Politics
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Obama Announces Youth Deportation Changes, Raising Question of Binational Couples Policy
This morning, in a conference call with reporters, Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano announced a new policy of “deferred action” for certain young, undocumented immigrants...
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Defense Secretary Panetta Recognizes LGBT Pride Month With Video Message
Defense Secretary Leon Panetta made history this morning by releasing...
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Obama Urges Support For Maryland Marriage Bill; O’Malley Vows to “Do All He Can,” Spokeswoman Says
Marriage equality supporters in Maryland got a boost from President Obama, who told a crowd at Baltimore’s Hyatt Regency hotel on Tuesday, June 12, that...
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TVC’s Anti-Trans Attack Email Sparks Outrage, But Not Surprise, From LGBT Activists
Although the only...
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Senate Committee Holds Hearing Into ENDA; Harkin Gives No Commitment on Mark-Up Session
[Photo: Lee Badgett, left, and Kylar Broadus are seated as Sens. Tom Harkin (D-Iowa), right, and Al Franken (D-Minn.) introduce themselves to Sam Bagenstos, third...
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Former AGs Meese, Ashcroft Call Obama Move on DOMA “Extreme” in Appeals Court Filing
This past week, the appeal of Karen Golinski’s case seeking equal health insurance coverage for her wife began with the filing by the Republican-led House...
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Warren Supports DOMA Repeal Bill, Wasn’t Endorsing Federal Marriage Equality Bill, Spokesperson Says
While Massachusetts Democratic Senate candidate Elizabeth Warren says she supports the Respect for Marriage Act, which would repeal the Defense of Marriage Act, comments related to...
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Maryland Marriage Equality Supporters Expand Campaign, Planning for November Referendum
Marylanders for Marriage Equality, the coalition of groups fighting to uphold Maryland’s recently passed marriage equality law, announced on May 7 that they had opened...
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ENDA Senate Hearing on June 12 to Include Trans, Legal, Business Witnesses
This morning, the Senate Housing, Employment, Labor and Pensions Committee announced the witness list for the upcoming June 12 hearing on the Employment Non-Discrimination Act...
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HRC Releases “Groundbreaking Research” on LGBT Youth, Marking Start of Griffin’s Tenure
Today, the Human Rights Campaign is releasing what it calls “groundbreaking research” involving “more than 10,000 LGBT-identified youth ages 13-17.” The national LGBT political organization...
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Another Federal Judge Finds DOMA Marriage Definition Unconstitutional, Now in Widow’s Case
Echoing several other recent court opinions, U.S. District Court Judge Barbara Jones today ruled that the Defense of Marriage Act’s federal definition of marriage is...
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BREAKING: Ninth Circuit Passes on Further Review of Prop 8 Case, Setting Up Appeal to Supreme Court
The federal appeals court hearing the challenge to California’s Proposition 8 passed on taking another look at the ruling. The decision today by the U.S. Court...
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Court Filing Expected in Prop 8 Case on Tuesday: What Could Happen?
The U.S. Court of...
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Illinois AG Supports Marriage Equality Lawsuits, Raising Question of Who Will Defend Civil Unions
Illinois Attorney General Lisa Madigan (D) will be joining Lambda Legal and the ACLU in arguing that Illinois’s civil unions law does not meet the...
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News Analysis: The DOMA Decision Is A Narrow One — Which Could Be Key at the Supreme Court
The opinion from the U.S. Court of Appeals for the First Circuit on May 31 striking down Section 3 of the Defense of Marriage Act in...
