Human Rights Campaign President Cheryl Jacques makes a statement lauding the United Kingdom’s House of Lords for passing a law giving same-sex couples the right to legal recognition and the same rights and responsibilities that married couples receive.
Human Rights Campaign President Cheryl Jacques releases a statement today after the U.S. Supreme Court denied a challenge to the Massachusetts Goodridge et al. v. Department of Public Health marriage decision.
The Human Rights Campaign denounces the decision to strip domestic partner benefits from state workers’ contracts in Michigan due to the passage of Proposal 2, a discriminatory amendment to the state constitution that denies marriage to same-sex couples.
The Human Rights Campaign and the Gay and Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation call on CBS to publicly clarify its recent refusal to air a paid advertisement from the United Church of Christ highlighting the denomination's acceptance of all people regardless of race, economic standing and sexual orientation.
The Human Rights Campaign to award the 2004 National Ally of Justice Award to The American Constitution Society for Law and Policy and professor Louis Michael Seidman for their significant contributions in opposition to putting discrimination in the Constitution.
The Human Rights Campaign Foundation released a report examining the full breadth of gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender-related state legislation in 2004.