is now available from iMAPP. The Digest is a summary of significant legal developments concerning marriage during the month of December. Edited by Mr. William Duncan, who is also a member of the Ruth Institute’s Academic Advisory Board, this month’s edition includes cases from around the English-speaking world. This is a valuable resource for anyone who wants links to the important cases. The cases this month include:
CONTENTS1) MCFARLANE V. RELATE, Appeal No. UKEAT/0106/09/DA, Employment Appeal Tribunal, November 30, 2009 (religious discrimination claim for employee fired for refusing to affirm same-sex couple counseling).9) Recent Legislation (topics: same-sex marriage).
2) BOISSION V. LUND, 2009 ABQB 592, Court of Queen’s Bench of Alberta, December 3, 2009 (hate speech prosecution for letter to newspaper on homosexuality).
3) J.MCD. V. P.L. & B.M., Record No. 186/2008, Ireland Supreme Court, December 10, 2009 (dispute between sperm donor and same-sex couple raising child).
4) LADELE V. LONDON BOROUGH OF ISLINGTON, [2009] EWCA Civ 1357, England and Wales Court of Appeal, December 15, 2009 (religious accommodation for marriage registrar’s objections to same-sex civil partnerships).
5) ELANE PHOTOGRAPHY V. WILLCOCK, CV-2008-06632, New Mexico Second Judicial District Court, December 11, 2009 (wedding photographer’s religious objection to same-sex ceremony).
6 ) PERRY V. SCHWARZENEGGER, No. 09-17241, U.S. Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit, December 11, 2009 (compelled disclosure of Proposition 8 campaign information).
7) Recent Law Review Articles (topics: racial analogy to gay rights, religious liberty and samesex marriage, interstate recognition, feminism and marriage, divorce jurisdiction, impotence trials).
8) News Stories (topics: education on homosexuality, religious liberty and antidiscrimination laws).