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The court held the programs unconstitutional because they denied benefits to people who are precluded, under Alaska's marriage laws, from becoming eligible to receive them. [ 60 ] On November 17, 2006, the Alaska House of Representatives voted 24–10 in favor of legislation ordering a non-binding referendum for a constitutional amendment to ...
The Ballot measure was sparked by the lawsuit filed by Jay Brause and Gene Dugan, after the two men were denied a marriage license by the Alaska Bureau of Vital Statistics. [2] In Brause v. Bureau of Vital Statistics, 1998 WL 88743, the Alaska Superior Court ruled that the state needed compelling reason to deny marriage licenses to same-sex ...
On May 12, 2014, five same-sex couples filed a lawsuit in federal district court in Anchorage challenging the state's constitutional same-sex marriage ban. [8] District Court Judge Timothy Burgess scheduled oral argument for October 10.
Marriage between one man and one woman only legally recognized marital contract. (a) Tennessee's marriage licensing laws reinforce, carry forward, and make explicit the long-standing public policy of this state to recognize the family as essential to social and economic order and the common good and as the fundamental building block of our ...
It’s hard to believe today, when the vast majority of Americans support it, but just 20 years ago the issue of same-sex marriage divided the country and drove voter turnout.
Alaska Civil Liberties Union v. State of Alaska , 122 P.3d 781 (Ak. 2005), [ 1 ] is an Alaska Supreme Court case holding that Alaska's Ballot Measure 2 , which bans same-sex marriage , does not foreclose state equal protection claims brought on behalf of same-sex couples.
The gay couple at the center of a lawsuit against a conservative Christian baker who refused to sell them a wedding cake slammed the U.S. Supreme Court for putting a dent in LGBTQ rights on Friday ...
Alaska. On October 12, 2014, Judge Timothy M. Burgess ruled that Alaska's denial of marriage rights to same-sex couples was unconstitutional and issued an injunction to prevent state officials from continuing to enforce it. [152]