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Kennedy wrestles with wedding cake case at Supreme Court (UPDATE)

December 5, 2017 10:35 am Leave a comment

The Supreme Court seen in October at sunset. The Supreme Court is making new legal filings available online starting Monday. The change comes years after the rest of the federal court system had taken a similar step. It’s a big change for an institution that has sometimes had just a glancing familiarity with technology. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File)

The U.S. Supreme Court is taking up a highly anticipated case involving a Colorado baker who refused to make a wedding cake for a same-sex couple.

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BENCH BLOG: Choice of wrong legal route wastes opportunity in adoption case

November 23, 2015 11:48 am Leave a comment

Judge Jean DiMotto retired in 2013 after
16 years on the Milwaukee County Circuit bench and now serves as a
reserve judge. She also is of counsel with Nistler Law office SC. She can be reached at jeandimotto@gmail.com

The attorney for a same-sex couple recently tried unsuccessfully to use an adoption action to challenge the constitutionality of statutes related to artificial insemination and to the presumption of paternity stemming from marriage.

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Court: Judge properly tossed gay couple’s parental request (UPDATE)

November 4, 2015 11:28 am Leave a comment

A judge properly dismissed a same-sex couple's request for a declaration that one of them is the legal parent of the other's child, a state appeals court ruled Wednesday.

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Same-sex marriage licenses (GRAPHIC)

October 30, 2015 9:10 am Leave a comment

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Closing Arguments: Should language banning same-sex marriage be removed from the state constitution?

August 3, 2015 1:48 pm Leave a comment

Tamara B. Packard, an attorney at Cullen Weston Pines & Bach, and Michael Dean, a lawyer whose main office is in Brookfield, battle over the question: Should language banning same-sex marriage by removed from the state constitution?

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Division over same-sex marriage (GRAPHIC)

July 19, 2015 9:43 am Leave a comment

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Wins, setbacks mark the path to nationwide same-sex marriage

July 6, 2015 1:01 pm Leave a comment

Jim Obergefell, the named plaintiff in the Obergefell v. Hodges Supreme Court case that legalized same sex marriage nationwide, is backed by supporters of the courts ruling on same-sex marriage on the step of the Texas Capitol during a rally in Austin, Texas. The Supreme Court declared that same-sex couples have a right to marry anywhere in the United States. It was 2004 when Massachusetts became the first state to allow same-sex couples to marry. Eleven years later, the Supreme Court has now ruled that all those gay marriage bans must fall and same-sex couples have the same right to marry under the Constitution as everyone else. (AP Photo/Eric Gay)

In 2004, when Massachusetts became the first state to allow same-sex couples to marry, President George W. Bush declared support for a constitutional amendment "to protect the institution of marriage." Voters in 13 states changed their constitutions to define marriage as the union of a man and a woman. In most of those states, the vote wasn't even close.

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View from around the state: ‘Equal dignity’ at the heart of ruling

July 5, 2015 4:16 pm Leave a comment

demonstrators stand in front of a rainbow flag of the Supreme Court in Washington, as the court was set to hear historic arguments in cases that could make same-sex marriage the law of the land. Gay and lesbian couples could face legal chaos if the Supreme Court rules against same-sex marriage in the next few weeks. Same-sex weddings could come to a halt in many states, depending on a confusing mix of lower-court decisions and the sometimes-contradictory views of state and local officials. Among the 36 states in which same-sex couples can now marry are 20 in which federal judges invoked the Constitution to strike down marriage bans. (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana, File)

The recent U.S. Supreme Court ruling on gay marriage isn't going to end the debate, but those fighting the ruling don't have demographics on their side. Young people overwhelmingly support the right of gays and lesbians to have the legal right to marry.

