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White House staying out of Proposition 8 litigation
White House Press Secretary Jay Carney declined to directly answer a question about whether the Obama administration wants the U.S. Supreme Court to take up litigation challenging California’s Proposition 8 or allow a lower court ruling striking down the same-sex marriage ban to stand.
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Democrats vote to adopt party platform endorsing ‘freedom to marry’
CHARLOTTE, N.C. — The Democratic Party on Tuesday voted to support the freedom to marry as an official plank in the Party’s platform, putting the party on record as the first major political party in U.S. history in favor of marriage equality for same-sex couples. Official language of the platform, released Monday evening, also calls […]
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2012 election is crucial to LGBT Americans, women and minorities
For many LGBT voters, the re-election of Barack Obama will mean that the slow progress toward full equality will continue and the direction of the country will continue to trend toward progressive goals. However, the prospect of the election of a Republican president sends chills up many spines, especially to those voters — LGBT, women, minorities, progressives, liberals and moderates — who have read about at the proposed Republican platform and are aware that the next president will likely shape the U.S. Supreme Court for decades to come.
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LGBT advocacy groups issue joint statement denoucing shooting at FRC
In a joint statement, the leaders of more than two dozen national and regional LGBT advocacy groups denounced the Wednesday morning shooting that occurred in the lobby of the headquarters of the Family Research Council, one of the nation’s leading anti-gay organizations. “We were saddened to hear news of the shooting this morning at the […]
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Pressure builds on Democrats to include marriage equality in party platform
WASHINGTON — The Obama campaign released a statement Thursday reiterating the president’s support for marriage equality, but falling just short of endorsing a call for its inclusion in the official party platform.
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Cancer-stricken soldier fights for her life, family’s equality
Freedom to Marry and Servicemembers Legal Defense Network (SLDN) on Wednesday released a new online video featuring Chief Warrant Officer (CW2) Charlie Morgan and her wife, Karen, spotlighting the inequalities forced upon gay and lesbian service members by the federal Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA).
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Reversing course: Prop 8 star witness now supports marriage equality
WASHINGTON – In a stunning reversal, the star witness against same-sex marriage at the Proposition 8 trial in California has come out in support of marriage equality.
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Advocacy groups decry study that suggests negative outcomes for kids of gay parents
WASHINGTON — Leading LGBT advocacy organizations on Monday widely criticized a study released by right-wing conservative author Mark Regnerus of the Department of Sociology and Population Research Center at the University of Texas at Austin, that made several claims of negative outcomes for children raised by gay and lesbian parents.
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Obama affirms LGBT support during Barnard commencement address
NEW YORK — President Barack Obama reaffirmed his support of LGBT rights during Barnard College’s commencement address on Monday.
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MSNBC holds FRC President Tony Perkins accountable
There are some people whose views are so intractable that they will never – as the President put it – “evolve” on this issue. But those folks really are few and far between. To tell the full story on marriage equality, the media needs to talk to folks who have changed their minds on the issue and explore the changes that are happening in our culture that has led to a majority of Americans now supporting marriage equality. It also needs to expose the true roots of the views of people like FRC President Tony Perkins, so that Americans know who he is when he shows up in these debate segments…