A court has ruled that the US state of Arizona must continue to pay spouse health benefits to gay and lesbian government workers.
The state began granting the benefits in 2008 but a 2009 law sought to remove them.
Yesterday, three judges at the 9th US Circuit Court of Appeals in San Francisco upheld a lower court’s ruling that the law should be blocked.
They said that the law would violate the state’s Constitution.

A court has ruled that the US state of Arizona must continue to pay spouse health benefits to gay and lesbian government workers.
The state began granting the benefits in 2008 but a 2009 law sought to remove them.
Yesterday, three judges at the 9th US Circuit Court of Appeals in San Francisco upheld a lower court’s ruling that the law should be blocked.
They said that the law would violate the state’s Constitution.

A Virginia woman claims she lost out on a job at a youth group because board members looked at her Facebook profile and assumed she was a lesbian.
Jessica A Hudson, of Kanawha County, is seeking unspecified punitive damages and compensatory damages from the Bob Burdette Center in Charleston.
She also wants an order banning the centre from discriminating.
Her lawyer, Rick Brown, has refused to confirm whether she is a lesbian.

In the latest development in his story, Jerry Buell, who was reinstated this week at his Florida high school after he made inflammatory posts on Facebook, said he tried to teach “like Jesus”.
Mr Buell was reinstated in his position after the school board ruled he did not violate their code of conduct.

In the latest development in his story, Jerry Buell, who was reinstated this week at his Florida high school after he made inflammatory posts on Facebook, said he tried to teach “like Jesus”.
Mr Buell was reinstated in his position after the school board ruled he did not violate their code of conduct.

In the latest development in his story, Jerry Buell, who was reinstated this week at his Florida high school after he made inflammatory posts on Facebook, said he tried to teach “like Jesus”.
Mr Buell was reinstated in his position after the school board ruled he did not violate their code of conduct.

In the latest development in his story, Jerry Buell, who was reinstated this week at his Florida high school after he made inflammatory posts on Facebook, said he tried to teach “like Jesus”.
Mr Buell was reinstated in his position after the school board ruled he did not violate their code of conduct.

A teacher in Florida who was suspended following vitriolic anti-gay posts on his Facebook profile has been found not to have violated the school board’s code of conduct.
While equality campaigners celebrated after seeing gay marriage legislation enacted in the state of New York, Jerry Buell, a high school teacher in Florida, made it known to hundreds of people on the social network that the “sin” had nearly made him vomit during his dinner.

A teacher in Florida who was suspended following vitriolic anti-gay posts on his Facebook profile has been found not to have violated the school board’s code of conduct.
While equality campaigners celebrated after seeing gay marriage legislation enacted in the state of New York, Jerry Buell, a high school teacher in Florida, made it known to hundreds of people on the social network that the “sin” had nearly made him vomit during his dinner.

A teacher in Florida who was suspended following vitriolic anti-gay posts on his Facebook profile has been found not to have violated the school board’s code of conduct.
While equality campaigners celebrated after seeing gay marriage legislation enacted in the state of New York, Jerry Buell, a high school teacher in Florida, made it known to hundreds of people on the social network that the “sin” had nearly made him vomit during his dinner.