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With the Supreme Court expected to rule as early as tomorrow morning, we take a look at how they might decide. When the U.S. Supreme Court struck down bans on interracial marriage in Loving v. Virginia in 1967, reality changed overnight for thousands of couples. Suddenly, Mildred and Richard Loving and their children could live in their home state of Virginia. They could receive the same benefits and rights as other married couples. And other interracial couples could apply for marriage licenses without fear of rejection or being arrested in the middle of the night. Their marriages would enjoy the same societal stamp of approval as all others. Within ten years of the Loving decision, the number of interracial couples with marriage licenses more than doubled –from 51,000 in the 1960 census and 65,000 in 1970 to 121,000 by 1980 and 213,000 by 1990. The Supreme Court’s ruling this month in two high-profile marriage cases involving same-sex couples could change legal and social landscape for the LGBT community, too. Or not. Loving was delivered by a unanimous court; nobody thinks there will be a unanimous decision in Hollingsworth v. Perry (the Prop 8 case) or U.S. v. Windsor (the Defense of Marriage Act case). Loving struck down laws in all 16 states which barred marriage for interracial couples; while some people believe Perry might do the same for laws banning same-sex couples from marriage, most believe it will strike down only the ban in California and perhaps six other states. Windsor might strike down DOMA nationwide, but activists say there will still be limits on couples with marriage licenses who live in a non-marriage equality state. So, how far might these decisions go? Here are three possible scenarios to watch for: 1. Both Prop 8 and DOMA are upheld. Nobody is expecting this, but nobody really expected the Supreme Court to uphold sodomy laws when it did in 1986 and nobody expected the court to uphold the Affordable Care Act (aka Obamacare) last year. To reach this result, a majority of justices must vote together twice: first, to allow that each case’s procedural questions are cleared up, and again to “reverse” the lower court judgments. 2. Both Prop 8 and DOMA are struck down. This is what most experts expect, but there many possibilities for how this could happen and play out. For Prop 8, the court could strike down the ban in California, strike it down in California and other six states (Colorado, Hawaii, Illinois, Nevada, New Jersey, and Oregon) whose bans are similar to California’s, or strike down such bans in all states. It could also reach one of the limited results by ruling against the Yes on 8 proponents on procedural matters. For DOMA, the court could rule on the merits of law’s constitutionality, or it could find some procedural issue that precludes a ruling on merits. That would allow the Second Circuit decision against DOMA to stand. But it’s hard to imagine the court would be comfortable with allowing DOMA to be enforced in some parts and not others. It’s the Supreme Court’s job, after all, to step in where there’s a conflict among the circuits and states. 3. Prop 8 is struck, but DOMA stalls. Again, it’s hard to imagine the court would be comfortable with allowing a federal law, such as DOMA, to remain in force in some circuits but not others. So the justices could opt to make no ruling with regard to Windsor and take up the DOMA challenge through one of the other DOMA appeals awaiting action in its in-box. The court is not likely to look for a better case regarding statewide bans, such as Prop 8, so one way or another, the court is almost certain to take meaningful action on the Prop 8 case. And there are several ways Prop 8 could bite the dust –either by dismissal on procedural grounds or by the court affirming one of two lower court decisions. Bottom line? Whatever the Supreme Court does, it will do it sometime between Monday, June 10, and Monday, June 24, the last day of the session. And many bel

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Like former Justice (and liberal lion) David Souter, Justice Elena Kagan joined the high court in her early fifties as a never-married legal phenomenon with a somewhat opaque personal life. Media outlets made note of her single status. Some ran a photo of Kagan sporting short hair, an oxford shirt, and a fundamentally correct batter’s stance in a softball game. While Kagan had not publicly identified with any sexual orientation, a CBS News website blog briefly reported that, if confirmed to the court, Kagan would be the “first openly gay justice.” The White House moved quickly to say the report was “inaccurate,” some friends stepped forward to say she’s straight, and CBS took the posting down. Her confirmation hearing was particularly testy because Republicans punished her for siding with equality while Harvard Law School dean, where she opposed the military’s ban on gay service men and women and enforced the school’s policy banning recruiters who discriminate. There was also a generalized fear among right-wing groups that, gay or not, Kagan was pro-gay enough to reverse DOMA. Kagan still hasn’t publicly identified with one orientation or another, but she does appear to forceful enough to take down DOMA. Even before casting a vote on the marriage cases, the court’s newest member had an impact. During her brief stint as solicitor general, she had some conversations with Department of Justice officials about the two DOMA cases out of Massachusetts. In fact, it is possible that the Supreme Court took the DOMA case