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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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It's the ENDA the World (as We Know It)
About five years into Barack Obama's socialistic — or fascistic, depending on which side of the bed congressional Republicans woke up on this morning —...
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A Pox on Purity
In political advocacy, as in statecraft, purity is a luxury an effective practitioner cannot afford. The tea party's aggressive push for ideological purity has yielded...
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Millennials Moving Beyond Marriage
They've been called the ''Me Generation'' by Time magazine. They're steeped in social media and technology. They're possibly the most educated generation, according to Pew...
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Sculpture Dedicated in Memory of Whitman-Walker Clinic
The JBG Companies, a real-estate development firm, dedicated a piece of public art Monday afternoon to the Whitman-Walker Clinic and the health workers who provided...
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Ireland’s PM pushes for a referendum on marriage equality
“We hope that the Irish Churches will embrace the message of inclusion, which is shared by many Christians, and will not oppose the extension of...
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John Waters calls heterosexual porn obscene
“Someone said ‘it’s not making love, it’s making hate’. Especially heterosexual porn. I think in the gay porn you can tell they’re both in on...
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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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Elections a Mixed Bag for LGBT Virginians
LGBT Virginians can breathe a little easier following Tuesday's statewide and local elections, but the community still faces daunting challenges in Richmond. Democrat Terry McAuliffe...
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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...
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Focused on Cuccinelli-McAuliffe matchup, Virginians head to polls
Voters of all stripes flocked to polling places in Virginia Tuesday to select the next governor who will lead the commonwealth, as well as voting...
