. U.S. District ...
The Obama administration will appeal two cases that found portions of the federal Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA) unconstitutionalThe Obama administration will appeal two cases that found portions of the federal Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA) unconstitutional. U.S. District Judge Joseph Tauro ...
Mass. AG argues against federal gay marriage ban, says law penalizes married gay couplesThe Massachusetts Attorney General has asked a judge to strike down a federal ban on gay marriage because it interferes with state's rights to define marriage.Martha Coakley's office challenged ...
Massachusetts Attorney General Martha Coakley says the federal Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA) is unconstitutional in a challenge to the law Massachusetts Attorney General Martha Coakley says the federal Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA) is unconstitutional in a challenge to the law, ...
Pending gay rights bills in Congress threatened by Republican Scott Brown's win in the Massachusetts Senate race Pending gay rights bills in Congress are likely to have a difficult if not impossible time winning approval after Republican Scott Brown's win over Democrat ...
Scott Brown's 52-47 percent victory over democratic nominee Martha Coakley spun what should have been a political formality to fill the late Sen. Ted Kennedy's seat into a hefty Democratic defeat and another blow to the equal marriage campaign. The issue of ...
Federal marriage law sees 1st challenge from Mass. lawsuit calling it 'discriminatory'Massachusetts has challenged the federal law that defines marriage as a union between a man and a woman, calling it " The law interferes with the right of Massachusetts to define ...