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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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Anti-gay marriage group sets up fund to support homophobic city clerks
The anti-marriage equality group, New Yorkers For Constitutional Freedoms, has established what they are calling “The Courage Fund,” a fund to support any individual (such as municipal clerks) who have to choose between their job and their “religious beliefs” on marriage.
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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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New York state flag to fly high above San Francisco’s famed Castro neighborhood
In an act of appreciation and in solidarity with the greater LGBTQ community of the Empire State, when New York’s first same-sex marriages commence this Sunday, the New York state flag will fly above San Francisco’s famed Castro neighborhood.
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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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NYC announces marriage lottery ahead of demand for Sunday ceremonies
New York City will hold a lottery for couples who want to get married on first day that the state’s Marriage Equality Act takes effect, Mayor Michael Bloomberg announced on Tuesday.
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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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NOM launches retaliation attack on pro-marriage equality NY senators
The National Organization for Marriage this week launched its first strike in a $2 million retaliation campaign against seven New York state senators that it says “were responsible for the imposition of same-sex marriage in New York.”
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Video short: ‘The Edge of Glory’
From the producers: “This video is for everybody. Who has ever loved. And has been loved in return. To those that think it never does or will get better. It does. It does get better, it becomes beautiful.”