A new Court of Appeals ruling allows LGBTQ North Carolinians to get domestic violence protections under state law. The Court of Appeals issued an opinion on December 31, 2020 in M.E. v. T.J., a domestic violence case from Wake County. The trial court denied Plaintiff's request for a DVPO because she and defendant were a same-sex couple in a dating relationship. The trial court found that Read More
Fulton vs. City of Philadelphia
In the Fall of 2020, the Supreme Court is scheduled to hear oral arguments in a case involving faith-based adoption agencies and same-sex couples.This Fall, the Supreme Court will review the case of Fulton v. City of Philadelphia. The case centers on a taxpayer-funded religious foster care agency that refused to license same-sex couples to be foster parents based on the agencies’ religious beliefs in Read More
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