Politics
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News Analysis: Obama Executive Order Decision Raises Question Whether He’s Broken 2008 Pledge
When President Obama’s press secretary on Thursday, April 12, explained the president’s decision not to sign an executive order banning federal contractors from discriminating based...
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Two Indicted on Federal Hate Crimes Charges Against Gay Man
Two Kentucky men have been indicted in what the Department of Justice says is the first case to involve sexual orientation charged under the Matthew...
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News Analysis: White House Briefing Executive Order Talk Raises More Questions Than It Answers
White House press secretary Jay Carney faced nearly eight minutes of questioning at today’s White House briefing on the White House’s announcement on Wednesday evening,...
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White House Says No Federal Contractor Nondiscrimination Executive Order “At This Time”
President Obama does not plan to sign an executive order at this time banning federal contractors from discriminating on the basis of sexual orientation or...
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New Campaign Manager, Rosy Polls Bolster Marylanders for Marriage Equality Heading into Referendum Fight
Marylanders for Marriage Equality, the coalition of labor, religious, civic and political groups and organizations working to ensure marriage equality in the Free State, announced...
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White House Holds High-Level Meeting With LGBT Advocates to Discuss Workplace Protections
At 3 p.m. today, LGBT advocates went to the White House to...
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Rick Santorum Drops Out of Presidential Primary Race, Suspending Campaign
The presidential campaign of former Pennsylvania Sen. Rick Santorum (R) came to an end...
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Lambda Legal Files Federal Lawsuit Seeking Marriage Equality in Nevada
Today, Lambda Legal Defense and Education Fund took what one of its lawyers calls “a strategic step” in the national effort to advance marriage equality...
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White House on Egg Roll Couple Seeking Executive Order Action: No Updates
From today’s White House press briefing, press secretary Jay Carney was asked about the couple, Jarrod Scarbrough and Les Sewell, who attended today’s White House...
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Obama Campaign Weighs in to Oppose Minnesota Marriage Amendment
The Obama campaign has announced its opposition to the marriage amendment that will be on the November ballot in Minnesota that would restrict marriage only...
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National Organization for Marriage, Sen. Diaz Respond to Recent Criticism
The National Organization for Marriage and New York state Sen. Ruben Diaz (D), a prominent opponent of New York’s marriage equality law, have spoken out...
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Federal Appeals Judges Consider Whether DOMA Is Constitutional in Historic Hearing in Boston
[Photo, above: Gay & Lesbian Advocates & Defenders lawyer Mary Bonauto, left, apeaks with reporters along with Massachusetts Attorney General Martha Coakley (D), right, and...
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In Dean Hara’s Mission to Defeat DOMA, Echoes of His Deceased Husband, Rep. Gerry Studds
Former Rep. Gerry Studds (D-Mass.), who died in October 2006, was the first out gay member of Congress back in 1983. He was one of...
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Federal Appeals Court Takes on DOMA in Historic Hearing on Wednesday in Boston: What to Know
On Wednesday morning, April 4, a three-judge panel of the...
