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The ruling ensures that the legal battle over gay marriage will remain below the federal level for now, although President Bush has advocated for a federal constitutional amendment banning same-sex marriage.
The Massachusetts State Legislature granted preliminary approval in March to a state constitutional amendment banning same-sex marriage but allowing for civil unions. The amendment must be passed again by next year’s Legislature before being put to a statewide ballot referendum.
Monday’s federal appeals court ruling declaring the controversial Solomon Amendment unconstitutional is a victory for free speech. The government’s coercion of universities, forcing them to tolerate discrimination of bisexual, gay, and lesbians students on their campuses, was an egregious abuse of power. This ruling...
The court ruling, which was handed down by the U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit, in Philadelphia, provides a much-needed safeguard for the First Amendment rights of private institutions to set their own policies and standards. The price of standing up for a principle, for refusing...
This arrangement came after Congress passed the Solomon Amendment in 1996, which blocked federal funding to schools that limit military recruitment.