N.J. could be 9th state to ban ‘gay panic’ and ‘trans panic’ defenses in murder cases

The order also prevents the state from opening any similar investigations against members of the LGBTQ advocacy group PFLAG Inc.

District Judge David Bunning in Ashland issued the ruling Friday in two longstanding lawsuits involving Kim Davis, the former clerk of Rowan County.

The injunction broadens District Judge Amy Clark Meachum’s earlier order blocking the state’s investigation of the parents of one transgender teenager.