All posts by Chris Geidner
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Facing Allegations of Threatening to Deport Ex, Conservative Arizona Sheriff Comes Out
The Phoenix New Times published an article dated Feb. 16 detailing a relationship gone sour between conservative Pinal County Sheriff Paul Babeu (R), who is...
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BREAKING: Maryland House of Delegates Passes Marriage Equality Bill, 72-67
By Justin Snow, reporting from Annapolis. Gathering in the hall outside the chamber of the Maryland House of Delegates, supporters of marriage equality beamed with...
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New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie Vetoes State’s Marriage Equality Bill
The Associated Press reports that, as expected, New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie (R) has vetoed the bill passed on Thursday, Feb. 16, that would have...
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DOJ Won’t Defend DOMA, Other Laws Preventing Equal Treatment for Servicemembers With Same-Sex Spouses
The Department of Justice sent a letter to House Speaker John Boehner (R-Ohio) today stating that the Defense and Veterans Affairs departments would not be...
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Congressional Progressive Caucus Leaders Sign On to Marriage Equality Platform Plank
In a growing sign that the Democratic Party could face a significant question this summer over whether it will include marriage equality as a plank...
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Third Republican Lawmaker Supports Maryland Marriage Equality Bill, Vote Approaching
In Washington this past week and New York this past year, Republican lawmakers came out in support of marriage equality to help the bills pass....
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SLDN, DOJ Agree to 60-Day Delay in Case Challenging Gay Servicemembers’ Spousal Benefits
Servicemembers Legal Defense Network, the LGBT military legal advocacy group, agreed to delay its challenge to military policies that the organization says discriminate against servicemembers...
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Prominent Iowa Marriage Equality Defender — One Iowa E.D. Troy Price — Joins Obama Campaign
In an email to One iowa’s supporters, outgoing executive director Troy Price announced that he was leaving the organization to work for President Obama’s reelection:...
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EXCLUSIVE: Nancy Pelosi Supports 2012 Democratic Party Platform Including Marriage Equality
House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) supports the 2012 Democratic Party platform including, for the first time, language in full support of marriage equality, her...
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Maryland House Committees Send Marriage Equality Bill to Full House on 25-18 Vote, With GOP Support
The marriage equality bill in Maryland — the Civil Marriage Protection Act of 2012 — will be sent to the full House for a vote,...
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In short order, “FagDay” Twitter trending topic replaced with “Gaga Is Our Valentine”
This morning, for a few minutes at least, the Valentine’s Day messages on Twitter included one that didn’t sit too well with LGBT equality advocates....
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Actor Matt Bomer, soon to appear in The Normal Heart, comes out
At Towleroad, Andy Towle notes that USA Network’s White Collar actor Matt Bomer, “who has up till now lived in a glass closet (most industry...
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Freedom to Marry Pushes Dems on Marriage Equality Platform, Supported by HRC, NGLTF, Stonewall Dems
Today, Freedom to Marry announced in a news release that it will be pushing the Democratic Party to adopt full marriage equality in its 2012...
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High-Dollar Dem Donors Talk With Obama, Celebrating LGBT Successes But Looking for More
[Photo: Contractors, Obama for America staff and attendees of Feb. 9, 2012, fundraiser for President Obama’s re-election work and mill around outside the D.C. home...
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Outliers: Is Mold Infestation the Cause of the Ninth Circuit’s Prop 8 Opinion?
There has been much commentary in the past two days about the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit’s opinion affirming the trial court...
