All posts by Chris Geidner
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House Armed Services Committee Agrees to DADT Repeal Changes, Other Amendments
Beginning at 8:35 p.m. Wednesday evening, May 11, the House Armed Services Committee reached the “military personnel” portion of today’s committee markup of the National...
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White House Briefing: DOMA, Immigration and Obama
From today’s White House press briefing: Q Jay, I’ve got some questions for you, a series of questions where DOMA and immigration intersect. Under...
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Judge Sets Schedule in Edith Windsor’s DOMA Challenge
Legal filings in Edith Windsor’s challenge to the constitutionality of Section 3 of the Defense of Marriage Act could be completed as early as August...
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DOJ Files Motion to Dismiss Benefits Case Brought By DADT-Dismissed Vet
From the ACLU: WASHINGTON– The Department of Justice (DOJ) today filed a motion to dismiss a class action lawsuit filed by the American Civil Liberties...
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Dorman, Now and Then
Attorney General Eric Holder’s unusual decision on May 5 to send the case of Paul Wilson Dorman, which had been before the U.S. Court of...
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Obama Does Not Mention Same-Sex Bi-National Couples in Extensive Immigration Speech
Today, in an extensive speech addressing his aims for comprehensive immigration reform, President Barack Obama spoke to a crowd in El Paso, Texas, about his...
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Post Poll: More Virginians Support Marriage Equality Than Oppose It
Big news in today’s poll out from The Washington Post: Virginians are pro-marriage equality. From the Post: Forty-seven percent of Virginians say gay couples should...
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Duncan Hunter Aims to Delay DADT Repeal
Just in from the office of Rep. Duncan Hunter (R-Calif.): During consideration of the national defense authorization act this week by the House Armed Services...
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Henry Velandia’s Deportation Proceeding Adjourned, AG Holder’s Decision Cited As Reason
Attorney Lavi Soloway tells Metro Weekly that Henry Velandia’s deportation proceedings have been adjourned, in part, because of Attorney General Eric Holder’s decision to vacate...
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GOP Candidates Clash in South Carolina on DOMA, Marriage
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Bill Clinton Pushes For New York Marriage Equality — and Chelsea Makes Calls
As Metro Weekly publishes the first part of its series on the Defense of Marriage Act, the man who signed the bill into law —...
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Attorney General Holder Vacates Immigration Decision Based on DOMA
Attorney General Eric Holder today filed a very rare decision, vacating a decision by the Board of Immigration Appeals related to the application of Paul...
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Country Star Blake Shelton Tweets for Violence?
On March 5, country music star Blake Shelton scored his eighth No. 1 hit on Billboard’s Hot Country Songs chart for his cover of “Who...
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Discussing DOMA: An Anniversary — and Rarely Told Tales
This September, same-sex couples in America will have lived under the Defense of Marriage Act — a federal law that both defines those relationships out...
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New DOMA Defense Contract Released
Today, Metro Weekly received the new contract signed by House General Counsel Kerry Kircher and attorney Paul Clement, on behalf of his new firm —...
