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Virginia AG cuts ties with King & Spalding for dropping DOMA defense
Virginia’s Attorney General Ken Cuccinelli, has fired the Atlanta-based law firm King & Spalding for backing out of its contract with the U.S. House to defend the Defense of Marriage Act in federal court.
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Married partner faces deportation hearing as a result of ‘Defense of Marriage Act’
MSNBC’s Thomas Roberts speaks with Josh Vandiver and Henry Velandia, a binational same-sex couple married last year in Connecticut, where gay marriage is legal. As a result of the Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA), Velandia is facing deportation hearing on May 6.
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Tom & Ron’s story: Why the ‘Defense of Marriage Act’ must be repealed
THIS is why Federal recognition of marriage rights for the LGBT community is important. This is why DOMA needs to be repealed. If Ron was female he would have enough money to keep his home. He now has to sell the home he shared with his partner of 55 years.
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Why are Republicans spending hundreds of thousands of dollars to defend DOMA?
There’s going to be marriage than ever before, with another survey showing majority support for the freedom to marry. So why are Republicans spending hundreds of thousands of dollars to defend a law that could tear apart legally married couples like Henry and Josh?
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Law firms drops out of defending ‘Defense of Marriage Act’ — Clement resigns
The Washington D.C. law firm King & Spalding has reversed course, and announced Monday it would not represent the U.S. House of Representatives in defending the Defense of Marriage Act in federal court, Politico reported.
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Brutal beating of a trans woman, DOMA defense, Chick-Fil-A and ‘Don’t Say Gay’
This week on “Same Sex Sunday,” the panel discusses the brutal beating of a transgender woman at a Baltimore McDonald’s, the price of defending DOMA, Chick-Fil-A’s anti-gay attitudes, and the “Don’t Say Gay” in Tennessee schools bill.
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LGBT legal groups consider breaking ties with DC law firm over DOMA defense
At least two prominent LGBT legal and advocacy groups are re-considering their association with the Washington D.C. law firm that has been retained by the U.S. House GOP leadership to defend the Defense of Marriage Act in federal court.
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Law firm hired by House GOP imposes anti-gay ‘gag order’ on employees
The law firm King & Spalding has become the new face of the anti-gay marriage movement — in signing on to defend the Defense of Marriage Act in federal court, the firm has also silenced its employees from advocating in support of same-sex marriage.
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House GOP hires lawyer to defend DOMA, vows to take DOJ funds to foot the bill
House Republicans on Monday appointed a private attorney to defend the Defense of Marriage Act in federal court, and Speaker John Boehner (R-Ohio) vowed to take funds from the Justice Department budget to pay for it.
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Activists give Maggie Gallagher bigotry award; promises a pie, à la Anita Bryant
At a Congressional hearing on “Defending Marriage” on Friday, LGBT activist group GetEQUAL caught up with Maggie Gallagher, the anti-gay marriage board chairman of the National Organization for Marriage, and presented her with the “First Annual Anita Bryant Award for Unbridled and Unparalleled Bigotry.”