All posts tagged "sldn"
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With West’s Promotion, Out Gay Lawyer Delery to Take Helm of Justice Department’s Civil Division
Today, the Department of Justice announced that the lawyer who argued against the constitutionality of the Defense of Marriage Act in court this past December,...
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DOJ Won’t Defend DOMA, Other Laws Preventing Equal Treatment for Servicemembers With Same-Sex Spouses
The Department of Justice sent a letter to House Speaker John Boehner (R-Ohio) today stating that the Defense and Veterans Affairs departments would not be...
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SLDN, DOJ Agree to 60-Day Delay in Case Challenging Gay Servicemembers’ Spousal Benefits
Servicemembers Legal Defense Network, the LGBT military legal advocacy group, agreed to delay its challenge to military policies that the organization says discriminate against servicemembers...
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SLDN’s Sarvis to Panetta: “Troubled” New Pentagon Program “Continues … Discrimination”
Today, Servicemembers Legal Defense Network executive director Aubrey Sarvis told Defense Secretary Leon Panetta that his organization is “troubled” that a new program directive released...
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OutServe Announces “Capital Summit” in May to Address LGBT Military Family Issues
Tonight, OutServe announced that it will be holding a “Capital Summit” on May 14 and 15, with the aim of “gather actively-serving military of all...
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Lesbian Air Force Colonel “Honored and Humbled” to Be Invited to Join First Lady at State of the Union
One of First Lady Michelle Obama’s guests tonight at President Obama’s State of the Union Address will be U.S. Air Force Colonel Ginger Wallace —...
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Sarvis to Leave SLDN, New Executive Director Search Launched
Today, Servicemembers Legal Defense Network announced that the group’s executive director, Aubrey Sarvis, would be leaving the organization once a new executive director could be...
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The Year in LGBT Law: A Changed Landscape of Unexpected Developments — and Waiting
On Jan. 1, 2011, most LGBT legal commentators were ready for a federal appellate court ruling on the constitutionality of Proposition 8 — or at...
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Defense Bill Conference Report Strips Anti-Gay House Language, Keeps Military Sodomy Ban
Following the report that the House and Senate conferees had reached a compromise on the National Defense Authorization Act, Servicemembers Legal Defense Network announced this...
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SLDN Takes Aim at DOMA
On Monday, lawyers for Servicemembers Legal Defense Network took the next step in their lawsuit challenging the constitutionality of unequal spousal benefits granted to servicemembers...
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SLDN Lawyers Tell Court “American Servicemembers and Their Families Are Among DOMA’s Victims”
Today, lawyers for Servicemembers Legal Defense Network took the next step in their lawsuit challenging the constitutionality of unequal spousal benefits granted to servicemembers in...
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At the White House Veterans Day Breakfast, One More Sign of a Post-DADT America
This morning, Veterans Affairs Secretary Ric Shineski and his wife hosted a breakfast in the East Room of the White House in honor of Veterans...
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SLDN Files DOMA Challenge, Seeking Equal Benefits for Same-Sex Military Spouses
[Photo: Servicemembers Legal Defense Network executive director Aubrey Sarvis, left, speaks at a news conference on Oct. 27, 2011, announcing the organization’s filing of a...
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White House Names Gautam Raghavan to LGBT Liaison Role
[Photo: Gautam Raghavan, the new White House “point of contact” on LGBT issues, is an associate director of public engagement in the White House Office...
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Over and Out
''That's a dream come true,'' retired Air Force Maj. Margaret Witt said, watching servicemembers celebrating the repeal of ''Don't Ask, Don't Tell'' on Tuesday, Sept....
