Politics
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Upholding Texas Marriage Ban, Court Discounts Baker
An interesting side-note to come from the Texas appellate ruling on August 31 denying a Texas gay couple the ability to get a divorce —...
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Former RNC Head Ken Mehlman Outs Himself
“After having had several homosexual experiences, many people still deny that they are gay. They tell themselves that they are really heterosexual, they continue to...
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The Importance of the Timeline in the Prop 8 Appeal
Much attention has been paid to the news on Friday, August 20, the California gubernatorial candidate Meg Whitman (R) told the Sacremento Bee that she...
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An Unappealing Election Matter: Defending DOMA
Two weeks before Election Day, the U.S. Department of Justice may be in the position of going to the U.S. First Circuit Court of Appeals...
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Obama Recess Appointments Include Gay HHS Nominee
Today, President Obama announced that he was using his authority to make recess appointments of four nominees on whom the Senate has not taken action...
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The McCains and the DNC Walk Into the Middle of DADT Repeal …
From the mailbag, Cindy McCain tells us about the tough re-election fight Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.) faces — and more: John never hesitates to step...
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“Family Readiness” is the New “Military Readiness”
Although news that the Pentagon was going to be surveying the spouses — opposite-sex only — of current members of the military regarding the “Don’t...
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Ninth Circuit Halts California Marriages Pending Appeal
Same-sex marriages will not proceed in California this week, per an order this afternoon from the U.S. Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals that will not...
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Air Force Agrees To 21-Day Notice Of Any Fehrenbach Discharge
In a joint agreement filed today in U.S. District Court for the District of Idaho, lawyers for Lt. Col. Victor Fehrenbach and the U.S. Air...
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A Mile Away, a World Apart
The crowd gathered at the National Organization for Marriage’s rally on the lawn near the U.S. Capitol on Sunday, Aug. 15, grew to about 200...
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Walker: Denies Stay Pending Appeal, Grants Temporary Stay
U.S. District Court Judge Vaughn Walker ruled that the proponents of Proposition 8 are not likely to succeed on appeal and do not meet the...
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This Evening In LGBT News
This evening, two important developments happened of interest to the LGBT community. First, The New York Times reports: On Wednesday, Colonel Fehrenbach’s lawyers filed...
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ABA Supports Ending All “Legal Barriers” to Marriage Equality
From the American Foundation for Equal Rights, the American Bar Association has passed the following resolution at its annual meeting: “RESOLVED, That the American Bar...
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McCollum’s (Self Inflicted, Anti-LGBT) Travails
Florida Attorney General Bill McCollum (R), running for governor, has had a rough year. Most of it is all of his own creation, but, seriously,...
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On Your TVs …
If you aren’t a “watch the Sunday shows” type, then you probably missed these two remarkable exchanges about the Proposition 8 trial ruling. First, conservative...
