Politics
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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...
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BREAKING: DOMA’s Federal Definition of Marriage Unconstitutional, Federal Appeals Court Rules
Section 3 of the Defense of Marriage Act — the federal definition of “marriage” and “spouse” — is unconstitutional, a federal appeals court in Boston...
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Lambda, ACLU Lawsuits Claim Same-Sex Couples’ Marriage Inequality Violates Illinois Constitution
Lambda Legal Defense and Education Fund and the ACLU each filed a lawsuit today seeking equal marriage rights for same-sex couples in Illinois, as Metro...
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Lambda Legal, ACLU to File Lawsuits Seeking Marriage Equality in Illinois
Lambda Legal Defense and...
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Maryland Marriage Equality Foes Submit Referendum Signatures, Proponents Ready Campaign
Marylanders for Marriage Equality, the coalition seeking to uphold the Free State’s recently passed marriage equality law, issued a statement on May 29 outside the...
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Federal Judge Rules DOMA, Tax Code Force Unconstitutional Treatment For Same-Sex Couples
On Thursday evening, a federal judge in California held that the Defense of Marriage Act and a provision of tax law unconstitutionally limit same-sex couples...
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State Department Releases Annual Report on Human Rights, Details LGBT Mistreatment
The State Department this morning released its 2011 Annual Report on Human Rights, the 36th such annual report. Marking the release, Secretary of State Hillary...
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New Poll Shows Voters Support Maryland Marriage Equality Bill, Buoyed By Increased Black Voter Support
A strong majority of Marylanders would vote to uphold Maryland’s recently passed marriage equality law if it is taken to a referendum in November, a...
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Colin Powell Supports Marriage Equality, Says of Gay Friends: “They are as stable a family as my family is.”
Retired Gen. Colin Powell — the former chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff whose voice in 1993 in support of “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell”...
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Obama Campaign Launches LGBT Outreach Effort, With HRC’s Solmonese Wearing Two Hats
Human Rights Campaign president Joe Solmonese was on double duty today, serving as the main speaker on the launch of the Obama for America campaign’s...
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White House Sets LGBT Pride Month Reception for June 15, Sends Out Invites
This year’s White House LGBT Pride Month...
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DOJ Accepts EEOC Ruling That Trans Bias Is Covered By Title VII, ATF Begins Investigation
The Department of Justice has accepted the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission’s April 20 ruling that claims of gender identity discrimination are a type of sex...
