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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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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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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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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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Above and Beyond: Spring Arts 2012
AFI SILVER THEATRE 8633 Colesville RoadSilver Spring301-495-6720afi.com/Silver Bill Plympton – ”The king of indie animation” discusses and screens a selection of his works, including Weird...
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Obama's Adventures in Wonderland
On Monday, March 19 — and, in fact, on more than 20 occasions since September 2011 — first lady Michelle Obama told supporters that the...
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A Very Long Engagement
On Friday, Feb. 17, New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie (R) vetoed a marriage-equality bill in his state. Hours later, Maryland Gov. Martin O'Malley (D) praised...
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Washington Governor Gregoire Signs Marriage Equality Bill Into Law
Washington state Gov. Christine Gregoire...
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Obama’s Press Secretaries and Romney (and the Others) Talk About Prop 8, With Very Different Takes
Although neither candidate supports marriage equality, today’s decision of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit in Perry v. Brown striking down California’s...
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National News Briefs
Maine Ready To Take Back Marriage Rights This November, it looks like marriage equality may once again surrender itself to the judgment of Maine's voters....
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Big Year for Marriage
Proactive efforts got underway this month to establish marriage equality in at least three more states. Democratic leaders in the New Jersey Senate and Assembly...
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Absent Update
''I have no updates for you on the president's position on same-sex marriage.'' White House press secretary Jay Carney said the words with exasperation in...
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News Analysis: Marriage Gets Significant Play As GOP Candidates Debate in New Hampshire
Tonight, the remaining Republican would-be presidential candidates met for one of two debates before the Jan. 10...
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The Year in LGBT Law: A Changed Landscape of Unexpected Developments — and Waiting
On Jan. 1, 2011, most LGBT legal commentators were ready for a federal appellate court ruling on the constitutionality of Proposition 8 — or at...
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An Odd Year
In that life keeps moving forward, the laws of the universe make it impossible to revisit everything in the past. There is certainly plenty, however,...