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Milestones in gay marriage (GRAPHIC)

July 1, 2015 3:24 pm Leave a comment

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Highlights from the US high court (GRAPHIC)

June 30, 2015 7:33 am Leave a comment

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Democrats want to remove marriage definition in constitution (UPDATE)

June 29, 2015 3:47 pm Leave a comment

A.J. Blanchet, middle left, of Madison, and Dallas Peters, right, of Madison, march down King Street in Madison, Wis., during a rally Friday, June 26, 2015. Gay marriage has been legal in Wisconsin for months, but supporters still trumpeted a U.S. Supreme Court ruling Friday legalizing same-sex marriage nationwide with relief and joy, saying it cements same-sex unions in the state. (AP Photo/Wisconsin State Journal, Steve Apps)

Wisconsin Democrats on Monday called for the elimination of nullified language in the state's constitution that defines marriage as between a man and a woman.

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Evolution of gay marriage ruling (GRAPHIC)

June 28, 2015 8:07 pm Leave a comment

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US Supreme Court extends same-sex marriage nationwide

June 26, 2015 9:28 am Leave a comment

Carlos McKnight of Washington, waves a flag in support of gay marriage outside of the Supreme Court in Washington, Friday June 26, 2015. A major opinion on gay marriage is among the remaining to be released before the term ends at the end of June. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)

The U.S. Supreme Court declared Friday that same-sex couples have a right to marry anywhere in the United States.

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Gay marriage state-by-state breakdown (GRAPHIC)

June 22, 2015 12:46 pm Leave a comment

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US high court ruling against gay marriage would produce ‘chaos’ (UPDATE)

June 9, 2015 3:40 pm Leave a comment

Gay and lesbian couples could face legal chaos if the Supreme Court rules against same-sex marriage in the next few weeks.

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Same-sex couple sues over son’s birth certificate (UPDATE)

May 14, 2015 11:19 pm Leave a comment

Sean Lewrence, of Philadelphia, holds up a flag during a rally for gay marriage, on Independence Mall in Philadelphia. A federal appeals court on Thursday, Nov. 6. 2014, upheld anti-gay marriage laws in four states, breaking ranks with other courts that have considered the issue and setting up the prospect of Supreme Court review. (AP Photo/Matt Slocum, File)

A same-sex couple from Madison has filed a federal discrimination lawsuit because the state has failed to put both their names on their baby's birth certificate.

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Supreme Court hears historic same-sex marriage arguments (UPDATE)

April 28, 2015 11:22 am Leave a comment

Ryan Aquilina, 24, of Washington holds a sign in front of the Supreme Court in Washington, Tuesday, April 28, 2015. The Supreme Court is set to hear historic arguments in cases that could make same-sex marriage the law of the land. The justices are meeting Tuesday to offer the first public indication of where they stand in the dispute over whether states can continue defining marriage as the union of a man and a woman, or whether the Constitution gives gay and lesbian couples the right to marry. (AP Photo/Cliff Owen)

Pivotal Supreme Court Justice Anthony Kennedy did not tip his hand Tuesday as the high court heard historic arguments over the right of gay and lesbian couples to marry.

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Gay marriage arguments set for Tuesday at Supreme Court

April 27, 2015 2:28 pm Leave a comment

Sean Varsho, 28, of Chicago, left, and Brandon Dawson, 26, of Warrantor, Va., have been waiting in line for the past three days for a seat for Tuesday's Supreme Court hearing on gay marriage, Monday, April 27, 2015, in Washington. The opponents of same-sex marriage are urging the court to resist embracing what they see as a radical change in society's view of what constitutes marriage. (AP Photo/Cliff Owen)

Tuesday is a potential watershed moment for America's gay and lesbian couples. After rapid changes that have made same-sex marriage legal in all but 14 states, the U.S. Supreme Court will hear arguments over whether it should be the law of the land.

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Couple wants both names on daughter’s birth certificate

April 23, 2015 8:43 am Leave a comment

One of the couples at the forefront of efforts to overturn Wisconsin's gay marriage ban is fighting a new legal battle.

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Same-sex couple wants both names on birth certificate

April 20, 2015 5:27 pm Leave a comment

A same-sex couple who sued for the right to marry in Wisconsin wants a federal judge to mandate that both gay parents' names appear on their children's birth certificates.

