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Obama ties LBJ’s civil rights legacy to LGBT Americans
President Barack Obama embraced Lyndon B. Johnson’s civil rights legacy Thursday in a speech that credited the former president with helping to open the doors...
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Western conservatives make the case for marriage equality in court brief
A number of prominent conservatives from western states urged the 10th Circuit Court of Appeals to strike down state bans on same-sex marriage in a...
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Chris Christie’s gay rights gamble
There are multiple reasons why social conservatives have never quite warmed to Chris Christie. On Monday, he gave them another. After vowing to challenge the...
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New Jersey Supreme Court rules same-sex marriages to begin Oct. 21
Same-sex weddings will begin in New Jersey Oct. 21, the state’s highest court ruled Friday in a decision that refused to delay a lower court’s...
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Supreme Court rejects Cuccinelli’s appeal of ruling against Virginia’s sodomy law
The U.S. Supreme Court Monday denied a petition by Virginia Attorney General Ken Cuccinelli to appeal a 2-1 decision by the Richmond-based Fourth Circuit Court...
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Senate unanimously confirms first out gay federal appeals court judge
Todd Hughes was unanimously confirmed, 98-0, by the U.S. Senate Tuesday to the bench of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit today,...
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New Mexico Supreme Court rules photographer cannot deny services to same-sex couple
The New Mexico Supreme Court ruled in a unanimous decision Thursday that a wedding photographer who refused to provide services to a same-sex couple violated the...
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The fun. Activist
''It's all fun. and gay 'til someone loses their rights.'' The phrase comes from a T-shirt sold by the rock band fun. on its website...
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New Mexico Supreme Court asked to rule on marriage equality
Follow @JustinCSnow Emboldened by the Supreme Court’s ruling last week striking down Section 3 of the Defense of Marriage Act and returning marriage equality to...
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Obama applauds Supreme Court decisions on marriage equality
While aboard Air Force One en route to Senegal, President Barack Obama prasied the Supreme Court’s decision to strike down the Defense of Marriage Act...
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Activists fault Supreme Court’s employment-discrimination rulings for possible LGBT impact
The Supreme Court ruled narrowly today to make it harder for employees to sue their employers for workplace discrimination and retaliation in two cases advocates...
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Supreme Court’s upcoming decisions could radically change legal landscape for gays – or not
The wait is almost over. Before the month’s end, the nation’s highest court will decide two landmark cases that have the potential to dramatically change...
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From the Supreme Court Forward
When Edith Windsor exited the Supreme Court after nearly two hours of arguments March 27 on the constitutionality of Section 3 of the Defense of...
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Marriage equality, the Supreme Court and America’s embrace
It’s easy to forget that it wasn’t even 11 months ago President Barack Obama remained opposed to same-sex marriage. “I believe that marriage is the...
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Supreme Court justices cautious of sweeping Prop. 8 ruling
The Supreme Court justices approached the Proposition 8 case with caution Tuesday morning, indicating apparent trepidation to a sweeping ruling that would bring marriage equality...
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