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• Vermont Supreme Court orders Virginia biological mother to bring her child to Vermont for visitation with her former lesbian partner, with whom she had contracted Vermont civil union. Read opinion: HTML or PDF.
• Washington Supreme Court affirms legislature's right to define marriage. Read Opinions and briefs.
• Tennessee Supreme Court rejects an attempt to keep a proposed state marriage amendment off the fall ballot. Read the Opinion 
• Eighth circuit court of appeals reaffirms the constitutional right of citizens to petition for a redress of grievances by upholding the Nebraska marriage amendment. Read the Opinion
• Aided by the Marriage Law Project, The Knights of Columbus has asked the Maryland Court of Special Appeals to overturn a decision which held that a law defining marriage as the union of a man and a woman is irrational and thus a violation of the Maryland Constitution. View the amicus curiae (friend of the court) brief filed by the Knights of Columbus.
• Mass. court backs gay marriage on ballot - The Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court rules that  the proposed amendment is not a "reversal" of the court's ruling legalizing gay marriage but a proposed change to the state constitution, which can be legally done through a citizen initiative. Read the Opinion
• Georgia Supreme Court Upholds Marriage Amendment : Georgia's amendment banning gay marriage is constitutional, the state's highest court ruled Thursday. The unanimous decision effectively reinstates the ban, which was thrown out by a lower court judge in May.
• N.Y. Court Rejects Challenge to Gay Marriage Ban - Read the Decision 
• Scholars make the case for marriage: Ten principles that summarize the value of marriage- a choice that most people want to make, and that society should endorse and support. Ten Principles of Marriage
• Lambda legal files suit in Iowa regarding marriage Varnum v. Brien
• Maryland Trial Court Rules Marriage Law Unconstitutional
• Wisconsin AG motion for Summary Judgment
• TX ME m amendment passes w/ 75 percent
• California Legislature passes same-sex marriage bill
  HeadLine News Story
• California Supreme Court rules in three cases that people in same-sex relationships have co-parental Rights.
  Elisa B v Superior Ct of El Dorado County
  Kristine H v Lisa R
  KM v EG

Recent Additions

• State Progress in Marriage Amendments
  Word Document on State Progress
• Preserving Marriage: The union of One Man and One Woman: A Pastoral Letter from the Maryland Catholic Bishops
• MLP Research Report in anticipation for the Texas Marriage Amendment
• Texas Catholic Conference issues a statement supporting Texas Marriage Amendment HJR 6
• Letter from MLP: The 8th Circuit and the Nebraska Marriage Case
• NEW! State Marriage Amendment Documents
  See Page
• NY Trial Court Judge ruled against marriage/ decision appealed
  See Story See Decision
• New Canadian Bishop's
  Reflections on the Current State Of Marriage
• State Marriage Amendments Language
  See Document

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