All posts tagged "congress"
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Democrat Seth Moulton rejects support from same-sex marriage opponents
Responding to calls from the National Organization for Marriage for social conservatives to vote for pro-LGBT Democrat Seth Moulton over his openly gay Republican opponent, Richard...
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GOP congressional candidate features gay son in ad
Nan Hayworth, the Republican seeking to unseat out Rep. Sean Patrick Maloney in New York’s 18th Congressional District, released a television ad Wednesday featuring her...
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HRC unlikely to endorse in Tisei, Moulton race
The nation’s largest LGBT-rights organization is not expected to get involved in the Massachusetts congressional race between openly gay Republican Richard Tisei and pro-LGBT Democrat...
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GOP Rep. Chris Gibson backs attaching ENDA to defense bill
A Republican cosponsor of the Employment Non-Discrimination Act publicly endorsed a strategy Saturday that would attach the piece of LGBT-rights legislation as an amendment to...
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Courting the GOP
Inside the Fight for the Heart and Soul of the Republican Party
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Congressional Democrats continue calls for end to nation’s gay blood ban
Democrats on Capitol Hill are calling on the Department of Health and Human Services to issue a formal update on a review of policies regarding...
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Majority of Republicans would vote for a gay candidate
A majority of Republicans say the sexual orientation of a congressional candidate would not impact their vote, a new poll found. Sixty-eight percent of Republicans...
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Religious freedom bill could spur adoption discrimination
Legislation introduced in Congress this week aimed at protecting the religious beliefs of child welfare service providers is drawing criticism from LGBT-rights advocates who say the...
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Polis seeks to narrow ENDA’s religious exemption
Polis seeks to narrow ENDA's religious exemption.
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GOP Rep. David Jolly endorses marriage equality
Marriage equality gained its fourth Republican supporter in the House of Representatives Monday following the endorsement of Rep. David Jolly. The Florida Republican made the...
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Obama takes executive action to outlaw LGBT workplace discrimination
President Obama takes executive action to outlaw LGBT workplace discrimination.
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Obama urged to exclude religious exemption from LGBT nondiscrimination order
The White House is facing a barrage of requests not to include a religious exemption in an executive order that would prohibit federal contractors from...
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LGBT-rights groups withdraw support for ENDA
Several major LGBT-rights organizations pulled their support for the Employment Non-Discrimination Act Tuesday due to the bill’s religious exemption. The American Civil Liberties Union, Gay &...
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Congresswoman Lee and Congresswoman Ros-Lehtinen host HIV testing
“By knowing your status, you can take control and help put an end what to what is still a national public health crisis, and I...
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Obama calls for continued pressure on Congress to pass ENDA
President urges passage at an LGBT gala in New York
