All posts tagged "marriage equality"
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Victories and Defeats: The Year in Review
The win for marriage equality was the high point of the year -- and a seminal moment for the LGBT movement
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ACLU warns of coming wave of “religious exemption” bills
The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) is warning that social conservatives and anti-LGBT advocates could be intending to push laws and policies that would legalize discrimination...
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Empire State Pride Agenda closing down operations
The top LGBT rights organization in New York state has announced it will “wind down” operations in 2016, after 25 years of advocacy, citing fulfillment...
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Freedom for All Americans: Lessons will be learned from Houston HERO fight
Equality advocates still figuring out how to win for future fights, says Freedom for All Americans head
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Israel: LGBT group petitions High Court for same-sex marriage
In what has been dubbed an “historic” move, an Israeli LGBT rights organization has petitioned the country’s High Court in an effort to legalize same-sex marriage....
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Northern Ireland Assembly vote for gay marriage is vetoed
A slim majority of members of the Northern Ireland Assembly voted in favor of marriage equality on Monday, only to have the Assembly’s largest party...
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Justice Kennedy: Public officials can’t ignore Supreme Court rulings
Supreme Court Justice Anthony Kennedy has informally rejected the argument put forth by Rowan County, Kentucky Clerk Kim Davis as justification for her refusal to issue marriage...
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Sanders hits Clinton over past support for DOMA
Democratic presidential candidate Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) on Sunday knocked his opponent, former Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton, for comments she made regarding the Defense...
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Ben Carson compares gay marriage to car seats for kids
Ben Carson has a history of making offensive statements about the LGBT community — and his opposition to same-sex marriage is well known — but...
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Justice Scalia still criticizing gay marriage ruling
Conservative firebrand brands court's decision legalizing marriage equality as "extreme"
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Nepal approves pro-LGBT constitution
Nepal’s parliament on Thursday overwhelmingly approved a new constitution that grants explicit rights to LGBT and gender-nonconforming people. The new constitution, set to take effect...
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Kim Davis mentioned in first round of second GOP debate
The first round of the second GOP debate featured a heated showdown between the four second-tier candidates over the issue of religious liberty for people...
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Trump: Anti-gay marriage amendment “not going to happen”
Even though Republican frontrunner Donald Trump opposes marriage equality, he’s resigned himself to the Supreme Court’s ruling, according to statements he made in an interview...
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Trump: No one should be fired because of sexual orientation
Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump sounded a note that has set him apart from his fellow contenders for the GOP nomination. In an interview with...
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LGBTQ Task Force to honor Mary Bonauto at annual gala
Organization will also honor local South Florida activist Juan Bosco Talavera at Oct. 24 gala
