News + Politics
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Prop 8 Lawsuit Lawyers Ask Ninth Circuit to Lift Stay and Allow California Same-Sex Marriages
Moments after the U.S. Department of Justice announced that it would no longer be defending challenges to Section 3 of the Defense of Marriage Act,...
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Amendments to Maryland Marriage Bill and Third Reading Set for Feb. 24
Senate Bill 116, The Religious Freedom and Civil Marriage Protection Act, passed a second reading in the Maryland State Senate on Wednesday, Feb. 23 with...
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DOJ Stops Defending DOMA Provision
The Department of Justice has announced that it believes courts should apply heightened scrutiny to laws that classify people based on sexual orientation – particularly...
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BREAKING: DOJ Will No Longer Defend Section 3 of DOMA
The Department of Justice has made a decision that heightened scrutiny applies to sexual orientation...
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Tennessee school bill would prevent any discussion of homosexuality [video]
”The Don’t Say Gay bill raises all kinds of issues about anti-gay bias, free speech and government overreach. It limits what teachers and students are able...
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The Big Small Screen
While I love movies, I actually rather hate movie theaters. I realize that many people enjoy the communal experience of a movie — sharing in...
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Chamber Honorees
Following a nominations process that opened in December, the Capital Area Gay & Lesbian Chamber of Commerce, better known as The Chamber, has announced the...
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Looking for Leaders
Metro Weekly will be accepting nominations for its third annual Next Generation Awards, which recognize the accomplishments of LGBT activists, artists and leaders under the...
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Newt Gingrich confronted on ‘hypocritical’ opposition to gay marriage
”I’ve had a life which, on occasion, has had problems,” he added. “I believe in a forgiving God, and the American people will have to...
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AP looks at corporations that cover surgery for transgender employees
”We understand people simply get appendicitis, and it is something our community deals with through insurance…. That’s what we need to understand about transsexualism. Not...
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Former White House Chief of Staff Rahm Emanuel Elected Chicago Mayor
Rahm Emanuel, the former head of the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee who served as President Barack Obama’s first White House chief of staff, was elected...
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Outlandish Britney, Gaga posts from Examiner’s ‘gay culture’ blog were hoaxes?
”In several of my articles, I have quoted Joel Waddell and his organization, the supposed ‘Orange County Equality Project.’ It has now come to my...
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News Analysis: The Changed Landscape, and the New Focus
Although the changed political winds in Washington, D.C., spell an end to any likely chance of the repeal of the Defense of Marriage Act or...
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Lady Gaga claims record deal with Target Corp. included support for LGBT charities
“That discussion was one of the most intense conversations I’ve ever had in a business meeting…. Part of my deal with Target is that they...
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Marriage Action in Annapolis
The Maryland bill aiming to grant same-sex couples legal marriage rights while granting specific exemptions to religious institutions opposed to marriage equality, arrived on the...
