News + Politics
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Stay Unlikely From Trial Judge in DADT Case
From The Advocate‘s Andrew Harmon, who was at today’s hearing: U.S. district judge Virginia A. Phillips issued a tentative ruling Monday rejecting the government’s request...
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Ken Buck’s opinion: People ‘choose’ to be gay, but have inborn influences ‘like alcoholism’
”I do . Based on what? I guess you can choose who your partner is… I think that birth...
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Gay media watch org disagrees with actor Vince Vaughn over ‘gay’ joke
”Comedy and joking about our differences breaks tension and brings us together. Drawing dividing lines over what we can and cannot joke about does exactly...
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‘GLEE’ takes on ‘The Rocky Horror Show’ for Halloween episode
”It’s a great show for the Glee Club, because it’s a show for outcasts. It’s a show for people that are trying to find some...
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Nearly 128 Hours Later …
At 2:30 p.m. PT Monday, U.S. District Court Judge Virginia Phillips will hold a hearing to determine whether the government is correct that the “Don’t...
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LCR Attorneys Respond to DOJ Stay Request in DADT Case
This afternoon in California, attorneys representing Log Cabin Republicans filed a brief in opposition to the U.S. government’s request for a stay of U.S. District...
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Undersecretary of Defense Stanley Issues DADT Case Memo
Undersecretary of Defense for Personnel and Readiness Clifford Stanley issued a memorandum today, obtained by Metro Weekly, to the secretaries of the service branches detailing...
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Servicemembers United, Comparing Apples and Oranges
Today, Servicemembers United put out a news release to several hundred people, alerting LGBT and other progressive bloggers and other media to the fact that...
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Rachel Maddow interviews two gay Air Force members as ‘Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell’ dwindles
”I hear a lot of times that, people say don’t ask don’t tell works. I think that they’re not thinking beyond — they’re not thinking...
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News Analysis: Dellinger on DADT, Justice and a “Bold Step”
Former Acting Solicitor General and Duke Law professor Walter Dellinger, who served in the latter part of the Clinton administration, was on The Rachel Maddow...
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Examining the DOJ Request for a Stay; Appeal Notice Filed
The U.S. Department of Justice filed its request seeking a stay of U.S. District Court Judge Virginia Phillips’s ruling in Log Cabin Republicans v. United...
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BREAKING: DOJ Files Motion Requesting Stay of DADT Injunction
This afternoon, two days after U.S. District Court Judge Virginia Phillips...
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What Is DOD Thinking?
Early Wednesday morning, I wrote, “What Is DOJ Thinking?“ Today, the bigger question appears to be, “What is DOD thinking?” As reported in The New...
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Explaining the HIV Military Provision, With Facts
To quote Maria, “Let’s start at the very beginning.” In 1996, Rep. Bob Dornan (R-Calif.) was in Congress. The National Defense Authorization Act for 1996...
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Twenty-Four Hours Without DADT
For more than 24 hours, the United States has been constrained from enforcing the military’s “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell” policy. Although CNN is reporting that...
