The Suquamish tribe unanimously approves the freedom to marry
Posted on Aug 02, 2011 at 10:27 am
The Suquamish tribe of Washington state will now join the ranks of six states and the District of Columbia in extending the freedom to marry to all citizens.
Marriage Bill Introduced in Washington State
Posted on Feb 15, 2011 at 03:23 pm
The measure would reverse a ban passed 13 years ago.
IRS tax change for domestic partners causes headaches
Posted on Jan 20, 2011 at 01:00 pm
The Internal Revenue Service is requiring registered domestic partners and married same-sex couples to split their income equally on their federal tax forms. This change in policy toward what is known as community property has been anything but easy to implement. And tax professionals are warning LGBT couples they need to begin thinking about their taxes now to avoid headaches later.
For same-sex couples, a tax victory that doesn’t feel like one
Posted on Jan 14, 2011 at 03:30 pm
A decision in May by the Internal Revenue Service that was hailed as a step toward equality for same-sex couples has instead become a headache for tens of thousands of gay and lesbian families in California.
Same-sex couples who are registered domestic partners — or who married during the brief legal window — are facing a new, more complicated tax status, one that has raised a litany of expensive concerns.
Cartoon/Column: Gays in military, marriage equality are inevitable
Posted on Dec 15, 2010 at 03:00 pm
Future Americans will look back on this moment with disdain, wondering why anyone would have thought it made sense to deny gays and lesbians the opportunity to serve their country in battle.
And, not only that, but generations to come will also find it curious that those who hold the institution of marriage sacred fought so hard to keep homosexuals from becoming old married folks.
How Washington State Justice Richard B. Sanders Lost It
Posted on Nov 11, 2010 at 12:30 pm
In a year that saw a conservative resurgence elsewhere, Washington voters ousted a sitting state supreme court justice, Richard B. Sanders, who in 2006 sided with the conservative wing of the state court by ruling that Washington's ban on the freedom to marry is justified and should continue.
Record number of LGBT candidates elected to office
Posted on Nov 03, 2010 at 12:00 pm
The Gay & Lesbian Victory Fund today announced that more openly LGBT candidates won election to public office in the U.S. in 2010 than in any year in America’s history.
Domestic partnership signature case back in Washington court
Posted on Jul 21, 2010 at 02:30 pm
Anti-gay opponents of the state's expanded domestic partnership law are going back to court to try to block the release of names of people who wanted the law overturned.
Life, liberty, and ending inequality
Posted on Jul 06, 2010 at 03:00 pm
Hans Johnson writes about repealing the so-called Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA) because of cases like Charlene Strong's, a lesbian who was barred from seeing her dying partner in the hospital.
Marriage equality opponents vow rematch over public disclosure case
Posted on Jun 24, 2010 at 11:02 pm
In a ruling hailed by gay activists, the U.S. Supreme Court on June 24 upheld a law that requires public disclosure of the names of people who signed a petition to put an anti-gay referendum on the ballot in Washington State.
But litigation over the domestic partnership battle may not yet be finished and may be back before the court in a year or so.