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Lawmakers renew push to honor June 26 as ‘Equality Day’Lawmakers renew push to honor June 26 as ‘Equality Day’
Washington, DC,
June 23, 2016
With days remaining before June 26, lawmakers are renewing a push to designate that date in honor of milestone U.S. Supreme Court decision affirming LGBT rights. Sunday will mark the one-year anniversary of the Obergefell v. Hodges decision overturning state bans on same-sex marriage and extending marriage equality nationwide. But it’s also the three-year anniversary of the 2013 decision of Windsor v. United States against the anti-gay Defense of Marriage Act and the ruling in Perry v. Hollingsworth restoring marriage equality to California after Proposition 8. The day will also mark the 13th anniversary of the 2013 decision in Lawrence v. Texas overturning state laws criminalizing same-sex relations. |