Politics
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WSJ, NBC Report That Pentagon DADT Certification Is Coming Friday
Both the Wall Street Journal and NBC News are reporting this evening that top Pentagon officials — Defense Secretary Leon Panetta and Adm. Mike Mullen,...
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Catching Up With “Team Artis” After Senate Hearing About DOMA
[Photos: The Artis family after the July 20, 2011, Senate Judiciary Committee hearing on the Respect for Marriage Act, a bill to repeal the Defense...
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Obama to Name Fourth Out LGBT Judicial Nominee
Politico’s Abby Phillip reports this afternoon — and the White House confirmed — that the President Barack Obama is planning on nominating Michael Fitzgerald, an...
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Senate Considers the Respect for Marriage Act, Bill to Repeal DOMA
[Photo: Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Patrick Leahy (D-Vt.) confers with Rep. John Lewis (D-Ga.) before a committee hearing into the Respect for Marriage Act, a...
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BREAKING: Obama Endorses DOMA Repeal Bill, Respect for Marriage Act, Spokesman Says
White House press secretary Jay Carney announced today that President Barack Obama supports the Respect for Marriage Act, a bill to repeal the Defense of...
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Edith Windsor’s Lawyers Slam BLAG’s “Failure to Respond” in DOMA Challenge
In a letter filed on July 18 with the magistrate judge overseeing the discovery — or evidentiary — portion of Edith Windsor’s ACLU-led challenge to...
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DOJ Argues to Keep DADT Repeal In Executive Branch’s Control, Out of the Courts
The government this evening continued its attempt to keep the end of the “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell” policy in the hands of the executive branch,...
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Oetken Approved By U.S. Senate, Is First Out Gay Man OK’ed for Federal Judgeship
Today, in a 80-13 vote completed at a little past 6:10 p.m., the Senate approved the nomination of out gay attorney J. Paul Oetken to...
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Panel Set for July 20 Senate Hearing into Respect for Marriage Act
In advance of this week’s Senate Judiciary Committee hearing scheduled for 10 a.m. Wednesday, July 20, by Sen. Patrick Leahy (D-Vt.) on the Respect for...
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Active-Duty Military Contingent Marches in San Diego Pride Parade
[Photo: The contingent of active-duty servicemembers and veterans line up to march in the San Diego Pride Parade on Saturday, July 16. (Photo by Tony...
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Ninth Circuit Keeps Bar on DADT Discharges In Effect While Considering DOJ Motion on Stay in Log Cabin Case
Although “temporarily reinstating” most of its stay of the injunction in the Log Cabin Republicans v. United States case tonight, the U.S. Court of Appeals...
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LCR Responds to DOJ: “On-Again, Off-Again Status” of DADT “Plays Havoc” With Servicemembers’ Rights
Responding to the two filings on Thursday evening, July 14, by the Department of Justice in the Log Cabin Republicans v. United States challenge to...
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Equality Maryland Seeking 10-20 People to Serve on its Board of Directors
Following months of turbulence at Equality Maryland, from board member resignations to the departure of the organization’s executive director in April, the organization announced today...
