All posts by Justin Snow
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Federal judge blocks Michigan ban on partner benefits, cites Supreme Court’s DOMA ruling
Follow @JustinCSnow A federal judge on Friday temporarily blocked a Michigan ban on domestic partner benefits for public employees, applying for the first time the...
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Obama believes DOMA ruling should apply to same-sex couples nationwide
Follow @JustinCSnow Describing yesterday’s Supreme Court ruling striking down Section 3 of the Defense of Marriage Act as a “victory for American democracy,” President Barack...
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Federal government moves to implement DOMA ruling
Hours after the Supreme Court struck down Section 3 of the Defense of Marriage Act as unconstitutional, the federal government is moving rapidly to implement...
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Supreme Court pushes nation one step closer to full marriage equality
In what was a watershed moment Wednesday for the gay-rights movement, pushing the nation closer than ever to full marriage equality, the Supreme Court ruled...
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Obama applauds Supreme Court decisions on marriage equality
While aboard Air Force One en route to Senegal, President Barack Obama prasied the Supreme Court’s decision to strike down the Defense of Marriage Act...
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BREAKING: SUPREME COURT STRIKES DOWN DOMA, DISMISSES PROP. 8 ON STANDING
In a 5-4 decision, the U.S. Supreme Court has struck down the Defense of Marriage Act defining marriage as between a man and a woman...
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House Democrats seek to expand housing protections to LGBT people
Democrats on Capitol Hill are seeking to extinguish LGBT housing discrimination with legislation introduced today that would amend a key provision of the Civil Rights...
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Chuck Hagel celebrates LGBT Pride month at Pentagon event
Secretary of Defense Chuck Hagel marked June as LGBT Pride month at an event at the Pentagon today, describing gay and lesbian servicemembers as “integral...
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OutServe-SLDN Executive Director Allyson Robinson to stay on temporarily after board upset
Following more than 24 hours of turmoil that appeared to threaten to break apart the nation’s largest LGBT military organization, Allyson Robinson said Monday evening...
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Activists fault Supreme Court’s employment-discrimination rulings for possible LGBT impact
The Supreme Court ruled narrowly today to make it harder for employees to sue their employers for workplace discrimination and retaliation in two cases advocates...
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OutServe-SLDN board ousts Executive Director Allyson Robinson
The head of the nation’s largest LGBT military organization was asked to resign Saturday following a vote by the board of directors that led several...
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Obama nominates two more gay men to ambassador posts
President Barack Obama nominated two more gay men to ambassador posts today, including the first to serve as ambassador to a G-20 nation. Obama nominated...
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‘Ex-gay’ ministry apologizes to LGBT community, shuts down
An anti-gay Christian ministry that sought to “cure” gay people has announced it will shut down after more than three decades. Exodus International, which brands...
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The Out Scout
It was always assumed that Pascal Tessier would join the Boy Scouts. His older brother, Lucien, had joined when he was 7 years old. Four...
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John Kerry outlines America’s ‘moral obligation’ to advance LGBT equality
Secretary of State John Kerry declared Wednesday that the United States has a “moral obligation” to promote LGBT rights abroad. During Kerry’s first speech on...
