All posts tagged "doma"
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Federal employee benefits extended to same-sex couples
Follow @JustinCSnow The Office of Personnel Management announced in a Friday memo to the heads of executive departments and agencies the extension of various federal...
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Federal judge blocks Michigan ban on partner benefits, cites Supreme Court’s DOMA ruling
Follow @JustinCSnow A federal judge on Friday temporarily blocked a Michigan ban on domestic partner benefits for public employees, applying for the first time the...
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Obama believes DOMA ruling should apply to same-sex couples nationwide
Follow @JustinCSnow Describing yesterday’s Supreme Court ruling striking down Section 3 of the Defense of Marriage Act as a “victory for American democracy,” President Barack...
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DOMA Goes Down
It's not often you get to see a wave of joy wash across the Internet, so the first few minutes after the Supreme Court announced...
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Celebration and song after the Supreme Court's marriage equality decisions [video]
Metro Weekly talks with those gathered outside the Supreme Court to get their reactions on DOMA, Prop 8 and the state of LGBT rights in...
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Federal government moves to implement DOMA ruling
Hours after the Supreme Court struck down Section 3 of the Defense of Marriage Act as unconstitutional, the federal government is moving rapidly to implement...
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Supreme Court pushes nation one step closer to full marriage equality
In what was a watershed moment Wednesday for the gay-rights movement, pushing the nation closer than ever to full marriage equality, the Supreme Court ruled...
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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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BREAKING: SUPREME COURT STRIKES DOWN DOMA, DISMISSES PROP. 8 ON STANDING
In a 5-4 decision, the U.S. Supreme Court has struck down the Defense of Marriage Act defining marriage as between a man and a woman...
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UPDATED: National Cathedral Sets SCOTUS-related Prayer Service
With focus on the Supreme Court’s upcoming release of opinions in two cases, one challenging the Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA), the other challenging California’s...
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Leahy reignites debate over gay couples in immigration reform
Sen. Patrick Leahy rekindled the debate over inclusion of same-sex couples in immigration reform late Tuesday after filing an amendment similar to one that failed...
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Obama proclaims June 2013 LGBT Pride Month
President Barack Obama declared the month of June LGBT Pride Month in a proclamation released by the White House Friday afternoon. “This year, we celebrate...
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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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Rearguard Actions
To be honest, it's daunting at this point to write about the Supreme Court and marriage equality because we're in one of those cultural moments...
