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As Ellen DeGeneres winds down the 19th and final season of her eponymous chat show, she invited her wife, actress Portia De Rossi, as a guest for a surprisingly candid conversation about their relationship and the show which has been a mainstay in both of their lives.“It’s weird to interview her,” DeGeneres, 64, admitted to the audience, “because I know everything about her, so this is silly.”“I can’t believe it’s nearly over. It’s just crazy.

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 Tallahassee Democrat. That contradicts earlier reporting that suggested Diaz-Johnston’s body had initially been transported to the Jackson landfill from a dump site in Okaloosa County, more than 150 miles away from his home.Last Thursday, Steven Yinger, a 36-year-old who has a history of burglary and theft convictions, was indicted on first-degree murder and other charges in connection with Diaz-Johnston’s death, including tampering with evidence, theft of Diaz-Johnston’s possessions and fraudulently using his personal information, reports The Washington Post.

Obergefell v. Hodges Supreme Court decision in 2015.“This bill was to say have your license, but do not deny our understanding of marriage or force ministers to choose between signing a document they disagree with or performing a marriage that has no legal effect,” former State Sen.

Tasmanian Liberals have named Jeremy Rockliff as the state’s next Premier. Michael Ferguson will be the Deputy Premier.While Rockliff has a record of voting for marriage equality and other pro-LGBTQI laws, Ferguson has been known to have opposed and voted against laws for LGBTQI equality.In November 2015, Tasmania was the third state after New South Wales and Western Australia to pass an in-principle motion in support of same-sex marriages. Rockliff and then Premier Will Hodgman had voted for the Greens-sponsored motion that passed the House 15-9.In a speech in Parliament during the debate on the motion, Rockliff said that he had been a supporter of marriage equality for a few years and welcomed “the opportunity to express my views for the first time publicly, and I’m absolutely unequivocally in favour of same-sex marriage equality.”“I believe very firmly that those who are committed and in a loving relationship should have the ability by law and the eyes of the law in society that if they have chosen a significant other to spend the rest of their lives with then they should be able to get married.

Obergefell v. Hodges, which ruled all existing laws prohibiting same-sex marriage in the United States to be unconstitutional, last week’s decision marks the first time a jury in Texas has made such a finding with regard to a divorce action.The plaintiff, Christopher Hoffman, filed for divorce from his former partner, Moises Ortiz, in 2019, claiming that although the two had not legally wed, they had been involved in a common law marriage for more than 20 years.

Obergefell v. Hodges, which overturned Kentucky’s ban on same-sex marriage, Davis implemented a policy of refusing to issue all marriage licenses.Citing “God’s authority,” she argued that her sincerely held religious beliefs prevent her from issuing licenses bearing her name and title to same-sex couples.But because she did not want to be accused of discriminating only against same-sex couples, she imposed a blanket ban on issuing any marriage licenses as long as her name and title were included on the form.Davis was eventually sued by four couples, both straight and gay, who argued that they were harmed by her refusal to issue marriage licenses.After defying a court order to allow her office to issue marriage licenses, Davis was jailed for five days for “contempt of court” — a development that earned her praise from Republican politicians and made her a celebrity in conservative circles.Davis was later sued by Ermold and Moore, as well as another gay couple, for “mental anguish, emotional distress, humiliation and reputation damages,” according to WKYT.After seven years of drawn out legal proceedings, Bunning –- who was the judge that had placed Davis in jail for contempt of court — ruled last week that Davis had violated Ermold and Moore’s constitutional rights when she denied them a marriage license.“It is readily apparent that Obergefell recognizes Plaintiffs’ Fourteenth Amendment right to marry.

