All posts tagged "barack obama"
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White House: Obama’s Views on LGBT Issues “Quite Significantly Different” Than Santorum, Mum on Marriage
Responding to a question from Metro Weekly about former Pennsylvania Sen. Rick Santorum (R)’s claim in New Hampshire on Jan. 9 that he and President...
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The Pink “Pride Weekend!” Flier Trailing After Mitt Romney
President Obama had the 1996 Outlines survey, where, as a state Senate candidate, he had supported “same-sex marriages” but the White House was unwilling to...
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BREAKING: Romney Wins Iowa Caucus — Beating Santorum by Eight Votes
Former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney eked out a remarkably narrow win at the Iowa caucuses on Jan. 3 to advance his presidential ambitions — providing...
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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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Days Gone By
To get the cliché out of the way, looking back over a just-completed year is generally an exercise in indulging our own perspectives. Those of...
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Who will win Iowa?
// See this related story: The Caucus Awaits
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Golinski Has Her Day in Court, DOJ Sends Senior Lawyer To Argue DOMA’s Unconstitutionality
The Department of Justice sent one of its top lawyers to federal court in San Francisco today to argue that the Defense of Marriage Act’s...
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Acting Globally
President Obama issued a memorandum Dec. 6 ''directing all agencies engaged abroad to ensure that U.S. diplomacy and foreign assistance promote and protect the human...
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Perry Attacks “Special Rights for Gays,” Says Obama Move “Not in America’s Interests”
President Obama’s memorandum on use of U.S. foreign policy to advance LGBT equality prompted Republican presidential candidate and Texas Gov. Rick Perry to say in...
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Leading By Example: The Marriage Problem and Other U.S. Inequalities
At a background briefing held today in advance of Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton’s Human Rights Day Address about global LGBT equality, the issue...
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Metro Weekly Poll: Defending LGBT Rights
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Obama Issues Memorandum Directing Government Action on International LGBT Issues
President Obama today issued a memorandum “directing all agencies engaged abroad to ensure that U.S. diplomacy and foreign assistance promote and protect the human rights...
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Are We There Yet?
So, yes, it's lamentable that political progress is generally a stop-and-go affair, with long stretches of frustration and ennui punctuated by momentary outbursts of excitement...
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At the White House Veterans Day Breakfast, One More Sign of a Post-DADT America
This morning, Veterans Affairs Secretary Ric Shineski and his wife hosted a breakfast in the East Room of the White House in honor of Veterans...
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Obama Withdraws DuMont Nomination, Selects Replacement Nominee Taranto
As reported earlier today at Metro Weekly, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit nominee Edward DuMont had requested that President Barack Obama withdraw...
