The last hurdle to Washington, D.C.'s freedom to marry was crossed on February 26. On that day, the Washington, D.C. Court of Appeals unanimously denied a Maryland minister's requested injunction to block the new law from taking effect.
A California court decision affirming a non-biological mother's parental status was left unchanged by the U.S. Supreme Court. On February 22, the U.S. Supreme Court declined to review the appeal of a lesbian mother seeking to prevent her former partner from continuing a parental relationship with the daughter they had together. The non-biological mother's help preparing for the child's birth and public acknowledgment of parenthood were factors in the original decision.
Good news In Indiana! Senate Joint Resolution 13, which would have amended Indiana’s state constitution to discriminate against same-sex couples, was stopped when the Indiana House of Representatives refused to conduct a hearing on this discriminatory proposal. According to Indiana Equality, "Friends of fairness and equality generated nearly 15,000 e-mails and letters to State Legislators urging them to reject SJR-13."
