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New video from GetEqual calls on Obama to ‘evolve already’ on marriage equality
In this video released today, activist group GetEqual calls on President Barack Obama to “evolve already” on the issue of marriage quality.
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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.”
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Valentine’s Day marked with rallies, protests to call attention to marriage equality
Advocates for same-sex marriage marked this year’s Valentine’s Day with rallies and protests across the nation, many responding to a call from GetEQUAL and Marriage Equality USA to raise awareness about […]
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Obama promises gays in the military ‘this year’ in ‘State of the Union’ address
President Obama once again brought up the issue of gays in the military during his annual State of the Union address. Last year, he called for repeal of the federal law barring openly gay people from serving. This year, just a month after having signed a bill to repeal that law, the president…
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Activist groups scorn GOP-led defeat of defense bill, ‘Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell’ repeal
A visibly irritated Senate Majority Leader, Harry Reid (D-Nev.), came to the floor of the U. S. Senate earlier this afternoon, and in a short speech announced that efforts to seek a compromise with Senate Republicans on the Defense Authorization Bill had failed, and that he was going to ask for a cloture vote.
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13 Gay rights activists arrested at White House protest of ‘Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell’
Thirteen gay rights activists were arrested Monday after they handcuffed themselves to the White House’s north gate in a protest demonstration urging President Barack Obama to repeal “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell,” the military’s ban openly gay service members.
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LGBT veterans hold vigil at grave site of pioneering gay rights, military activist
A sparsely attended vigil was held this morning in Washington D.C.’s Congressional Cemetery at the grave site of Leonard Matlovich, the former U.S. Air Force Sergeant who was discharged in 1975 for disclosing that he was gay.
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‘GetEqual’ video is rude, ineffective, offensive
Whatever the reason, I found, in my personal opinion, that the following video released by the LGBT activist group GETEqual would cause offense as it did in my case. As it was rude in its presentation it became ultimately ineffective.
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Military veterans chain themselves to White House fence in DADT protest
Six U.S. military veterans chained themselves to the White House fence Tuesday afternoon in protest of the “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell” policy that prohibits gays and lesbians from opening serving in the U.S. military. Participants, who were removed from the fence and arrested around 1 p.m., included Lt. Dan Choi and Capt. Jim Pietrangelo, who […]