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FAMILY LAW: Rewriting the book on marriage

February 18, 2015 1:15 pm Leave a comment

With same-sex marriage now legal in 36 states -- and probably legal in all 50 after the U.S. Supreme Court rules next summer -- same-sex divorces will follow in due course.

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Longtime aide: Obama misled on early gay marriage opposition

February 11, 2015 1:49 pm Leave a comment

President Barack Obama feigned opposition to gay marriage for most of his political career, compromising his true beliefs out of concern it could hurt him with voters, Obama's longtime political adviser disclosed in a new book.

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State opposes $1.2M attorney fees in gay marriage case

February 10, 2015 11:31 am Leave a comment

In this June 6, 2014 file photo, Jill Winkler, left, and Pamela Dietzler kiss after they were married at the Milwaukee County Courthouse, in Milwaukee. A federal judge in Madison uncorked same-sex marriage in June when she struck down the state's ban. Gay couples across the state rushed to wed over several days before opponents stopped it temporarily. Four months later, the U.S. Supreme Court re-started it when it rejected appeals from gay marriage opponents in five states including Wisconsin, and hundreds of couples rushed to courthouse to exercise their right to marry. (AP Photo/Jeffrey Phelps, File)

The Wisconsin Department of Justice is opposing civil rights advocates' claims for $1.2 million in attorney fees they say they accumulated fighting the state's gay marriage ban.

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Poll: Support of gay marriage comes with caveats

February 5, 2015 1:44 pm Leave a comment

Supporters of Arkansas' law banning same sex marriage, top, hold a rally Nov. 19 as a protestor waves a rainbow flag at the Arkansas state Capitol in Little Rock, Ark. Americans are slightly more likely to favor than oppose allowing gay and lesbian couples to legally marry, a new Associated Press-GfK poll finds, but most believe wedding-related businesses should be allowed to deny service to same-sex couples for religious reasons. (AP Photo/Danny Johnston, File)

While finding that Americans narrowly favor allowing gay and lesbian couples to legally marry, a new Associated Press-GfK poll also shows most believe wedding-related businesses should be allowed to deny service to same-sex couples for religious reasons.

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DOJ didn’t track gay marriage case hours

January 26, 2015 12:12 pm Leave a comment

The state Department of Justice says it doesn't have any records of the hours it spent defending Wisconsin's gay marriage ban, making the full cost of fighting the case impossible to determine.

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US high court sets stage for historic gay rights ruling

January 19, 2015 12:58 pm Leave a comment

gay rights advocate Vin Testa waves a rainbow flag in front of the Supreme Court in Washington. Both sides in the gay marriage debate agree on one thing: It’s time for the Supreme Court to settle the matter. Even a justice said recently that she thinks so, too. That emerging consensus makes it likely that the justices soon will agree to take up the question of whether the Constitution forbids states from defining marriage as the union of a man and a woman. While a final ruling isn’t likely before June of next year, a decision to get involved could come as soon as the end of this month. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File)

The U.S. Supreme Court is getting back in the marriage business.

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US high court to hear gay marriage cases in April

January 16, 2015 2:49 pm Leave a comment

The U.S. Supreme Court says it will decide whether same-sex couples nationwide have a right to marry under the Constitution.

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US high court still mulling gay marriage

January 9, 2015 1:29 pm Leave a comment

The U.S. Supreme Court has quietly engineered a dramatic increase in the number of states that allow gay and lesbian couples to wed. That increase also has raised the chances the justices soon will settle the legal debate.

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Immigration, gay marriage and a nation’s change

December 31, 2014 11:48 am Leave a comment

On a bright New Year's Day in 2010, a small group of immigrants including a young couple in love laced up donated sneakers for a 1,500-mile march from Miami to Washington.

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Gay marriage cases teed up for justices’ action

December 30, 2014 10:18 am Leave a comment

Gay marriage cases are on the U.S. Supreme Court's agenda with enough time for the issue to be argued and decided by late June.

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