Legal

From Marriage Equality wiki

Contents 1 Information 2 Organizations 3 Lawsuits 4 Regions with Marriage Equality 4.1 States 4.2 States with Civil Unions 4.3 Countries

Information

• Vermont Legislature passed marriage equality law (April 7, 2009), effective September 1, 2009
• Iowa Supreme Court filing (April 3, 2009)
• California Secretary of State campaign finance data:
  • Proposition 8
  • Yes on 8, National Organization for Marriage California
• U.C. Berkeley Institute on Governmental Studies: Prop. 8
• BallotPedia: California Proposition 8 (2008)
• Wikipedia: Prop. 8

Organizations

• NCLR's "Overturn 8" legal blog
• ACLU of Northern California: LGBT issues
• Lambda Legal: Protecting Same-Sex Relationships
• APALC (Asian Pacific American Legal Center of Southern California)

Lawsuits

California Supreme Court decision on Proposition 8 (May 26, 2009)
California Supreme Court Filings: Proposition 8
California Appellate Court: Strauss v. Horton

• NCLR, EQCA, ACLU, Lambda Legal, et al: writ petition & brief (executed November 5, 2008)
• San Francisco City Attorney Dennis Herrera's writ petition (BeyondChron: Paul Hogarth's review)
• Equal Justice Society Prop. 8 writ petition
• Asian Pacific American Legal Center, California State Conference of the NAACP, Equal Justice Society, Mexican American Legal Defense and Educational Fund, and NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, Inc. writ petition
• ACLU Strauss v. Horton writ petition, statements:
  • "Legal Papers Claim Initiative Procedure Cannot Be Used to Undermine the Constitution's Core Commitment to Equality for Everyone"
  • "Initiative Would Only Apply to Future Marriages"
• Manning & Marder, Kass, Ellrod, Ramirez LLP amicus curiae brief, filed on behalf of the Southern Poverty Law Center (November 17, 2008)

Regions with Marriage Equality

States

• Massachusetts (since 2004)
• Connecticut (since 2008)
• Iowa (since April 3, 2009)
• Vermont (starting September 1, 2009)
• Washington, D.C. (expected to recognize same-sex marriages from other states since April 7, 2009)
• New Hampshire (expected since April 29, 2009)
• Maine (since May 6, 2009)

same-sex marriage license laws (marriage equality Status for all 50 states)

States with Civil Unions

• Vermont (since 2002)
• New Jersey (since 2007)
• New Hampshire (since 2008)

Gaylife.About.com:

• civil unions
• domestic partnerships

Countries

• The Netherlands/Holland (since 2001)
• Belgium (since 2003)
• Canada (since 2005)
• Spain (since 2005)
• South Africa (since 2006)
• Nepal (apex court verdict announced November 17, 2008)
• Norway (since 2009)
• Sweden (since 2009)

Gaylife.About.com:

• Where is Gay Marriage Legal?
• gay marriage laws