Empathy, Craft and other Lessons to Learn from the US Same-Sex Marriage Decision
Three narratives provide the human face to the text of Obergefell v. Hodges, the landmark US Supreme Court ...
Sexual Orientation
The Beginning Rather Than the End: Obergefell v Hodges and the Continuing Struggle for LGBT Equality
There is no doubt that the Supreme Court’s judgment in Obergefell v Hodges is an historic one. That is not to say, ...
US Supreme Court Requires Recognition of Marriage Equality
The US Supreme Court has ruled, in Obergefell, by a 5-4 majority, that the Fourteenth Amendment to the US ...
Conscience Wars and Complicity Claims
A new front is opening in the culture wars. Persons of faith are now seeking religious exemptions from laws ...
Lee v Ashers Bakery: Cake Now or Cake Later?
Northern Ireland delivers a small slice of sweet justice to the gay rights movement, but for some, it leaves a ...
Let Them Buy (Gay) Cake: Anti-Discrimination in Northern Irish Courts
Over the weekend, the same-sex marriage referendum in Ireland dominated headlines around the world. The week ...
Ireland’s Marriage Equality Referendum
Today the Irish electorate is voting in a referendum to explicitly permit of same-sex marriage. If passed, the new ...
The US Constitutional Status of Same-Sex Marriage – An Issue that Can No Longer be Avoided
This week the Supreme Court of the United States will hear oral argument in what will no doubt be considered one ...
Día Internacional de las Mujeres: Las mujeres y las niñas luchan por la igualdad de género en las cortes
¿Qué mejor ocasión que el Día Internacional de las Mujeres para pedirle a los jueces y juezas que se hagan ...
International Women’s Day: Women and Girls Struggle for Equality in the Courts
What better time than International Women’s Day to embolden citizens to exercise their power over the judicial ...
Concerns about Greece from the European Commission against Racism and Intolerance
The European Commission against Racism and Intolerance (ECRI), a Council of Europe body monitoring problems of ...
Law Society of Canadian Province Nova Scotia is Found to Have Overstepped its Mandate, Violating Religious Freedoms
The first of a series of decisions that will shape how the balance is to be struck between Canada’s ...
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