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Holder: DOJ won’t defend law barring benefits for gay troops
WASHINGTON — U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder announced on Friday in a letter to Congress that the administration would no longer defend in court a law barring married gay troops from receiving spousal benefits.
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Marriage equality in New York, repeal of ‘Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell’ among top LGBT stories of 2011
From the repeal of “Don’t Ask-Don’t Tell,” a policy which had banned gays and lesbians from serving openly in the U. S. military, to winning strategic battles in gaining civil unions and full marriage equality for same-sex couples in several states, victories in a significant series of elective offices across the country, 2011 ended on an upbeat note for the nation’s LGBTQ community.
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Justice Department: LGBT student bullying on the rise
Bullying of LGBT youth is making up a growing number of discrimination complaints received by the Obama administration, according to Thomas Perez, assistant attorney general for the Justice Department’s Civil Rights Division.
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Judicial Watch, anti-gay Family Research Council sues DOJ over DOMA records
Judicial Watch announced Wednesday it has filed a Freedom of Information Act lawsuit against the U.S. Department of Justice on behalf of the Family Research Council, seeking records related to the Obama Administration’s decision not to defend the constitutionality of the Defense of Marriage Act.
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MN’s largest daily newspaper calls Anoka-Hennepin policy on LGBT issues ‘gutless’
In a sharply worded editorial, the Minneapolis Star-Tribune this week criticized the Anoka-Hennepin School District, calling the state’s largest schools district “gutless” for it’s neutrality policy on LGBT issues.
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9th Circuit leaves ‘Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell’ in place; prohibits investigations, discharges
The 9th Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals granted an emergency order Friday night, temporarily reinstating its original stay of an order that had prohibited the government from enforcing Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell.
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Justice Department files motion to keep ‘Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell’ in effect, for now
The Obama administration on Thursday asked a federal appeals court to reconsider an order that requires the immediate end to “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell,” the policy banning gays and lesbians from serving openly in the military.
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Federal court gives DOJ ten days to quit or appeal ‘Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell’ case
A federal court on Monday ordered the Obama Administration to reveal whether it intends to defend the constitutionality of “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell,” the military’s ban on openly gay service members.
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Department of Justice drops appeal of DOMA ruling by U.S. Bankruptcy Court
The U.S. Department of Justice has withdrawn its appeal of a recent U.S. Bankruptcy Court ruling that the Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA) is unconstitutional.
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Obama administration files brief calling DOMA ‘hostile’ toward gay couples
The Obama Administration on Friday filed a brief in federal court reiterating its position that the Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA) is unconstitutional, calling it hostile toward gay and lesbian couples.