While there's no argument that progress is being made, many argue that the parameters around LGBT discrimination, particularly gender identity, are still unclear.
In a rather typical fit of hyperbole, Rev. Richard Land of the Southern Baptist Convention took some new swipes at the LGBT community. When it comes to Land's morality, there is no "live and let live philosophy" in operation.
This year marks the anniversary of two powerhouse decisions of the Supreme Court: Roe v. Wade, in which a woman's right to have an abortion was established 40 years ago, and Lawrence v. Texas, which held 10 years ago that laws prohibiting same-sex sexual conduct are unconstitutional.
The death of influential former judge Robert Bork marks the conclusion of a career in conservative advocacy, on and off the bench, and the closing of an era in American politics.
With the Lawrence v. Texas decision, our lives and the law changed forever. No longer were we to be thought of as criminals. And the recognition that the nation's Constitution requires respect for our lives has inspired victory after victory for LGBT students, workers, couples, and parents.
Told from the perspectives of the plaintiffs, arresting officers, attorneys, judges, and prosecutors, Flagrant Conduct is a detailed account of the 2003 landmark case of Lawrence v. Texas, in which the U.S. Supreme Court made same-gender sexual activity legal.
In The New Yorker Dahlia Lithwick questions whether Lambda Legal dressed up the Lawrence v. Texas story to make it about love and relationships. I have been the Executive Director of Lambda Legal for 20 years, and I am happy to respond to Ms. Lithwick.
Three ordinary people who stood up against injustice and became heroes died in the past two months. Lambda Legal was proud to represent each of them in court, winning victories that improved the lives of many.
Republican presidential candidate Rick Santorum, whose strong base of evangelical Christian supporters has thrust him into contention in Iowa, said on...
Rick Perry blanked out Thursday on a question about a Supreme Court decision he fought against as governor of Texas. At the Blue Strawberry Coffee Com...
Republican presidential candidate Rick Santorum touted his support for anti-sodomy laws and said gay marriage supporters wanted to "drive faith out of...
Some of the effects of Lawrence were immediate: Lesbian, gay, and bisexual people could no longer be presumptively branded criminals and treated as such in public and private spheres. But many of its effects are still unfolding.
What does it mean to exist in a country that reminds you that you exist outside of the law? How do you process a night like Friday, where you celebrate a huge entry into legal equality, but understand that doesn't make you fully legal?
By Adelle M. Banks
Religion News Service
(RNS) Nearly two-thirds of Americans say gay or lesbian relations between consenting adults should be legal,...
Ultimately, the American people need to feel secure that Kagan will protect our Constitution, just like Stevens, Douglas, and Brandeis, in whose footsteps she is being asked to follow.
For American reporters and editors, Pakistan only exists in the context of security concerns: the Taliban, terrorism, fundamentalist Islam, and the war in Afghanistan. Outside of this context, there is no Pakistan.
I watched the opening statements made by the nineteen senators in Monday's confirmation hearing for Judge Sotomayor. Each senator previewed what they...
In two virulent dissents, Justice Scalia made it clear that, in his view, sex discrimination is not only permitted by the Constitution, but is very much in society's interest.
Four justices did not join in the majority opinion in Lawrence v. Texas in 2003. Today, protection of the human dignity of gay men and lesbians is hanging by a slender thread on the Supreme Court.
June 26, 2003: The Supreme Court issued one of its most important rulings in the area of individual rights and human dignity, but the constitutional protection of the essential human dignity of gay men and lesbians is hanging by a slender thread.