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DADT discharges still discriminate; trio of U.S. Senators want problem fixed
In a letter Tuesday to Secretary of Defense Leon Panetta, three U.S.Senators have asked the Secretary to use his authority to streamline the process for those discharged under the repealed “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell” law in order to expedite discharge paperwork changes and upgrades.
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‘Commitment Campaign’ aims to reshape the debate on gay marriage
A bipartisan group backing legalization of same-sex marriage launched a new campaign on Monday, aimed at reshaping the debate from the topic of marriage “equality” to the value of “commitment.”
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Family Research Council wants God to stop gay adoptions
In all of the years in which FRC has attacked same-sex households or gay adoption, the organization has never pushed, suggested, or even slightly initiated any type of plan encouraging folks in what it claims to be “perfect family units,” i.e. heterosexual mother/father households into adopting children.
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Gillibrand set to introduce adoption anti-discrimination bill
The Democratic junior U.S. senator from New York is set to introduce next week legislation that would bar adoption discrimination against LGBT parents. Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand (D-N.Y.) is set on Monday to introduce the legislation, known as the Every Child Deserves a Family Act, according to her office.
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Senate Judiciary Committee will hold first ever hearing on DOMA repeal
Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Patrick Leahy (D-Vt.) on Thursday announced that, in the coming weeks, the Committee will hold the first congressional hearing on proposals to repeal the Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA).
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A ‘message of hope’ from Democratic U.S. Senators: ‘It Gets Better’
A group of Democratic United States Senators have released their “It Gets Better” video, containing their message of hope and encouragement for LGBT youth.
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Democrats introduce bills in House and Senate to repeal ‘Defense of Marriage Act’
Congressional Democrats on Wednesday went on the offensive, introducing bills in both the House and Senate aimed at repealing the “Defense of Marriage Act.”
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Gillibrand to House GOP: Don’t waste taxpayer money defending DOMA
Just one day after House GOP leadership announced they would take action to defend the Defense of Marriage Act, Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand (D-N.Y.) is urging Republican leaders not to waste taxpayer resources to defend the unconstitutional law.
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Lady Gaga makes video plea for repeal of ‘Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell’
Pop star Lady Gaga has made a somber plea to U.S. senators to repeal the law barring gays and lesbians from serving openly in the military. In a video released Friday, Lady Gaga calls on the Senate to repeal the discriminatory “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell” policy, as well as her fans to get calling their […]
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Gates, Mullen tell Congress they ‘strongly oppose’ repealing DADT this year
Defense Secretary Robert Gates and Adm. Mike Mullen, Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, are urging Congress to hold off on repealing the ban on openly gay service members until the Defense Department wraps up its yearlong review of how to implement a change. In a letter sent Friday to Rep. Ike Skelton (D-Mo.), […]