All posts by Justin Snow
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Obama Backs Illinois Same-Sex Marriage Bill
President Barack Obama endorsed same-sex marriage in his home state of Illinois on Saturday, expressing his support through a spokesman for expected legislation that would...
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Obama Describes Hagel Apology for Anti-Gay Comments as “Positive Change”
President Barack Obama defended former Sen. Chuck Hagel on Sunday, describing the Nebraska Republican’s apology for anti-gay comments made in 1998 as evidence of evolving...
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With Kerry Headed to State, Barney Frank Considers Senate Appointment
President Barack Obama nominated Sen. John Kerry for secretary of state today. The announcement was anticipated by many who suspected Kerry would replace Secretary of...
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Hagel Apologizes for Anti-Gay Remarks, Endorses Open Service
Facing the ire of LGBT-rights activists, former Sen. Chuck Hagel apologized today for anti-gay comments made in 1998 that surfaced yesterday. In a statement provided...
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Obama Takes Pride in LGBT Record with Time
President Barack Obama has no illusions over what he has delivered when it comes to LGBT rights. In an interview with Time for the magazine’s annual...
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Advocates: Cory Booker Senate Run Won’t Hurt New Jersey Marriage Effort
Cory Booker will not run for governor of New Jersey, the Newark mayor announced in a video uploaded to his YouTube page Thursday. Instead, the...
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Gingrich Suggests Republican Evolution on Same-Sex Marriage
In an extensive interview with The Huffington Post, former Republican presidential candidate and Speaker of the House Newt Gingrich suggested the Republican Party must evolve...
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Capitol Hill and the White House
With the re-election of President Barack Obama, gains in LGBT representation in Congress, and four victories for marriage equality at the ballot box, advocates declared...
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Hope and an Executive Order
Sen. Barack Obama was well on his way to winning the Democratic nomination for president in late February 2008. It was more than a month...
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Congressional Committee Tames Rep. Akin’s Anti-Gay Exit
A final attempt by outgoing anti-gay Rep. Todd Akin (R-Mo.) to target gay and lesbian troops by writing discrimination into the Pentagon’s budget appears to...
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LGBT Coalition Urge House GOP To Drop Costly DOMA Legal Defense
The leaders of the nation’s largest LGBT-rights organizations urged Republican leaders in the House of Representatives to cease funding the legal defense of the Defense...
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Advocates Remember Sen. Daniel Inouye as Stalwart for Equality
Sen. Daniel Inouye, one of the upper chamber’s strongest supporters of LGBT equality, died Monday at the age of 88. The Hawaii Democrat was the...
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Marking an Apparent White House First, Male Marine Proposes to Boyfriend
The White House hosted what appears to have been its first ever same-sex engagement. On Saturday, U.S. Marine Corps Captain Matthew Phelps dropped to one...
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Anti-Gay Pundits Blame Secular Culture For Elementary School Shooting
Politics as usual came to a standstill for many in Washington today after a horrific shooting at an elementary school in Connecticut. Police in Newton,...
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House Republicans’ Defense of DOMA Inches Toward $2 Million Mark
House Republicans are edging closer to the $2 million mark in their defense of the 1996 law that prohibits federal recognition of same-sex marriages. CQ...
