NCLR Responds to Anti-Gay Groups in California Marriage Equality Case (San Francisco, CA, December 3, 2004) — The National Center for Lesbian Rights (NCLR) and its co-counsel Lambda Legal and the ACLU responded today in the California marriage equality case to briefs filed by anti-gay groups who oppose marriage equality for same-sex couples. “Our clients seek nothing more, or less, than simple fairness and equality for themselves and their families,” said Shannon Minter, legal...
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(San Francisco, CA, November 6, 2004) — by Kate Kendell Whenever I despair, I remember that all through history the way of truth and love has always won. There have always been tyrants and murderers, and for a time, they may seem invincible, but in the end, they always fall. Think of it: ALWAYS. – Mahatma Gandhi And therein lies our hope: our struggle is quite simply about truth and love. We are in a dark national moment. It took less than 24 hours for the recriminations to begin. Our...
Separate is Inherently Unequal, Advocates Argue (San Francisco, CA, November 23, 2004) — The National Center for Lesbian Rights (NCLR) and its co-counsel Lambda Legal and the ACLU filed a reply brief yesterday with the San Francisco County Superior Court in the California marriage equality lawsuit, Woo v. Lockyer. NCLR responded to a brief filed by Attorney General Bill Lockyer which defended California’s refusal to permit same-sex couples to marry. The Attorney General argued that...
Jennifer Tobits and Sarah Ellyn Farley married in Toronto in 2006. Two weeks after their wedding, Ellyn was diagnosed with cancer. The Chicago couple fought the disease together for their entire marriage, until Ellyn passed away in September 2010. Because Ellyn’s parents had never accepted her marriage to Jennifer, they feared that Ellyn’s parents would make legal claims to their property and generally attack Jennifer’s status as Ellyn’s spouse. Shortly after...