A three-judge panel of the Second Circuit Court of Appeals has struck down the Defense of Marriage Act, upholding lower-court rulings that found the law, which discriminates against the marriage rights of gays and lesbians, unconstitutional. The author of the opinion, Dennis Jacobs, is a very conservative George H.W. Bush appointee. But even he had [...]

In the latest of a series of legal advances for LGBT equality, Judge Jeffery White, a George W. Bush appointee, ruled that the Defense of Marriage Act {DOMA) is unconstitutional, in violation of the equal protection clause. The ruling is available here. The case concerns Karen Golinski, a staff attorney at the Ninth Circuit Court [...]

The law firm John Boehner hired to take up the defense of the Defense of Marriage Act for the House of Representatives has abruptly resigned amid controversy and protests from LGBT groups, including the Human Rights Campaign. King and Spalding was to receive $500,000 from the House for the defense of DOMA. Here’s the statement [...]