Politics
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Death in Baltimore Focuses Attention on Anti-Transgender Violence and Discrimination
Equality Maryland spent the first half of Wednesday, Feb. 23 celebrating the second reading Senate passage of a bill that would grant same-sex couples marriage...
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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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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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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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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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Rosapepe Puts Maryland Marriage Bill Over the Top
Following quickly on the heels of today’s historic committee vote sending Maryland’s marriage equality bill to the floor of the full Senate, the final necessary...
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Obama Talks Education Bill With Senators, Anti-Bullying Measures Not Discussed
Today, President Barack Obama had a meeting to discuss the reauthorization of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act with a bipartisan group of Senate leaders...
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U.S. Diplomat on Uganda’s Bahati: “His homophobia … is blinding and incurable.”
In new U.S. diplomatic cables provided by WikiLeaks, The Guardian today published cables detailing the United States diplomacy relating to Uganda’s Anti-Homosexuality Bill. [UPDATE: As...
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California High Court Takes Prop 8 Standing Question
The California Supreme Court granted the request to take the certified question, as requested by the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit, in...
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L.A. Times: California High Court to Make Prop 8 Case Decision Today
The Los Angeles Times reports: The California Supreme Court will decide Wednesday whether to plunge back into the legal battle over same-sex marriage. The state...
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UPDATE: For Out Gay Indonesian Native, Deportation Is Delayed
[UPDATE @ 5:50 PM: Anton Tanumihardja will not be deported today. According to Lavi Soloway, the order from the U.S. Immigrations and Customs Enforcement reads:...
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For GOProud, Tammy Bruce Is Out And Former ACU Executive Director Chuck Muth Is In
GOProud advisory council chair Tammy Bruce announced her resignation from the group today, after having particpated in events with the group throughout CPAC this weekend....
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Coulter Says “Gays Are Natural Conservatives” — To Cheers From CPAC Crowd
In a day that included remarks at the Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) from GOProud advisory council members Andrew Breitbart and Margaret Hoover, the biggest...
