All posts by Chris Geidner
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Santorum Tells Young Man: “You’re not gonna use the pink ball. Not on camera.”
Today, at an event in a bowling alley, presidential candidate and former Pennsylvania Sen. Rick Santorum told a young man bowling with him, who apparently...
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News Analysis: NOM’s “Strategy for Victory” Shows Attempt to Sow Seeds of Discontentment
“Marriage will be won or lost in the United States in the next two to three years,” the previously confidential memorandum from 2009 stated. In...
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DOJ Seeks Quick Court Action Against DOMA, As Health Benefits Begin for Karen Golinski’s Wife
On Monday, March 26, the Department of Justice took aggressive action to move forward the case of a California federal court employee, Karen Golinski, who...
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Stage Is Set for April 4th Arguments in First Circuit DOMA Challenge Appeal
As the U.S. Court of Appeals for the First Circuit gears up to hear appellate arguments next week in two cases challenging the federal definition...
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Blogs Come Out Swinging to Help Defeat North Carolina Marriage Amendment
Jeremy Kennedy — the campaign manager for the Coalition to Protect All North Carolina Families, the effort to defeat the marriage amendment that will be...
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Customs Agency Plans Rule Change to Ease Travel for Same-Sex Couples and Families
U.S. Customs and Border Protection announced that under a new rule it plans to propose on Tuesday, March 27, families headed by same-sex couples would...
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Republican-Led New Hampshire House Overwhelmingly Rejects Marriage Equality Repeal
With a 211 to 116 vote on Wednesday, March 21, the New Hampshire House of Representatives rejected a bill to repeal the state’s marriage equality...
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Michelle Obama: Supreme Court Picks Will Impact Whether Americans Can “Love Whomever We Choose”
At multiple events in New York City on Monday,...
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Supreme Court Turns Down Christian Fraternity and Sorority’s Appeal
The Supreme Court today denied review in a case brought by Christian student groups against San Diego State University, declining consideration of the question of...
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Obama Campaign: “The President Does Not Support” North Carolina Marriage Amendment, Opposes Such Measures
“While the president does not weigh in on every single ballot measure in every state, the record is clear that the President has long opposed...
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Michael Fitzgerald, Approved on 91-6 Vote, Will Be First Out LGBT Federal Judge Outside New York
Michael Fitzgerald, an out gay California lawyer, received overwhelming approval today from the U.S. Senate, with a 91-6 vote, for his nomination to serve as...
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Vote Set for Thursday for Out Gay Judicial Nominee Fitzgerald
It was announced today that, following an agreement reached between the parties’ leaders, the Senate will be voting in the coming weeks on 14 of...
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Grant Colfax, San Fran HIV Prevention Doctor, to Lead White House AIDS Policy Efforts
The White House today announced that President Obama is naming Dr. Grant Colfax as the new director of the White House Office of National AIDS...
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U.S. Embassy “Strongly Condemns” Iraq Killings Targeting Young Gay Men and Others
Addressing the recent spate of “emo killings” in Iraq, in which young gay men and others with similar public presentation have been targets, the spokesman...
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Reid Seeks Senate Vote on 17 Judicial Nominees, Including Out Gay Nominee Fitzgerald
Today, Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.) announced that he was filing a cloture petition to attempt to force Senate votes on 17 federal trial...
