Politics
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Dem Lawmakers to Obama: Sign Federal Contractor Executive Order
In a letter sent by Reps. Frank Pallone (D-N.J.), Lois Capps (D-Calif.), Barney Frank (D-Mass.) and 69 other lawmakers to President Obama today, the Democratic...
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NYT Knocks NOM’s “Poisonous Political Approach,” Pokes at GOP Candidates
In an editorial to appear in The New York Times on Tuesday, April 3, the editorial board lays out its view of the National Organization...
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Unrated Bully Documentary Opens Strong Despite Limited Release, Viewing Age Restrictions
This past week, the petition site Change.org hosted a 500,000-signature petition asking the Motion Picture Association of America (MPAA) to remove its “R” rating from...
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Immigration Equality Files DOMA Challenge, Obama Administration Left Them “No Choice”
Filing what she described as the organization’s “first big impact litigation,” Immigration Equality’s executive director, Rachel Tiven, tells Metro Weekly that the organization was “left...
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Pelosi, Hoyer: GOP Move Against “Decorated Veteran … Clearly Exceeds” Authority on DOMA Fight
The ongoing dispute between the House Republican and Democratic leadership over the defense of federal laws banning recognition of same-sex married couples reached a new...
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Romney’s NOM Connection: In 2008, Romney PAC Gave NOM a $10,000 Contribution
In a development reported earlier today by The Huffington Post’s Sam Stein, documents provided to Metro Weekly and other LGBT entities show that Mitt Romney’s...
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New Poll on Md. Marriage Equality Shows Close Divide, With Large Number of No Opinion, Undecideds
Another day, another poll showing Marylanders divided over the issue of marriage equality. With the state’s recently passed marriage equality law likely headed to referendum...
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Santorum Tells Young Man: “You’re not gonna use the pink ball. Not on camera.”
Today, at an event in a bowling alley, presidential candidate and former Pennsylvania Sen. Rick Santorum told a young man bowling with him, who apparently...
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News Analysis: NOM’s “Strategy for Victory” Shows Attempt to Sow Seeds of Discontentment
“Marriage will be won or lost in the United States in the next two to three years,” the previously confidential memorandum from 2009 stated. In...
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DOJ Seeks Quick Court Action Against DOMA, As Health Benefits Begin for Karen Golinski’s Wife
On Monday, March 26, the Department of Justice took aggressive action to move forward the case of a California federal court employee, Karen Golinski, who...
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Stage Is Set for April 4th Arguments in First Circuit DOMA Challenge Appeal
As the U.S. Court of Appeals for the First Circuit gears up to hear appellate arguments next week in two cases challenging the federal definition...
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Blogs Come Out Swinging to Help Defeat North Carolina Marriage Amendment
Jeremy Kennedy — the campaign manager for the Coalition to Protect All North Carolina Families, the effort to defeat the marriage amendment that will be...
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Customs Agency Plans Rule Change to Ease Travel for Same-Sex Couples and Families
U.S. Customs and Border Protection announced that under a new rule it plans to propose on Tuesday, March 27, families headed by same-sex couples would...
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Starbucks CEO Dismisses NOM, Says Marriage Equality “Consistent With the Tradition” of Starbucks
On March 21, Starbucks chief executive officer Howard Schultz responded to a recent campaign launched by the National Organization for Marriage urging people to “Dump...
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Republican-Led New Hampshire House Overwhelmingly Rejects Marriage Equality Repeal
With a 211 to 116 vote on Wednesday, March 21, the New Hampshire House of Representatives rejected a bill to repeal the state’s marriage equality...
