All posts tagged "hrc"
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HRC Endorses Obama Re-Election
Before D.C. residents can head to the beach for Memorial Day weekend 2011, the Human Rights Campaign — nearly 18 months from Election Day and...
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Gentle Ben
It's likely the fantasy of many gay men. In a New York City hotel room, Ben Cohen, 32, is fresh from the shower. Sorry, gents,...
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National LGBT Immigration Strategy Meeting Set For Wednesday
Immigration Equality plans to host a meeting in New York City on Wednesday, May 18, to discuss strategies for helping keep bi-national same-sex couples from...
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Domestic Disturbance
Part One of a series marking the 15th anniversary of the passage of the Defense of Marriage Act Talking with Andrew Sullivan about marriage is...
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King and Spalding Files Motion to Withdraw From DOMA Defense, Prompting Clement’s Resignation
Today, the law firm of King & Spalding announced — only 11 days after taking on the representation of the House Bipartisan Legal Advisory Group...
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Speaker Boehner’s DOMA Defense Lawyer, Paul Clement, Is Announced — and Faces Questions
Today, the House of Representatives Bipartisan Legal Advisory Group, through Speaker John Boehner (R-Ohio), announced that it would be intervening in cases challenging the Defense...
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In Virginia, a Governor’s Deadline and a Board Vote for Gay Couples Adoption Measure
On April 20-21, the Virginia State Board of Social Services will meet to consider “adopting new standards for licensed private child-placing agencies,” which would allow...
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RNC’s “Hope Isn’t Hiring” Isn’t Here Any More
After being online for a week and a half, the Republican National Committee site, “Hope Isn’t Hiring,” has disappeared — and with it several strong...
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RNC Slams Obama on DADT Repeal, Stopped DOMA Defense, Prop 8 Opposition
[Image, above: A screen capture from the top of the Republican National Committee’s new website, “Hope Isn’t Hiring,” which takes aim at President Obama’s record...
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DOJ's New Scrutiny
The Department of Justice Civil Rights Division's report on its ''Investigation of the New Orleans Police Department,'' which was released on March 16, detailed serious...
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DOMA’s Dwindling Defenders — in Congress and Across the Country
On March 3, Rep. Vicky Hartzler, a Republican from Missouri, introduced a resolution purporting to “demand that the Department of Justice continue to defend the...
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As House GOP Fights to Defend DOMA, Democrats Start Push for Repeal Measure
The decision of the House Republican leadership on March 9 to authorize the House counsel’s defense of the Defense of Marriage Act in court prompted...
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Palin’s Attempt to Weigh In On DOMA Move Falls Flat
The latest from Sarah Palin, a response to the National Organization for Marriage about President Obama’s decision not to defend Section 3 of the Defense...
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Activist: Ferguson’s Sketch Only Funny If “Transgender People [Are] a Human Punchline”
Following up on the Metro Weekly post about Craig Ferguson’s Feb. 4 sketch featuring his “half-sister” — played by a man and named “Peg” —...
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NGLTF’s Carey: Obama should “include our lives, our families in the same way he talks of the lives of others”
Following Monday’s lowered expectations from the Human Rights Campaign for President Barack Obama’s State of the Union adress tonight, National Gay and Lesbian Task Force...
