All posts tagged "hillary clinton"
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Yeah, well, we’re not sure any gay would want to marry Sen. Saxby Chambliss
“I’m not gay. So I’m not going to marry one.” — Sen. Saxby Chambliss (R-Ga.), when asked by Politico if his views on gay marriage...
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Hillary Clinton: “I support marriage for lesbian and gay couples”
Former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton endorsed same-sex marriage today in a video released by the Human Rights Campaign. “LGBT Americans are our colleagues, our...
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Bill Clinton pens strongest support yet for ending his DOMA law
Former President Bill Clinton took his biggest step yet in distancing himself from the 1996 Defense of Marriage Act that bears his signature, writing in...
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Calling on Clinton
There were high expectations for former President Bill Clinton when he walked out onto the blue-carpeted stage at the Democratic National Convention in Charlotte, N.C.,...
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Obama Administration Unveils Blueprint for “AIDS-free Generation”
The Obama administration marked the upcoming World AIDS Day by releasing plans for combating and defeating AIDS around the world. During an appearance at the...
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Clinton Reaffirms Commitment to LGBT Equality, But Mum on Uganda’s Anti-Gay Bill
Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton reaffirmed her commitment to increasing acceptance of LGBT people around the world during a speech at the State Department...
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AIDS 2012’s Call to Action Aims for “AIDS-Free Generation”
Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton and leading HIV/AIDS experts have declared war on HIV and AIDS. Speaking to thousands of delegates attending the XIX...
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Alyse Nelson at Politics and Prose
Vital Voices: The Power of Women Leading Change around the World is a book about then-First Lady Hillary Clinton’s government initiative that morphed into a...
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State Department Releases Annual Report on Human Rights, Details LGBT Mistreatment
The State Department this morning released its 2011 Annual Report on Human Rights, the 36th such annual report. Marking the release, Secretary of State Hillary...
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State Department: “Our Message Is Unchanged,” Continues to Oppose Uganda Anti-Homosexuality Bill
Calling Uganda’s anti-homosexuality bill “manifestly inconsistent with Uganda’s international human rights obligations,” a U.S. State Department spokeswoman tells Metro Weekly it continues to oppose the...
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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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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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Secretary Clinton to LGBT People Worldwide: “You Have an Ally in the United States”
Today, Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton gave a major address on LGBT equality as her Human Rights Day Address. Delivered in Geneva, Clinton acknowledged...
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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...
