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Trump nominee starts bawling when questioned about anti-LGBTQ record
The American Bar Association believes he can’t be fair to LGBTQ people and when Senators questioned him about it, he melted down.
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Democrats could stop Republicans from legalizing bans on gay & lesbian adoption
Would 41 Senators filibuster Republicans’ attempt to legalize discrimination against LGBTQ parents?
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Here’s what happened at Senate hearing for Supreme Court nominee Neil Gorsuch
Gorsuch said his role, if confirmed as the next Justice, was “not about politics,” and pledged equal justice to both “poor and rich.”
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Republicans told Elizabeth Warren to shut up and sit down, and that is violence
49 Republican Senators voted to censure a woman for not following a rule they don’t expect men to follow.
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Attorney General nominee Jeff Sessions tries to weasel out of homophobia charges
Sessions says “I understand” our “demands for justice,” but it’s hard to believe him.
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Leahy files amendment to immigration bill to extend rights to binational, gay couples
WASHINGTON — U.S. Sen. Patrick Leahy (D-Vt.) on Tuesday filed an amendment to a comprehensive immigration reform bill that would extend immigration benefits to foreign-born, gay partners of American citizens.
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Leahy disappointed immigration bill excludes gay, bi-national couples
MONTPELIER, Vt. — Sen. Patrick Leahy said Friday he was disappointed he was unsuccessful in his bid to amend immigration reform legislation to protect same-sex couples in which one of the partners is foreign-born.
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Senate committee approves immigration bill without provisions for gay couples
WASHINGTON — Far-reaching immigration legislation neared a final committee vote on Tuesday as the White House and Democratic supporters pressed the panel’s chairman to delay a showdown over the rights of gay spouses until a debate in the full Senate.
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GOP, Religious leaders: Gay rights plan threatens immigration bill
WASHINGTON — Religious leaders said Wednesday that adding a gay rights proposal to immigration legislation could risk their support for the bill, setting up a potential Senate showdown.
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Leahy submits immigration amendment to allow gays to sponsor foreign-born partners
WASHINGTON – The chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee on Tuesday filed an amendment to a comprehensive immigration reform bill that would allow legally married gay Americans to sponsor their foreign-born same-sex partners for green cards.