NEW YORK, May 13 (UPI) -- Patenting pure genes linked to diseases is unconstitutional and slows down research progress, civil liberties advocates claim.

PHILADELPHIA, May 11 (UPI) -- It's just a matter of time before same-sex marriage is legal throughout the United States, the head of the American Civil Liberties Union said.

WASHINGTON, Nov. 10 (UPI) -- The American Civil Liberties Union says it has started an ad campaign urging U.S. President-elect Barack Obama to close the Guantanamo Bay prison camp.

MINNEAPOLIS, Sept. 18 (UPI) -- The American Civil Liberties Union has filed a court motion suggesting the sex-related arrest of conservative Sen. Larry Craig, R-Idaho, was unconstitutional.

WASHINGTON, Sept. 7 (UPI) -- A federal judge in New York has ruled that a provision of the Patriot Act allowing the FBI to issue secret subpoenas to Internet service providers and other communications companies is unconstitutional, and has ordered the bureau to cease using them.

NEW YORK, Dec. 14 (UPI) -- The American Civil Liberties Union in New York is challenging a federal grand jury subpoena to turn over an unsolicited classified document it received.

WASHINGTON, July 18 (UPI) -- The FBI is denying allegations it encroached on civil rights by monitoring Web sites that called for civil disobedience in 2004's U.S. political conventions.

NEW YORK, May 19 (UPI) -- New documents released by the Pentagon this week reveal more cases of abuse against detainees, the American Civil Liberties Union said Thursday.

WASHINGTON, April 13 (UPI) -- U.S. Attorney General Alberto Gonzales met Wednesday with the American Civil Liberties Union officials to try to ease concerns with the Patriot Act.