Legal Commentary

Same-Sex Marriage and Religious Liberty Issues in Connecticut
The Connecticut legislature is taking up a bill to implement the state supreme court's October 2008 decision in Kerrigan v. Commissioner of Public Health requiring the recognition of same-sex marriage...

Thomas Berg: Gay Marriage and Religious Liberty
Mirror of Justice: "The primary religious-liberty concern . . . [is that] recognition of gay marriage will definitely make it more likely that religious schools and social services, even those with religious content throughout their programs, will be punished if they refuse to hire openly gay people as teachers or counselors or to pay benefits to their partners...

Thomas Berg: More on Same-Sex Marriage and Religious Liberty
Thomas Berg has this post on the Mirror of Justice Blog. He begins: Dale Carpenter’s typically thoughtful post argues that one shouldn’t oppose same-sex marriage on the ground that it creates “novel” threats to religious liberty, religious liberty concerns are no reason to oppose same-sex marriage, in large part because the conflicts between religious liberty and [...

Same-Sex Marriage and Religious Liberty: A Brookings Institute Panel Discussion
Via the Institute for Marriage and Public Policy: On March 13, Rauch and Blankenhorn discussed their proposal at a forum moderated by Brookings Senior Fellow William Galston. Robin Wilson, editor of Same-Sex Marriage and Religious Liberty: Emerging Conflicts, discussed the church-state conflicts that same-sex unions may engender...

Same-Sex Marriage and Religious Liberty
My copy of a new book arrived in the mail today: Douglas Laycock, Anthony R. Picarello, Jr., & Robin Fretwell Wilson, eds., Same-Sex Marriage and Religious Liberty: Emerging Conflicts (Rowman & Littlefield, 2008)...

Same Sex Marriage Threatens Religious Liberty
Alan Reinach has this commentary on Religious Liberty. He begins: In theory, allowing homosexual couples to marry should not threaten anyone?s religious freedom. Although the social and moral implications of gay marriage are apparent to many, few realize the significant danger posed to religious freedom by the California Supreme Court ruling in May giving gays a [...

Gay Marriage Laws
Where same sex couples can marry

Hawaii Divorce Laws
How to end a marriage in paradise

Divorce Laws
How to end a marriage

California Supreme Court Proposition 8 Decision
Court Rejects Challenges to Proposition 8, but Finds Marriages Valid

Religious Decorations
Oklahoma City to pay attorney fees in religious freedom violations lawsuit.

Family Law
involving divorce, child custody, spousal support, common law, adoption and same sex marriage.

Discrimination
race, gender, disability, religious or age discrimiation.

Liberty National Life Insurance Co.
allegedly discriminated against Haitians by offering low quality policies and canceling without reason.

Liberty Travel
Agrees Preliminary Overtime Class Action Settlement of $2.76 Million

Clergy Molester
Religious group to pay $1.3 million in priest molestation settlement.