Religion & Law

New Study Promotes Prenuptial (Prenup) Agreements for Successful Marriages
A recent study by Heather Mahar of the Harvard Law School studied the misconception that a prenup increases the likelihood of divorce, and concluded that a solid prenuptial agreement is likely to improve the chances of a successful marriage...

DOMA and the Census
Last Friday, Gary Gates of UCLA?s Williams Institute had an interesting op-ed piece in the Los Angeles Times. In the piece, he makes an argument for why the Census Bureau should not alter the responses of married same-sex couples to the 2010 census by reporting them as “unmarried” partners...

New Study Shows 65,500 Adopted Children Living with Queer Parents
The Williams Institute released a study yesterday on queer adoption and found that there are at least 65,500 adopted kids living with queer parents. In fact, queer folks are raising 4% of all adopted children in the United States...

Why Canadian Same-Sex Couples Dont Marry
Same-sex couples have had access to marriage in Canada since July 20, 2005. Canadian sociologist Jillian Deri explores why the marriage rate for same-sex couples is so low…17 percent, compared to 80 percent for different-sex couples...

California Supreme Court Issues Decision on Same-Sex Marriage
"In the present case, it is readily apparent that extending the designation of marriage to same-sex couples clearly is more consistent with the probable legislative intent than withholding that designation from both opposite-sex couples and same-sex couples in favor of...

Cal. hoping for wedding tourism
When same-sex marriage becomes available in California, the state may reap an economic windfall from wedding tourism, reports the Williams Institute on Sexual Orientation Law and Public Policy at the UCLA School of Law.

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

Western Culinary Institute
allegedly mislead and ill-prepared students.

Sherwin-Williams
Recalls Krylon UV Fabric Protector due to Respiratory Hazard

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

Stephen J. Hyland
alleging fraudulent operations in offering expertise in same gender couples' issues.

Inmate Medical Negligence
Olmsted County awards former inmate $337,000 settlement after failing to get him to a hospital after showing signs of a heart attack.

Procrit
Associated with Death in Stroke Study