A federal judge in California ruled that a same-sex couple's twin son is an American citizen from birth, overturning a US Department of State decision that only granted status to his brother, NBC writes. The State Department was wrong in denying citizenship to 2-year-old Ethan Dwash-Banks, District Judge John Walter found out ...
Ukrainian LGBT activist Bogdan Globa and his partner Vasily got married in the United States of America on January 30. Bogdan himself came from Ukraine to the United States in 2016 due to threats. The men met in Kiev, traveled to the United States at different times, writes Hromadske. Bogdan ...
According to the new requirements of the US State Department, when issuing diplomatic visas to partners, marriage status is taken into account, and not same-sex partnerships. The changes took effect on Monday, October 1 and will affect the issuance of visas for the number of United Nations officials, ambassadors, staff members ...
The Cuban Parliament has approved a draft of the country's new constitution, according to which marriage is a union of two people, regardless of their gender. Now the draft basic law of the country is approved by the residents in a referendum. Before that, legislators will consult with them for three months. The previous constitution...
For the first time in US history, two active US military men entered into same-sex marriage. This happened at an elite military academy in West Point, writes the New York Times. Military men Daniel Hall and Vincent Francino met in 2009 at the academy, where they study and in the present ...
In the United States right now the question of what it is like to be a parent is being decided. Not in a metaphysical sense, but in a legal sense. The two women argue over the adopted child, and The New Yorker explains how the case could become a precedent that would change the legal concept of the family. 52-year-old Manhattan resident Kelly Gunn went to court last September to prevent her partner, Serk Hamilton, 45, from moving to London with their 7-year-old son, whom Hamilton adopted in Ethiopia in 2011. The woman turned to ...
A federal judge in Mississippi ruled Wednesday that the state's ban on adopting children by homosexual couples is contrary to the US Constitution. Thus, the right of homosexuals to adopt is now legalized in all 50 states. District Judge Daniel Jordan was guided by a U.S. Supreme Court ruling that ...
2015 was wonderful and terrible. The terrorists of the "Islamic State" entered the international arena, the world was replenished with two princesses, scientists found water on Mars, and the Kremlin turned its attention from Donbass to Syria. “Forum” collected the most important and interesting stories of the year. Some of them,…
Lawyers for Kim Davis, a Kentucky municipal government official who refused to issue marriage certificates to same-sex couples because of her religious beliefs, have appealed an earlier court order to take her into custody. The defense is committed to ensuring that the state authorities respectfully ...
In the United States, a court ruled to jail Rowan County (Kentucky) clerk Kim Davis, who refused to register same-sex marriage. The court qualified Davis' actions as contempt of the Supreme Court decision, which obliged the clerk to comply with the law. Davis was taken into custody in the courtroom. ...