All posts by Justin Snow
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Obama signs bipartisan bill lifting ban on HIV-positive organ transplants
President Barack Obama signed into law Thursday a bill lifting the ban on organ transplants between people who are HIV-positive. The HIV Organ Policy Equity...
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Obama honors Bayard Rustin and Sally Ride with Medal of Freedom
Two of America’s gay heroes, civil rights leader Bayard Rustin and astronaut Sally Ride, were posthumously awarded the nation’s highest civilian honor by President Barack...
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ENDA movement doesn’t eclipse push for Obama executive action
With landmark legislation that would outlaw anti-LGBT workplace discrimination having hit a wall in the House of Representatives, the White House is once again deflecting...
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Cheney sisters’ marriage feud roils Wyoming Senate race
When Liz Cheney appeared on MSNBC in May 2009, where exactly she stood on the issue of same-sex marriage was anything but clear. “My family...
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Sen. Mark Kirk shuts down anti-LGBT group’s Capitol Hill meeting
An anti-LGBT group that was set to meet on Capitol Hill Friday to discuss what America could learn from Russia’s newly enacted law prohibiting “propaganda...
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Hawaii governor signs marriage equality into law
“All of those who have been invisible will now be visible to themselves and the whole world.” — Hawaii Gov. Neil Abercrombie before signing marriage...
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Hawaii lawmakers vote to legalize same-sex marriage
The Hawaii state Senate voted 19-4 Tuesday to recognize same-sex couples’ right to marry, all but legalizing marriage equality in the Aloha State. The Hawaii...
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Republican support, critical to ENDA’s Senate passage, remains key in House
Republican Sen. Jeff Flake had just concluded a speech urging his colleagues to find ways to reduce the nation’s budget and deficit when Sen. Jeff...
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Obama applauds Senate passage of ENDA as tribute to progress
Immediately after the Senate voted 64-32 to approve landmark LGBT-rights legislation that would prohibit workplace discrimination, President Barack Obama issued a statement praising the Senate...
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Senate approves ENDA with bipartisan vote
The United States Senate approved the Employment Non-Discrimination Act with a 64-32 vote Thursday afternoon. The vote on the landmark LGBT-rights bill comes 17 years...
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Senate set for final vote on ENDA today
The Employment Non-Discrimination Act has cleared its last hurdle before a final vote by the U.S. Senate. The Senate has voted 64-34 to proceed to...
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Reid confident of ENDA Senate passage, blasts House intransigence
Majority Leader Harry Reid expressed confidence Wednesday that the Employment Non-Discrimination Act will pass the Senate tomorrow, while blasting the chamber across the hall for...
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Drafting ENDA’s battle plan in the House
Nearly 200 members of the House of Representatives support the Employment Non-Discrimination Act, but the man who controls that chamber appears poised to block even...
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Obama applauds passage of same-sex marriage in Illinois
President Barack Obama said in a statement he and first lady Michelle Obama are “overjoyed” by the Illinois General Assembly’s approval of marriage-equality legislation Monday....
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Illinois to become 15th state to legalize same-sex marriage
Illinois is poised to become the 15th state, plus D.C., to recognize the right of same-sex couples to marry after a critical vote in the...
