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Gay Dad Visitation Constraints Nixed Finding that a family court judge had improperly let his disapproval of a father's homosexual "lifestyle" influence his decision to impose a travel restriction when the father has visitation with his children, the South Carolina Court of Appeals struck it down. Federal Judge Reunites Gay Couple Barred from Seeing Each Other After Release from Prison A federal judge issued an opinion today allowing a long-term gay couple to resume contact with each other while completing the period of supervision imposed on them as part of a drug sentence. The ACLU, which represented the couple, cheers the court's historic decision recognizing that same-sex couples are equally protected by the Constitution and must be treated the same as other families Former Baptist Leader Tried for Soliciting Gay Sex The Rev. Lonnie W. Latham had supported a resolution calling on gays and lesbians to reject their "sinful, destructive lifestyle" before his Jan. 3, 2006, arrest outside the Habana Inn in Oklahoma City. RI High Court Punts on Gay Divorce The Rhode Island Supreme Court announced on January 17 that it would be "premature" for it to decide whether that state's courts can hear divorce cases involving same-sex couples living in the state who were married in Massachusetts. The Tough Road Ahead in the Lawsuit against S&C for Anti-Gay Discrimination: The Plain Truth about Plaintiffs For all the talk of wacky harassment lawsuits and litigation-fearful employers, in practice it turns out it’s amazingly hard to sue one’s employer for discrimination or harassment. Court Considers Law Banning Gay Couples' Adoptions An attorney for the state of Oklahoma asked a federal appeals court Monday to revive a law that denies recognition of adoptions by same-sex couples from other states. Assistant Attorney General Martha Kulmacz told a three-judge panel of the Denver-based 10th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals that a federal judge in Oklahoma City was wrong when she struck the law as unconstitutional and ordered state officials to issue birth certificates to two lesbian couples listing both women as parents. N.J. Court Opens Door to Gay Marriage, but Lets Lawmakers Make Final Call New Jersey's highest court opened the door Wednesday to making the state the second in the nation to allow gay marriage, ruling that lawmakers must offer homosexuals either marriage or something like it, such as civil unions. In a ruling that fell short of what either side wanted or feared, the state Supreme Court declared 4-3 that homosexual couples are entitled to the same rights as heterosexual ones. California court hands defeat to advocates of gay marriage A state appeals court ruled Thursday that California's ban on same-sex marriage does not violate the constitutional rights of gays and lesbians, dealing a critical defeat to a movement hungry for a win after high courts in two other states upheld similar bans. ACLU and Lambda Legal Urge High Court to Repeal Extreme Anti-Gay Law The American Civil Liberties Union and Lambda Legal asked a federal appeals court Friday to reconsider its July 14 ruling upholding a Nebraska law that bans all protections for same-sex couples.

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