Politics
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NJ High Court Turns Down Marriage Equality Case
With one seat vacant on the New Jersey Supreme Court, a three-three split decision on whether the high court would hear the challenge to the...
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OutServe to Launch Effort Representing Active Gay and Lesbian Troops
Saying that the Pentagon will have “no choice” but to work with them, a group of active duty gay and lesbian servicemembers, OutServe, is sending...
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Humm: “True Democracy” Is “Not Easy” But Needed For LGBT Movement
Andy Humm raises more questions than he answers in his column introduced by Michael Petrelis at Petrelis’s blog, but it is a good thought piece...
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Choi Confirms His DADT Discharge
Former Lt. Dan Choi, who Metro Weekly reported on July 21 has been discharged from the military, spoke with his unit commander today and issued...
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ACLU Sues Montana Seeking Domestic Partnerships
Seven same-sex couples, represented by the American Civil Liberties Union, have sued the state of Montana for the lack of equal relationship recognition. In a...
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ENDA Protest in Vegas Under Way
Get Equal is starting off Netroots Nation … with a protest! Challenging Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.) on the Employment Non-Discrimination Act, the activists...
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Kagan: Up for a Vote … and on to the Full Senate
The Judiciary Committee voted in support of the nomination of Solicitor General Elena Kagan to the U.S. Supreme Court seat being vacated by Justice John...
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An International Place for LGBT Equality
Some major action toward international engagement on LGBT issues today, with a nod from President Obama — as the White House Broadway night was set...
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The Domino Theory and the Ex-Gay Movement
It hasn’t been that long since anti-gay activist George Rekers put “lifting my luggage” into the American dictionary of hypocritical sexual innuendo by taking a...
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The Great White Way Makes Its Way to the White House
The President and First Lady Michelle Obama will be continuing the White House Music Series in the East Room this evening with a salute to...
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With West Virginia Senate Pick, DADT Is On Their Minds
Carte Goodwin (law firm bio here), the former general counsel to West Virginia Gov. Joe Manchin (D), is set to be the pick of his...
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DC Court of Appeals Upholds Decision Denying Marriage Initiative
The D.C. Court of Appeals issued its awaited decision in Bishop Harry Jackson’s appeal of the D.C. Board of Elections and Ethics’s decision that his...
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After Dismissal, Questions Remain — And Get Equal Makes a Move on ENDA
Although the charges were dismissed against Lt. Dan Choi and James Pietrangelo on Wednesday morning (as Metro Weekly‘s Yusef Najafi reports here), questions remained about...
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What Would Machiavelli Do?
Writing about “political fear” and the oft-repeated line that “lected officials and candidates view the gay community as an ATM,” AmericaBlog’s Joe Sudbay posits, “We...
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Log Cabin Goes to Court
As others focus on the questions the military is asking troops, Log Cabin Republicans are focused on questions of another type, as the group’s lawsuit...
