
Pidgeon v. Turner
地位: 损失
Update December 4, 2017: Today the U.S. Supreme Court denied the petition for review, and the case will continue through the Texas court.
Update October 20, 2017: GLAD and NCLR submitted an amicus brief requesting the Court grant cert in this case.
The Texas State Supreme Court issued its ruling June 30, 2017, in 皮金诉特纳案,其中请愿者质疑休斯顿市政府向其雇员的同性配偶提供福利。法院撤销了一项禁止该市提供福利的初审法院禁令。但法院也将此案发回——该案的起因可以追溯到2015年美国最高法院关于婚姻平等的裁决。 奥贝格费尔诉霍奇斯案 – 回到审判法院考虑是否 奥贝格费尔 解决了市政府发放福利的权力问题。这种过于谨慎、技术性的做法忽视了这场诉讼显而易见且唯一正确的结果。
Mary L. Bonauto,GLBTQ 法律倡导者和捍卫者组织 (GLAD) 民权项目主任,她认为 奥贝格费尔 在美国最高法院发表以下声明:
“虽然我相信,此案的直接结果是,休斯顿和整个德克萨斯州的已婚同性伴侣将继续享受平等待遇——包括平等获得配偶福利——美国宪法保障他们享受这些待遇,但我对德克萨斯州最高法院没有抓住今天的机会一劳永逸地解决此案深感失望。
“美国最高法院 奥贝格费尔 明确承认全国范围内同性伴侣结婚的基本和平等权利,以及享有与婚姻相关的所有相同的合法权利、福利和责任,不受歧视——事实上,法院本周刚刚重申了这一承认。 帕万诉史密斯. 德克萨斯州法院保留以下可能性: 奥贝格费尔 could be read otherwise is, plainly, wrong.”
背景
GLAD, Lambda Legal, the National Center for LGBTQ Rights, the ACLU of Texas and the ACLU foundation submitted an amicus brief in 皮金诉特纳案, a case that went before the Texas Supreme Court challenging the City of Houston’s provision of benefits to married same-sex couples.
The brief argues that this matter was settled by the U.S. Supreme Court in its 2015 ruling in 奥贝格费尔, which clearly stated that same-sex couples must be granted access to marriage on the same terms as different-sex couples, including the same legal rights, benefits and responsibilities.