The likelihood that the Supreme Court will weigh in on same-sex marriage in the coming year grew markedly on Tuesday when a federal appeals court rejected a request to review its own recent ruling throwing out a voter-approved ban on same-sex marriage in California.
Read more in The New York Times: http://www.nytimes.com/2012/06/06/us/court-wont-revisit-ruling-on-gay-unions.html?hpw
L.A. Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa and President Obama now agree on gay marriage. But Villaraigosa’s view puts him at odds with some Latinos, and the issue could cost the Democrats votes.
Read more in the Los Angeles Times: http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-villaraigosa-marriage-20120606,0,5456818.story
U.S. 9th Circuit Court of Appeals votes not to review smaller panel’s overturning of California’s gay marriage ban. High court is expected to review Prop. 8 this fall.
Read more in the Los Angeles Times: http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-prop-8-20120606,0,2755661.story
West Hollywood Presbyterian was an early proponent of LGBT rights, an issue that has split the parent church. After 47 years, the church reached a crossroads.
Read more in the Los Angeles Times: http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-weho-presbyterians-20120605,0,4028895.story
Charter Oak High in Covina fired Mitch Stein as assistant water polo coach after administrators saw Facebook and Myspace photos of him with drag queens and, separately, pretending to bite a corn dog.
Read more in the Los Angeles Times: http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-mitch-stein-20120604,0,256325.story
Two prominent national faculty organizations have accused Texas A&M University at San Antonio of dismissing an adjunct lecturer for publicly criticizing how the university had handled the intimidation she encountered when she complained about Christian crosses on a campus building.
Read more in The Chronicle of Higher Education: http://chronicle.com/article/Faculty-Groups-Accuse-Texas/132103/?sid=at&utm_source=at&utm_medium=en
MIAMI — A federal judge on Thursday ordered Florida to stop enforcing several “onerous” requirements on voter registration groups that were part of a law passed last year in an effort to tighten election rules.
Read more in The New York Times: http://www.nytimes.com/2012/06/01/us/judge-opposes-restrictions-on-floridas-voter-groups.html
A federal appeals court ruled unanimously Thursday that the federal law declaring marriage to be a union solely between a man and a woman discriminates against married same-sex couples by denying them the same benefits afforded to heterosexual couples — a ruling that could set the stage for the Supreme Court to review the issue
Adult schools give immigrants opportunities for advancement. But if L.A. Unified budget crunchers shut them down, a lot of angry locals would cheer.
Read more in the Los Angeles Times: http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-0601-tobar-20120601,0,1233407.column
A federal appeals court in Boston says the government cannot deny federal benefits to same-sex couples legally married in their home states.
Read more in the Los Angeles Times: http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/nation/la-na-court-doma-20120601,0,232338.story