All posts tagged "repeal"
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North Carolina’s “fix” to HB 2 isn’t winning any praise
Change allows people to sue for wrongful termination -- but not based on sexual orientation or gender identity
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Alabama city repeals week-old anti-transgender bathroom law
The City Council of Oxford, Ala., has reversed course and repealed a week-old law that restricts transgender people’s access to public restrooms. The Council voted...
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McCrory threatens retaliation against Charlotte nondiscrimination ordinance
North Carolina Gov. Pat McCrory and his fellow Republicans from the GOP-dominated North Carolina General Assembly are on the warpath against a recently approved ordinance...
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Houston LGBT ordinance heads to ballot for voter approval
November vote will mark third time in 30 years that Houstonians will determine fate of nondiscrimination protections
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Prostitution-Free Zones Under Fire
The D.C. Council heard testimony last week on a bill that would repeal a controversial section of the D.C. Code that allows the chief of police...
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Virginia House overcomes GOP opposition, passes cohabitation bill
Forget the budget or transportation. Some Richmond lawmakers went to the mat to prevent unmarried couples from living together and having sex without breaking the...
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Virginia House subcommittee kills bill to repeal gay-marriage ban
A Virginia House subcommittee Monday tabled a bill to repeal the Marshall-Newman Amendment, the 2006 amendment to the Virginia state constitution that banned any and...
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House Subcommittee Talks DADT Repeal Implementation with Pentagon Officials
[Photo: House Armed Services Military Personnel Subcommittee members listen to testimony about the implementation of the Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell Repeal Act. (Photo by Chris...
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McCain, on DADT Repeal Act: “I will do everything I can to make it work.”
From The Hill today: Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.) said Thursday that he would work to help implement the repeal of the military’s “Don’t ask, don’t...
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The Day After That: The Question Repeal Raises
In President Barack Obama’s “end of the year” news conference, he opened by discussing the successes of the lame-duck session of Congress. In part, he...
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DON’T ASK, DON’T TELL REPEAL ACT OF 2010 IS LAW
At a little past 9 a.m. today, Dec. 22, President Barack Obama signed the Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell Repeal Act of 2010 into law in...
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Pelosi, Others Celebrate “Joyful Day” at DADT Repeal Act Ceremony
[Photo: The audience and members of the media — as well as a set of pens — await the arrival of Speaker Nancy Pelosi, who...
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UPDATE: DADT Repeal Signing Is Wednesday Morning
[Photo: President Barack Obama makes Congressional calls from the Oval Office on Dec. 18 before the final Senate vote repealing the ban on gay men...
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News Analysis: Today’s DADT Repeal Vote, by the Numbers
[Photo: Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.) speaks to reporters after the successful cloture vote on the bill to repeal “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell” on...
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White House Won’t Commit to Halting DADT Discharges — a Move Urged By Reid, Levin
Saying that they had been “focused” on the vote, a senior White House aide intimately familiar with the administration’s “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell” repeal efforts...
