All posts tagged "washington"
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HRC Adds $1 Million to Marriage-Equality Campaigns
The Human Rights Campaign (HRC), the nation’s largest LGBT civil-rights organization, announced today that it would contribute $1 million to assist pro-equality groups in four...
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Building Home
The dog days of summer just may be the best time to check out the many museums Washington has to offer. By this time of...
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A Very Long Engagement
On Friday, Feb. 17, New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie (R) vetoed a marriage-equality bill in his state. Hours later, Maryland Gov. Martin O'Malley (D) praised...
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Washington, New Jersey Marriage Equality Measures Face Upcoming Political Battles
Washington Gov. Chris Gregoire (D) signed a statewide marriage equality bill into law this Monday, Feb. 13. The same day, the New Jersey Senate passed a...
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Washington Governor Gregoire Signs Marriage Equality Bill Into Law
Washington state Gov. Christine Gregoire...
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Maryland’s First Lady Apologizes For “Cowards” Remark Amid Marriage Battles Across the U.S.
Maryland’s First Lady Catherine Curran O’Malley has apologized after a statement she made on Jan. 26 during her opening remarks at Creating Change, the 24th...
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Marriage Equality in Washington Likely as Bill Clears Senate Vote-Count Hurdle
A week after calling for a public vote on marriage equality, Washington state Sen. Mary Margaret Haugen (D) has pledged to support a bill legalizing...
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Washington Senate’s Newly Introduced Marriage Equality Bill Could Face Ballot Opposition
Today, the Washington state senate filed a bill that would make The Evergreen State the seventh in the union to legalize marriage equality. But even...
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Big Year for Marriage
Proactive efforts got underway this month to establish marriage equality in at least three more states. Democratic leaders in the New Jersey Senate and Assembly...
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Catholic stink pits religion against equal treatment of DC’s gay families, and the distribution of taxpayer dollars [video]
”The legal recognition of same-sex unions poses a multifaceted threat to the very fabric of society, striking at the source from which society and culture...
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Nickles Hits Initiative
In a letter dated Oct. 5, D.C. Attorney General Peter Nickles has advised that a proposed ballot initiative to vote on defining marriage in the...
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Catania Debuts Marriage-Equality Bill
As promised, Councilmember David Catania (I-At large) today introduced the Religious Freedom and Civil Marriage Equality Amendment Act of 2009, seeking to bring marriage equality...
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Political Split
Four months after being fired from his post as the director of the D.C. Department of Parks and Recreation -- the highest openly gay appointee...
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Meet the Press
It should come as no surprise that one chapter of Kerry Eleveld's life contains a stint as an amateur stand-up comic. Her keen wit, sharp...
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GLBT Affairs Releases 2007 Report
Last year was a busy one for the Mayor's Office of GLBT Affairs, headed by Christopher Dyer and providing five basic services to D.C.'s GLBT...
