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Second Circuit case on DOMA may be high court’s strongest contender for deciding law’s fate
While marriage equality supporters have been giving thanks for the recent ballot box victories and the Second Circuit’s Windsor v. U.S. decision, the most recent Defense of Marriage strike-down by a federal court in mid-October, the law-focused among us are also looking ahead to the next big question: What will the U.S. Supreme Court do on Nov. 30, when it is scheduled to decide on the marriage-related cert petitions pending before it?
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Televangelist John Hagee: Gays are defiling America’s purity
Televangelist John Hagee, the right-wing pastor who has claimed that the U.S. will face God’s judgment for electing “a leader who is for men marrying men” said “America does not have purity when men marry men and women marry women.”
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The Supreme Court, Justice Kagan, DOMA, and the subject of recusal
As lawyers maneuver to try to shape how the Supreme Court deals with a stack of cases on same-sex marriage, the attorneys have had to deal with the possibility that Justice Elena Kagan would not take part if the Court were to review one of the key cases now awaiting it.
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Post-election analysis: What’s next for the LGBT community
Without a doubt, election night was a landslide victory for equality. Watching the historic results roll in on issues and candidates that matter to the progress of civil rights for LGBT people was truly a snapshot of just how much, and how quickly, this country has changed on social issues…
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HRC launches national TV ad: ‘Dawn of a new day for marriage equality’
Following recent victories for same-sex marriage in Maine, Maryland and Washington state this election cycle, the Human Rights Campaign on Sunday announced the launch of a national TV ad campaign aimed at growing public support for marriage equality.
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Boeing says it will deny pension benefits to married same-sex couples
The Boeing Company this week told union negotiators that it intends to deny pension survivor benefits to married same-sex couples, even though Washington State voters approved a marriage equality law earlier this month, according to a report in The Stranger.
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Catholic lay group demands Knights of Columbus stop funding anti-gay marriage campaigns
NEW HAVEN, Conn. — The Catholics United Education Fund (CUEF), a lay Catholic advocacy group, delivered a petition containing about 7,500 signatures to the Knights of Columbus on Tuesday, asking the Catholic fraternal organization to stop using its money to oppose same-sex marriage.
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Christian legal group: Gays can’t force Christian clerks to issue same-sex marriage licenses
A Christian legal group on Monday sent a memorandum to marriage officials in the three states where gay marriage was legalized in last week’s elections, advising them they “do not have to violate their faith or conscience by personally issuing licenses to applicants who are of the same sex.”
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You say you want a revolution?
The religious right is infused with pervasive, unrelenting hatred in its most ugly, unsubtle form. We are engaged in a tug of war between humanity and inhumanity as we witness the true colors of inhuman prejudices such as displayed by the right wing/GOP … They are digging their heels in and we are again witnessing the death cries of an antiquated, stubborn, and cowardly worldview.
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NOM sees one-third decline in contributions for 2011
The National Organization for Marriage (NOM) saw a steep decline in the amount of money it raised in 2011 – dropping to $6.2 million from the $9.1 million it raised the previous year, according to the Human Rights Campaign.