out of New York because taking the Massachusetts cases might have forced Kagan to recuse herself, setting the stage for a four to four tie on the issue. Here’s what the odds look like, statistically speaking, for Kagan’s votes, as well as some other factors to weigh: Percent voted pro-gay (one case): 0 Percent voted with liberal wing: 93 Odds for two pro-gay votes: 7 to 1 Appointed by: President Barack Obama Age: 53 Religion: Jewish Notable case: Kagan had no experience as a judge before joining the court in January 2011 (President Clinton had nominated her for a federal appeals court seat in D.C. in 1999). The then Republican-controlled Senate at the time refused to provide her a confirmation hearing, killing the nomination. Interesting factoids: Kagan learned how to hunt (and operate firearms) from one of the court’s most conservative icons, Antonin Scalia. According to various news reports, she’s taken down some fowl and an antelope, traveling to Wyoming with Scalia to do so last year. Notable remark during Prop 8 argument: Kagan tried to pin down Yes on 8 attorney Charles Cooper for an explanation of how marriage of same-sex couples harms male-female couples: “What harm you see happening and when and how and what harm to the institution of marriage or to opposite-sex couples–how does this cause and effect work?” Notable remark during DOMA argument: During oral arguments on the DOMA case, U.S. v. Windsor, Kagan delivered a blow to attorney Paul Clement’s claim that Congress had no animus against gay people in devising the law. “I’m going to quote from the House Report here,” said Kagan. “Congress decided to reflect an honor of collective moral judgment and to express moral disapproval of homosexuality.” Lisa Keen, co-author of Strangers to the Law: Gay People on Trial, will be posting nearly daily on legal matters leading up to and beyond the Supreme Court decision. Her coverage on this and other issues is also available at KeenNewsService.com.

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Ted Cruz smashes Rick Perry in 2016 poll. Meningitis warning issued ahead of NYC LGBT Pride festival. "People traveling to New York City for Gay Pride events over the June 28-30 weekend are being told to seek advice about vaccination for invasive meningococcal disease, in a report released Monday in the Annals of Internal Medicine." Rolling Stone writer Michael Hastings, who wrote the 2010 Rolling Stone article that brought down General Stanley McChrystal, died Tuesday morning in a car accident in Los Angeles. He was 33. Melissa Etheridge on Angelina Jolie's double-mastectomy: "I wouldn’t call it the brave choice." House passes 20-week abortion ban 228-196. "The passing of this bill in the House, and the attendant debate which preceded its passage, was all theater for the benefit of the Republican base. But it also matters, because the war on agency which has seen an unprecedented number of anti-choice pieces of legislation in state houses across the nation has now arrived on the federal level, empowering the anti-choice movement. " Dolce and Gabbana guilty of tax evasion...get one year and eight months suspended jail sentence. Indiana BMV renews fight over gay youth group's license plates: "The BMV has asked an administrative law judge to review her order allowing the Indiana Youth Group to continue selling specialty license plates. The agency suspended sale of the group's plates last year at the request of Republican state senators. Lawmakers charged the group was violating a contract provision barring the auctioning of low-number plates." LISTEN: Backstreet Boys' new single "In a World Like This" Ed Westwick is working a new mustache. Deep under NYC... Under shroud of mystery, Tom Ford unveils "luxury" t-shirts: "It was a trademark move for the brand — along with refusing to release images immediately — and the setting was equally unmistakable: Plush grey furnishings, no natural light, the heady fragrance of Tom Ford candles, and the usual sprinkling of models in suits, handing out drinks and taking coats. With the journalists at my appointment dressed almost exclusively in black, the event had the feel of a designer funeral parlor." London Gay Men's Chorus member receives MBE in Queen's birthday honours list. Brad Pitt yodeling from NYC rooftops. Cindy McCain said gay rights won't be partisan issue in 2016: "You’re going to see a major turn," McCain said. "By the next presidential election I think this will be an issue that will be very much agreed on by both parties." Symphony in H: Eminem returns. Matthew Rettenmund hit Madonna's MDNA Tour premiere last night at the Paris theatre. South Australian parliament passes motion congratulating New Zealand on its marriage equality laws. Chicago Pride to be subject of French documentary: “I was really impressed with how many people attended your Pride parade last year—800,000. When I heard that number, I was really impressed,” said Aurore Belser, 32, a journalist and producer of the untitled documentary. “I’ve seen video of your past parades on YouTube, but that didn’t really give me an idea of what it was like, so I had to come here and see [for myself] and film it.” Johannesburg to have two gay pride parades: "This highlighted ingrained divisions within the lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) community that were unlikely to dissipate in the foreseeable future, activists said. Last year, members of the feminist anti-rape 1 in 9 Campaign lay down in the middle of the Joburg Pride route in protest at the annual parade’s move away from political advocacy towards performance."