An inn in the Northeast Kingdom will pay a $10,000 fine and place $20,000 in a
charitable trust to settle a discrimination lawsuit brought by a lesbian couple
from New York.
A federal appeals court Thursday declared
that the Defense of Marriage Act unconstitutionally denies federal
benefits to married gay couples, a groundbreaking ruling all but certain
to wind up before the U.S. Supreme Court.
Two Vermont women are among five same-sex couples
challenging the constitutionality of a Federal Defense of Marriage Act
provision, which denies federal benefits to
married gay couples.
A federal appeals court on Tuesday declared California’s
same-sex marriage ban to be unconstitutional, putting the bitterly
contested, voter-approved law on track for likely consideration by the
U.S. Supreme Court.
Governor Peter Shumlin
announced Tuesday that he’s tapped Attorney Beth Robinson, who argued the state’s civil union case, to fill a vacancy
created when Justice Denise Johnson announced her retirement.
An officer in the U.S. Navy and his partner are hoping to become the
first same-sex couple to get married after the repeal of the military’s
‘don’t ask, don’t tell’ policy.
Governor
Peter Shumlin will travel to Rhode Island to lend his
support to an effort there to pass a same sex marriage law. He says his message is simple – it’s the right thing to do, and there’s not a lot
of political fall out from supporting the bill.