BU Now » Linda McClain http://blogs.bu.edu/bunow News, information and research from Boston University Wed, 21 Sep 2011 18:14:24 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.4 Interracial pair denied marriage license http://blogs.bu.edu/bunow/2009/10/16/interracial-couple-denied-marriage-license/ http://blogs.bu.edu/bunow/2009/10/16/interracial-couple-denied-marriage-license/#comments Fri, 16 Oct 2009 18:40:16 +0000 Dick Taffe http://blogs.bu.edu/bunow/?p=3439 marryA Louisiana justice of the peace is raising legal eyebrows for denying an interracial couple a marriage license because he doesn’t think it would be good for any child the couple might have.  Law Professor Linda McClain, a family law authority, says the J.P. is flat-out wrong legally, based on a long-ago U.S. Supreme Court ruling.

“The reason the Louisiana justice of the peace story is so startling is that it states an attitude that seems as if it belongs to another era.”

Contact Linda McClain, 617-358-4635, lmcclain@bu.edu

]]> http://blogs.bu.edu/bunow/2009/10/16/interracial-couple-denied-marriage-license/feed/ 0 D.C. considers gay marriage http://blogs.bu.edu/bunow/2009/10/06/d-c-considers-gay-marriage/ http://blogs.bu.edu/bunow/2009/10/06/d-c-considers-gay-marriage/#comments Tue, 06 Oct 2009 15:06:55 +0000 Dick Taffe http://blogs.bu.edu/bunow/?p=3358 gay marriageThe D.C. Council is considering a bill to legalize gay marriages in the District of Columbia.  The question is, will Congress block it?  School of Law Professor Linda McClain, an authority on the same-sex marriage national debate, says the answer revolves around whether conservatives will expend their political capital on this symbolic issue.

Contact Linda McClain, 617-358-4635, lmcclain@bu.edu

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