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Obama's Choice
''I favor legalizing same-sex marriages, and would fight efforts to prohibit such marriages,'' Barack Obama told Chicagoans in a letter to the Outlines newspaper dated...
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ABA Supports Ending All “Legal Barriers” to Marriage Equality
From the American Foundation for Equal Rights, the American Bar Association has passed the following resolution at its annual meeting: “RESOLVED, That the American Bar...
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Processing the Proposition's Process
The ruling by U.S. District Court Judge Vaughn Walker in Perry v. Schwarzenegger declaring Proposition 8 unconstitutional, while celebrated by opponents of the ban on...
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Prop 8 Decision Day FAQ
It’s deja vu all over again for California and across...
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Kagan: Up for a Vote … and on to the Full Senate
The Judiciary Committee voted in support of the nomination of Solicitor General Elena Kagan to the U.S. Supreme Court seat being vacated by Justice John...
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Gut Check
Initially, I was going to use this opportunity to recount my July 4 exercise in acquiescence – filling out my juror application for federal court....
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Fergilicious: Black Eyed Peas singer, Fergie, pushes Obama for gay marriage equality
“Barack Obama? I think that definitely he gave a different perspective on America from other countries. And I think that on foreign relations, he’s really...
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Teen boy was secretly 31-year-old woman; Arrested for sex with teen girl [video]
”It’s very, very disturbing. She had me fooled. I thought I was dealing with a 14-year-old boy.” Melissa Neumann, friend of an unnamed Ohio 16-year-old...
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Constitutional Follow-Up
Following up on the question raised — and unanswered — at the July 1 LGBT media briefing with White House domestic policy adviser Melody Barnes...
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Gay parade float burns in suspicious fire in Anchorage, AK
”I don’t understand why people would be so cruel. Why be so cruel?… It will be amazing, I’m sure, because everything was destroyed, everything. All...
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The Constitutional Question
At the White House LGBT media briefing on Thursday, July 1, White House Domestic Policy Adviser Melody Barnes took questions on a range of issues....
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Lesbian’s DC marriage collides with Tennessee’s DMV over name change
”How dare her employee run out to my car, in front of everybody and say, ‘You’ve got to give me the license back, we don’t...
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Youth to the Fore
''I just hope that President Obama steps up to the plate on LGBT issues.'' Mentioning repeal of the ''Don't Ask, Don't Tell'' policy and the...
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Limited Leave (Updated)
Changes to be announced tomorrow, June 23, regarding expansion of family-leave benefits for gay and lesbian families will be limited to an expansion for individuals...
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News Analysis: Opening Arguments, at the Close
More than five months ago, the trial questioning the constitutionality of California's Proposition 8 – prohibiting same-sex marriages in the state – began in U.S....
