Log Cabin Republicans

WASHINGTON — The controversial anti-gay television ad that began airing in Iowa Wednesday from the campaign of Texas Governor Rick Perry — in which Perry takes direct aim criticizing the Obama administration’s repeal of Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell — has sharply divided his advisers, and caused in fighting between conservative gay GOP political groups. [ Read more → ]

The head of the D.C. chapter of the Log Cabin Republicans on Tuesday criticized prominent gay blogger Joe Jervis for publicly questioning claims by reality star Taylor Garrett that he has twice been the victim of anti-gay attacks due to his association with conservative political commentator Ann Coulter. [ Read more → ]

The national Log Cabin Republicans organization this week dissolved its Dallas, Texas chapter after a series of issues and missteps by the Dallas chapter's president, Robert Schlein. [ Read more → ]

A three-judge panel of the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals on Thursday dismissed a seven year old lawsuit brought by the Log Cabin Republicans Thursday, refusing to determine the constitutionality of the military's now-repealed "Don't Ask, Don't Tell" policy that barred gays and lesbians from serving openly in the U.S. military. [ Read more → ]

GOProud, a national organization of gay conservatives and their allies, on Wednesday announced that Ann Coulter was joining the organization’s Advisory Council as Honorary Chair. [ Read more → ]

Not to be out-bigoted by Iowa homophobe Bob Vander Plaats and his anti-gay outfit "The Family Leader," the National Organization for Marriage has prepared its own "Marriage Pledge" for the 2012 GOP Presidential hopefuls to sign. [ Read more → ]

A federal appeals court on Wednesday ordered the U.S. government to immediately halt enforcement of “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell,” the military ban on openly gay service members. [ Read more → ]

A New York state Senate vote on whether to legalize same-sex marriage has been pushed back at least another day as the debate continues over religious exemptions, while hundreds of demonstrators on Monday rallied for and against the measure at the state capitol in Albany. [ Read more → ]

New Yorkers United for Marriage continues its statewide TV campaign in support of marriage equality. In this new television commercial, Iris and Paul Blumenthal talk about wanting to see their son, and his partner of 11 years, be able to walk down the aisle. [ Read more → ]

The Log Cabin Republicans of New York State have joined a coalition of LGBT advocacy groups that have united efforts to pass marriage legislation in New York state during the 2011 legislative session. [ Read more → ]

On the same day that the Obama administration announced that the Justice Department would stop defending portions of the Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA) in court, we learn that the DOJ is still defending “Don’t Ask Don’t Tell” in court [...] [ Read more → ]

It has been just over a month since President Obama signed the bill to repeal of the military’s ban on openly gay service members. And Pentagon officials on Friday they think they may be ready to begin implementation of the new law within the year. [ Read more → ]

The U.S. Supreme Court on Friday issued an order, keeping intact the ban on openly gay service members, while a federal appeals court review the issue. The high court denied a request from the Log Cabin Republicans to block enforcement of the 17-year old "Don't Ask, Don't Tell" policy. [ Read more → ]

The Justice Department on Wednesday asked the U.S. Supreme Court not to intervene in "Don't Ask, Don't Tell," and to keep the policy in effect while a lower court considers the constitutionality of the military's ban on openly gay service members. [ Read more → ]

Attorney's for the Log Cabin Republicans, plaintiffs in the case to overturn "Don't Ask, Don't Tell," filed a petition Friday with the United States Supreme Court to vacate the stay of the injunction issued last week by the U. S. 9th Circuit Court of Appeals, which would have suspended enforcement of the policy while it was in litigation. [ Read more → ]

A federal appeals court on Monday ordered "Don't Ask, Don't Tell," the military ban on openly gay service members, to remain in effect indefinitely while the Justice department challenges a lower-court opinion declaring the "don't ask, don't tell" law unconstitutional. [ Read more → ]

The Obama administration objected this week to immediately ending the military's ban on openly gay service members, saying that an injunction to stop the "Don't Ask, Don't Tell" policy might harm military readiness in a time of war. In a filing with a federal court... [ Read more → ]

A federal judge in Riverside, CA today declared the military's ban on allowing openly gay men and women to serve in the military unconstitutional. [ Read more → ]

Sirius XM Radio personality Michelangelo Signorile and Log Cabin Republican spokesman Charles Moran discussed President Obama's campaign promises and gay rights positions on CNN today. Kicking off the segment, CNN anchor Don Lemon played clips of Obama referring to himself as a "fierce advocate"... [ Read more → ]