Politics
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Chris Christie’s gay rights gamble
There are multiple reasons why social conservatives have never quite warmed to Chris Christie. On Monday, he gave them another. After vowing to challenge the...
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Lawsuit filed challenging Tennessee same-sex marriage ban
The same day New Jersey became the 14th state, plus D.C., to recognize same-sex couples’ right to marry, advocates in Tennessee filed the latest in...
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Christie drops appeal of New Jersey gay-marriage ruling
Hours after same-sex couples began marrying in New Jersey, shortly after midnight on Monday, Republican Gov. Chris Christie announced he would abandon his fight over...
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New Jersey Supreme Court rules same-sex marriages to begin Oct. 21
Same-sex weddings will begin in New Jersey Oct. 21, the state’s highest court ruled Friday in a decision that refused to delay a lower court’s...
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CDC urged to stop denying cancer screenings to transgender women
Two national LGBT-rights organizations are calling on the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) to re-evaluate a discriminatory policy that denies cancer screenings to...
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Mizeur nets Eastern Shore endorsements; Gansler picks Ivey as running mate
The three-way race for the Democratic nod to become Maryland’s next governor continues to build steam, with Del. Heather Mizeur (D-Montgomery Co.) and Attorney General...
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At Values Voter Summit, signs of a morphing Republican Party
There was no surer sign that even the most conservative wings of the Republican Party are aware change is afoot in the United States than...
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Two polls show McAuliffe leading Cuccinelli in Virginia governor’s race
Two recent polls show Democratic candidate Terry McAuliffe leading Republican Attorney General Ken Cuccinelli in the race for Virginia governor, but both candidates have less...
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Supreme Court rejects Cuccinelli’s appeal of ruling against Virginia’s sodomy law
The U.S. Supreme Court Monday denied a petition by Virginia Attorney General Ken Cuccinelli to appeal a 2-1 decision by the Richmond-based Fourth Circuit Court...
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HRC celebrates year of historic victories at annual dinner
The nation’s largest LGBT-rights organization was in celebration mode Saturday night, marking a year of historic victories from the ballot box to the Supreme Court...
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Pennsylvania Gov. Tom Corbett equates marriage equality to incest
Pennsylvania Gov. Tom Corbett compared same-sex marriage to incest during a Friday interview, drawing outrage from national LGBT-rights organizations. Appearing on WHP-TV in Harrisburg, the...
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Pennsylvania state legislators to introduce gay-marriage bill in House
Two Pennsylvania state representatives announced at a Thursday press conference that they plan to introduce a marriage-equality bill in the General Assembly’s lower chamber that...
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Extension of same-sex military benefits off to rough start
The Pentagon’s extension of benefits to same-sex military families continues to face setbacks and roadblocks one month after the updated policy was implemented, now with...
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Local candidates squabble over politics of government shutdown
As the federal government officially enters its first shutdown in 17 years, local political candidates for office on both sides of the aisle are using...
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West Virginia same-sex couples file lawsuit for marriage rights
West Virginia became the latest state to face a federal lawsuit challenging the state’s same-sex marriage ban following a Tuesday filing by Lambda Legal. Filed...
