FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE – Friday, December 15, 2017 Subject: New Report Highlights Dangers of Religious Exemption Laws for LGBT Elders From: The Public Rights/Private Conscience Project (PRPCP), Columbia Law School Contact: Liz Boylan | eboyla@law.columbia.edu | 212.854.0167 * * * * * [New York] The Movement Advancement Project (MAP), the Public Rights/Private Conscience Project (PRPCP) […]
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In Written Testimony, Columbia Law School Professor Katherine Franke Argues Proposed Changes Replacing Broad Definition of Family Member With the Term “Spouse” Undermine Support for Diverse Family Structures and Amount to Marital Discrimination Media Contact: Public Affairs, 212-854-2650 or publicaffairs@law.columbia.edu New York, November 6, 2013—The New York City Department of Housing and Preservation Development should not be […]
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Last Friday Heath and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius issued new regulations instructing states that they could “offer same-sex couples many of the same financial and asset protections available to opposite-sex couples when a partner is entering a nursing home or care facility.” The new rules relate to states’ ability to place a lien on […]
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Last week, the Columbia Law School Human Rights and Sexuality & Gender Law Clinics released “Human Rights and Domestic Violence: An Advocacy Manual,” which frames and reinforces an international human rights approach to domestic violence/gender-based violence advocacy and underscores the growing interest among domestic violence lawyers and advocates in international human rights law strategies to […]
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