The United Kingdom continued a long tradition of anti-LGBTQ action as bans on gay marriage in the UK’s territories of the Cayman Islands and Bermuda were upheld by the country’s Privy Council, the highest appeals court for many UK Caribbean territories.The Privy Council upheld existing bans on marriage equality in both the Cayman Islands and Bermuda, citing the fact that same-sex nuptials are explicitly banned under their respective, independent constitutions.According to PinkNews, both the Cayman Islands and Bermuda have legalized — and subsequently re-criminalized — gay marriage.In the Cayman Islands, gay marriage was temporarily legalized in March 2019 after a lesbian couple sued to have their marriage recognized by the government. But authorities appealed the lower court’s decision, resulting in a reversal – although the appeals court said that the government had to provide “legal status equivalent to marriage” for same-sex couples.The couple then appealed to the Privy Council, which sided with the appeals court in upholding the ban.In Bermuda, the government legalized gay marriage in May 2017 in response to an ongoing legal battle, but the government later recriminalized the practice in 2018 before once again legalizing it that same year.

claims she will do some work for LGBTQ clients, but cannot create custom-made wedding websites. She further claims that the products she creates are a form of “artistic expression” that should be protected under the First Amendment, and therefore, she should be exempt from having to abide by Colorado’s Anti-Discrimination Act.Smith’s lawsuit was dismissed in May 2019, on the grounds that she had filed suit before the state had taken any action against her — or before she had even been asked to create a website for a same-sex couple — and thus, had no grounds to sue.

Facebook Live video in which Wright went on a stream-of-consciousness rant about his campaign signs being stolen, claimed that city officials had “blood on their hands” for their response to an officer-involved dirt bike crash that killed a 13-year-old, the lack of economic opportunity, political corruption, and his hatred of political correctness.As part of the broadcast, Wright expressed horror at opponent Ty Penserga’s “big purple, pink signs,” adding: “He’s gay. He wants to make this a gay city. That’s not Boynton culture.“I’ll call him what I will, and I tell his gay butt this, if you’re gay, you’re gay.

2 min read Despite uncertainty around the upcoming presidential elections, Chile has taken a major progressive step forward and voted to legalise same-sex marriage.

See also: Brooklyn diocese fires gay Catholic school teacher for marrying his husbandOn Tuesday, a three-judge panel ruled that the trial court did not have jurisdiction to hear the case, and that it was too early in the process to dismiss the case on summary judgement.

The Charlotte Observer.Robinson criticized Right Wing Watch, a project of People for the American Way, saying they would post video of the sermon to attack him. Right Wing Watch eventually did post a video clip of the sermon on its site.“In America, you have the right to be a homosexual.

President Joe Biden’s social spending plan, the Build Back Better Act, could let some married couples file amended returns and potentially receive refunds. Photo: iStock

he would not defend the state’s ban on same-sex marriage, saying he believed it violated the equal protection clause of the Fourteenth Amendment to the U.S.

Catholic Church won’t bless same-sex marriages, calling it a divine sacrament that the church cannot change.Speaking to reporters last week, Francis was asked if he approves of European countries passing laws recognizing marriage equality, the Associated Press reports.“I have spoken clearly about this, no? Marriage is a sacrament. Marriage is a sacrament,” the Pope replied.

ruled against Smith, finding that her proposal to post a statement outlining her objection to promoting same-sex weddings “proposes an unlawful act because it proposes to do something — deny services to same-sex couples — that a different statute, the Accommodations Clause, prohibits.”Smith appealed that decision, but on Monday, a three-judge panel for the 10th U.S.

statement, ADF echoed the argument made in the Masterpiece Cakeshop case involving a baker who refused to bake a cake for a same-sex wedding: that so-called “creative professionals” should have the “freedom to create art consistent with their beliefs without fear of the government closing their business or throwing them in jail.”“Just as the government cannot compel a lesbian baker to create a cake condemning same-sex marriage or an atheist playwright to wax positively about God, New York cannot

statement.“For this reason, it is not licit to impart a blessing on relationships, or partnerships, even stable, that involve sexual activity outside of marriage (i.e., outside the indissoluble union of a man and a woman open in itself to the transmission of life), as is the case of the unions between persons of the same sex.”The Vatican said that stating the “unlawfulness of blessings of unions between persons of the same sex” wasn’t discrimination, but “a reminder of the truth of the

Plans for the United Methodist Church to split into two denominations — one that supports LGBTQ people, and one that does not — have finally been revealed.Conservative leaders within the church announced Monday that they will seek approval to form the Global Methodist Church, more than a year after the church started to divide itself over the issue of same-sex marriage.Related: United Methodist Church splits over gay marriageThe specifics of the proposal, as set forth by 16 United Methodist

