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After pressure from the American Civil Liberties Union, H&R Block has agreed to give $100 coupons or free TaxCut software to all gay couples who incurred additional costs because they were barred from using the company’s online tax service, TaxCut Online.
Long-time civil rights advocate Ruth L. Pulda died June 9 after a five-year battle with cancer. An intern and later board member of what was then the Connecticut Civil Liberties Union from 1985 to 1993, “She mentored a whole other generation of law students.
Lewis Mills (Burlington) High School senior Avery Doninger won’t speak at graduation this month.
Jeanette Kildea, the Canterbury woman ACLU-CT helped win a free-speech suit against the Board of Selectmen, has given $5,000 of the court award to the town library.
A ground-breaking California Supreme Court decision in favor of gay marriage could affect the Connecticut Supreme Court in a case now awaiting decision.
CFAR, the Center for First Amendment Rights, has announced plans to merge its 15-year-old programs into the American Civil Liberties Union Foundation of Connecticut.