Via AmericaBlogGay: ABA bestows highest honor on Olson and Boies

ia press release from the American Foundation for Equal Rights (AFER), we learn that David Boies and Ted Olson will be receiving a prestigious award from American Bar Association:

Awarded for distinguished service by a lawyer or lawyers to the cause of American jurisprudence, the ABA Medal is given only in years when the ABA Board of Governors determines a nominee has provided exceptional and distinguished service to the law and the legal profession. 

Among previous recipients of the ABA Medal are legendary justices of the Supreme Court of the United States, including Oliver Wendell Holmes, Felix Frankfurter, Thurgood Marshall, William J. Brennan Jr., Sandra Day O’Connor and Anthony Kennedy. 

The award will be bestowed upon Boies and Olson during the meeting of the ABA House of Delegates at the Association’s annual meeting on August 8th, 2011.

Well deserved. Hopefully, this sends a powerful message about the ongoing fight for equality in our legal system.

Via JMG: From Disney's Wedding Blog

On Disney's wedding blog today, a lovely recounting of a same-sex romance. Aaand here come calls for a boycott!

(Tipped by JMG reader Eric)

 

Labels: celebration, Disney, gay weddings

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BREAKING: Andrew Breitbart's BIG News (A DC Douglas Tweak)

Via JMG: Just Married

Buzzfeed has a fantastic collection of gay couples photographed moments after being married yesterday.

Labels: Buzzfeed, gay weddings, LGBT History, NYC

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Congrats New York!

Via JMG: The Statute Of Liberty

Labels: celebration, LGBT rights, New York state

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N.Y. Gay Couples Begin Seeking Marriage Licenses

Via JMG: Volunteer Flower Girls

Joe writes:

 

This Village Voice photo by Steven Thrasher made my grinchy heart grow two sizes: "That's Steve Landis and Julie Irwin, who brought their 4-year-old twins Emily and Sophie to Brooklyn Borough Hall this morning to be flower girls for whoever might need them. They don't even know anyone getting married today! Aw."

Labels: Brooklyn, gay weddings, NYC, Steven Thrasher

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Via JMG: First Couple Married In Niagara Falls

With the magnificent Niagara Falls as a backdrop, early this morning two lesbian activists became the first same-sex couple to legally marry in New York.

Against a cascade of rainbow-colored falls, and with cicadas humming in the background, Kitty Lambert and Cheryle Rudd married at the first possible moment in Niagara Falls. After a bell tolled 12 times to ring in the new day, Ms. Lambert, 54, and Ms. Rudd, 53, held hands and kissed in front of more than 100 friends and family members.

Labels: gay weddings, LGBT History, New York state

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Via Credo: Stop Workplace Discrimination

Clicking here will automatically add your name to this petition to President Barack Obama: "President Obama: Issue an executive order barring federal contractors from engaging in job discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation, gender identity, and gender expression. It's time for the federal government to stop doing business with businesses that discriminate." Automatically add your name: