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LGBT Organizations Point Out that Lawsuits Could Set Back Progress on Marriage for Same-Sex Couples

NEW YORK – In response to the California Supreme Court decision allowing Prop 8 to stand, four LGBT legal organizations and five other leading national LGBT groups are reminding the LGBT community that ill-timed lawsuits could set the fight for marriage back. The groups released a new publicatio

May 27, 2009

Court Upholds Prop. 8; State Continues to Recognize 18,000 Marriages

Advocacy Groups Vow to Return to Polls to Restore Marriage for Same-sex Couples

May 26, 2009

New Evidence of Human Rights Abuses as Naji Hamdan Trial Looms

ACLU/SC Pushes Anew for Release of Detained American as New Document Shows U.A.E. Cooperated in U.S. Rendition Program

May 20, 2009

DA Must Investigate El Monte Police Incident

LOS ANGELES, Calif. – In response to information provided at a press conference held by the El Monte Police Department today, the ACLU of Southern California is releasing the following statement from Executive Director Ramona Ripston:

May 14, 2009

Case Dismissed Against 62 People in Orange County Gang Injunction Case

SANTA ANA, Calif. – The Orange County District Attorney's Office dismissed the case against five clients of the ACLU of Southern California on Thursday after a Superior Court judge refused to include them on a preliminary basis under the provisions of a sweeping gang injunction.

May 14, 2009

ACLU/SC Calls for Immediate Suspension of El Monte Police Officer and Full Investigation of Incident Caught on Tape

LOS ANGELES, Calif. – The ACLU of Southern California is calling for the immediate suspension of the El Monte police officer who was caught on videotape today as he brutally kicked a suspect who was prone on the ground, and then high-fived a fellow officer.

May 13, 2009