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Panetta to announce Pentagon is ready to certify repeal of ‘Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell’
U.S. Defense Secretary Leon Panetta is expected to announce on Friday that the Pentagon is ready to certify the repeal of “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell,” paving the way for gay men and women to serve openly in all branches of the U.S. military.
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Sen. Chris Coons: DOMA says ‘it’s OK for the government to discriminate’
At Wednesday’s landmark Senate Judiciary Committee hearing to consider new legislation that would repeal the Defense of Marriage Act, Sen. Chris Coons (D-Del.) said the 15-year-old law was discriminatory and urged his colleagues to support its repeal.
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Franken busts ‘Focus on the Family’ for lying about federal study in DOMA hearing
In a Senate Judiciary Committee hearing on the repeal of the “Defense of Marriage Act,” Sen. Al Franken (D-Minn.) on Wednesday called DOMA an “immoral and discriminatory” law and challenged a key witness, an official with the mammoth Focus on Family group.
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Senate Committee holds first ever congressional hearing on DOMA repeal
U.S. Rep. John Lewis (D-Ga.), a legendary civil rights activist, led off Wednesday’s historic hearing to discuss repealing the Defense of Marriage Act, likening it to laws decades ago that requires separate water fountains and restrooms for “whites” and “coloreds.”
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White House endorses ‘Respect for Marrriage Act,’ bill would repeal DOMA
On the eve of the first ever congressional hearing on proposals to repeal the Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA), the White House on Tuesday announced President Barack Obama’s endorsement of the Respect For Marriage Act — the bill that would repeal DOMA.
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Anti-gay industry plans protests at gay couples’ weddings
It’s been a relatively quiet week: the anti-gay industry is planning to protest gay couples’ weddings, Senator Leahy will hold hearings on DOMA repeal, and Equal Rights Washington is gearing up to fight for marriage at the ballot box.
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Sen. John Kerry discuss his ‘evolution’ on marriage equality
Sen. John Kerry: “These seven years of marriage equality in Massachusetts might as well have been 30 years: they erased decades of myths.”
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Cambridge, Mass., to reimburse gay employees for unfair federal tax
The city of Cambridge, Mass., said it will reimburse nearly two dozen gay public employees to offset the cost of a federal tax that city officials call unfair.
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Rick Santorum ‘taken aback’ but ‘certainly comfortable’ signing anti-gay pledge
No surprise here — GOP presidential hopeful Rick Santorum is on board with the anti-gay pledge that requires candidates to be faithful to their spouses, and “vigorously oppose” same-sex unions.
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Senate Judiciary Committee will hold first ever hearing on DOMA repeal
Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Patrick Leahy (D-Vt.) on Thursday announced that, in the coming weeks, the Committee will hold the first congressional hearing on proposals to repeal the Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA).