Joshua Newville

At the end of June, the United States Supreme Court issued its opinion in the case known, for short, as Obergefell. Some say that decision has changed the…

Protections for gay and lesbian people are rare in federal law, but a recent administrative decision might open a door. The Equal Employment Opportunity…

Same-sex marriage arguments have been put on hold at the Eighth Circuit Court of Appeals. The appeals court, which covers seven states including South…

The 8th Circuit Court of Appeals has agreed to hear South Dakota’s appeal of a ruling that the state’s ban on same-sex marriage is unconstitutional. Oral…

The U.S. Supreme Court has announced it will consider the issue of same-sex marriage this spring, with a decision expected by late June. That decision…

Federal judge Karen Schreier has ruled that South Dakota’s bans against gay marriage are unconstitutional.The ruling came out Monday, Jan. 12. Included…

In early October the U.S. Supreme Court declined to take on the issue of gay marriage. Circuit courts of appeals had been uniformly ruling that states’…

On Friday a federal judge ruled that a lawsuit can continue against the state of South Dakota for its refusal to recognize the legality of same-sex…