Sentence examples for equality lawsuit from inspiring English sources

They are part of a separate Immigration Equality lawsuit against the Defense of Marriage Act.

The Windsor ruling has since formed the basis for dozens of federal equality lawsuits; by last count, there were sixty-four pending cases involving matrimonial laws in thirty states.

First, these groups are increasingly taking up state marriage-equality lawsuits where the state refuses to defend discriminatory marriage laws.

The case joins several other marriage-equality lawsuits filed in other states including Tennessee and Pennsylvania, in hopes of challenging bans on gay marriage in their states before the Supreme Court.

"Our lawsuit seeks full equality so same-sex couples are treated no different than heterosexual couples," said David S. Buckel, the lead attorney on the case.

As one of five plaintiff couples in Hernandez v. Robles, Lambda Legal's historic lawsuit seeking marriage equality for same-sex couples in New York State, we are acutely aware of the importance of any level of legal sanction for gay and lesbian relationships.

At that same time CSE was working on a lawsuit for Marriage Equality, the Human Rights Camaign HRCC) had begun initiating their Project One America program.

North Carolina's HB2 is already facing a federal lawsuit filed by Equality North Carolina, Lambda Legal, and the ACLU, which also represented Gavin Grimm.

In all, according to gay-rights groups, more than 70 lawsuits seeking marriage equality are pending in about 30 states.

Today the organization announced that it would redouble its efforts to attain full federal marriage equality -- this time with a lawsuit in Virginia.

"I think this case could set an important precedent not only for Vermont but for other states with marriage equality," Professor Johnson said, noting that lawsuits like this are rare.