Politics
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ExxonMobil announces spousal benefits as LGBT workplace protections remain missing
ExxonMobil received praise when the oil giant announced Friday that it would extend equal employee benefits to same-sex married couples beginning Oct. 1. But with...
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Prop. 8 team takes on Virginia’s gay marriage ban, bringing national focus
The star legal duo who took on California’s same-sex marriage ban have set their sights on a new target — and the ramifications could be...
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New Jersey judge orders state to allow same-sex marriages
A New Jersey judge Friday ordered state officials to begin performing same-sex marriages beginning October 21. In a ruling that directly cited the Supreme Court’s...
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U.S. joins other nations in declaring LGBT commitment at UN
The United States, along with a diverse group of nations, reaffirmed its commitment to eliminating violence and discrimination against LGBT people abroad with a declaration...
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McAuliffe, Cuccinelli battle over gay marriage at Virginia gubernatorial debate
Two of the three candidates running for governor of Virginia squared off Wednesday night in a debate hosted by the Fairfax Chamber of Commerce in...
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Equality Virginia PAC releases first wave of state delegate endorsements
Equality Virginia PAC (EVPAC), the political action arm of the commonwealth’s major LGBT rights organization, released its first wave of endorsements today, backing candidates in...
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Maryland’s Gansler touts gay-marriage advocacy in campaign launch
Maryland Attorney General Doug Gansler (D) announced today that he is officially entering the 2014 race for governor, where he hopes to succeed Gov. Martin...
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Senate unanimously confirms first out gay federal appeals court judge
Todd Hughes was unanimously confirmed, 98-0, by the U.S. Senate Tuesday to the bench of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit today,...
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Sean Eldridge omits husband, marriage advocacy from campaign launch
It was an announcement many have expected for months. In a nearly three-minute video tweeted out Sunday night, Sean Eldridge announced his candidacy for New...
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Advocates slam proposed protections for marriage foes as anti-gay ‘Trojan Horse’
LGBT-rights groups were out in force Thursday blasting a bill introduced in the House of Representatives that seeks to “protect freedom of conscience” of those...
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Little federal response to states blocking same-sex military benefits
Oklahoma became the latest state to stand in defiance of a Pentagon order by halting the processing of requests for benefits from members of the...
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Bipartisan push begins for federal domestic-partner benefits
A bipartisan effort is underway on Capitol Hill to secure equal benefits for the domestic partners of federal civilian employees. While the Office of Personnel...
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Federal government to recognize married same-sex couples under private pension plans
Legally married same-sex couples will be recognized by the federal government when it comes to private employee-benefit plans no matter where they live, the Labor...
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Simmering divide over ENDA’s broad religious exemption set to boil
Congress has returned to Washington after its month-long summer recess, and as a historic Senate vote draws nearer on the Employment Non-Discrimination Act, lingering divisions...
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Biden: Marriage equality is ‘the issue of our day’
Vice President Joe Biden stood firm behind his decision to endorse same-sex marriage in May 2012, describing marriage equality as the civil rights issue of...