Anthony Sullivan, an Australian man who fought for same-sex marriage rights for over 40 years, has very sadly passed away at his home in Hollywood, California. In 1975 when Sullivan  married his love, Richard Adams – a Filipino-American, it was a momentous time not only because it was a ground breaking moment but because it instigated the first case that would be put to the US Federal court to recognise a same-sex marriage.Anthony’s life began on February 26, 1942, when he was born to parents

Anthony Toms, 20The number of same-sex couples getting married in Australia dropped by around 15% in 2019. Around 5,507 same-sex marriages were recorded  in 2019, the second full year since the 2017 Marriage Equality reforms, according to the Australian Bureau of Statistics.This was down from 6,538 same-sex marriages registered in 2018.

The results of the 2020 US Presidential election are in and Joe Biden, the Democrat candidate, has been victorious over incumbent President Donald Trump.Throughout the last four years of Trump’s administration, there has been significant reversals made to the rights afforded to LGBTQI people.In 2020, the Trump administration also finalised an administrative rule from the Department of Health and Human Services (HSS) to decrease health care discrimination protections for LGBTQI people.A press

KTNV. “We have discriminatory language in the constitution, and we need to take it out.

Amy Coney Barrett, concluding her confirmation hearing for a seat on the U.S. Supreme Court, continued to have no comment Wednesday on whether she’d overturn LGBTQ rights decisions, including the milestone Lawrence v. Texas ruling decriminalizing same-sex relations or the Obergefell ruling in favor of same-sex marriage.

The Associated Press that he was “thrilled” by the ruling, and feels more relieved that his son’s citizenship has been upheld in court.While the twins are still too young to understand the uncertainty over Ethan’s citizenship status, Andrew and Elad set up email accounts to create a “digital journal” that the twins can read when they are older.

upheld by the 6th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals.Because the Davis case was not a “clean vehicle” for challenging the Supreme Court’s 2015 decision in Obergefell v.

voter-approved referendum in July that made several constitutional reforms primarily designed to keep Russian President Vladimir Putin in power.

ruled that the U.S. State Department violated the federal Immigration and Nationality Act when it denied Simone Mize-Gregg, a child born via surrogacy in England, a passport because of its refusal to recognize the marriage of her two fathers, Derek Mize and Jonathan Gregg, as legally valid.Under the Immigration and Nationality Act, children of married U.S.

inflammatory anti-LGBTQ statements he’s made over the years — Graham Lynch took aim at Democratic nominee Joe Biden’s record on various LGBTQ issues during the Obama administration and cast a Biden-Harris administration as a threat to the First Amendment rights of people who oppose homosexuality, transgenderism, or same-sex marriage on religious grounds.Graham Lynch called on devout Americans to “liv[e] out our faith in our daily lives, in our schools, in our jobs, and yes, even in the public

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campaign website titled “Priorities,” underneath a sub-section called “Protecting Hoosier Values.” In that sub-section, Crane touts the importance of “upholding the ideal of marriage.”“Marriage, as designed by our Creator, is to be between a man and a woman. And social science has repeatedly confirmed that the ideal scenario for a child’s well-being is to be raised in a home where both biological parents are present and lovingly invested in their upbringing,” the website reads.

Lawmakers in the Mexico’s Baja California state on July 16 rejected a bill that would have repealed a constitutional amendment that defines marriage as between a man and a woman.

Virginia Values Act, which prohibits discrimination in public accommodations, violates his religious freedom by forcing him to promote same-sex marriage.In his lawsuit, Herring claims he has a “passion to show others the beauty in God’s creation” and to “capture the beauty God created in marriage.” But he worries that the Virginia Values Act — and any other law that allows equal access to public accommodations — could lead to him being approached by a same-sex couple.

video clip, Steel claims she withdrew her daughter from UC Santa Cruz after she expressed support for same-sex marriage and indicated she was inclined to vote for former President Barack Obama.“We have two daughters, and one graduated from USC and one graduated from Vanderbilt.

would be recognized if she was the child of a heterosexual couple.“The law could not be clearer on this issue:  the marital child of two U.S. citizens, who is born abroad, is automatically a U.S.