Politics
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History Made in a Changed Pentagon, As Nation’s Military Command Holds LGBT Pride Month Event
[Photo: Defense Department general counsel Jeh Johnson, fifth from right, poses for a photograph with servicemembers and veterans, including Ronnie Bryant, fourth from right, following...
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Stonewall Dems Endorse 25 for Congress, Including Six Out LGBT Candidates, But Pass By Warren
National Stonewall Democrats today announced the group’s first 25 endorsements — including six out LGBT candidates. The partisan LGBT organization has a rolling endorsement process,...
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More Than 30 LGBT, HIV/AIDS Orgs Call for National Immigration Reform in Wake of High Court Ruling
Today, the Supreme Court issued its ruling in the Obama administration’s challenge to Arizona’s immigration law, S.B. 1070, holding that three of the four provisions...
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Mary Cheney, Former VP’s Daughter, Marries Heather Poe; Virginia Will Not Recognize Their Union
As ABC’s Jake Tapper reported earlier this afternoon, the daughter of former Vice President Dick Cheney, Mary Cheney, married her longtime partner, Heather Poe, today....
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GOProud’s Romney Endorsement Had Only A Bare Majority of the Board — And Little Gay Support
Over the past day, much has been made of the GOProud board’s decision to endorse Mitt Romney for president. The gay conservative group is known...
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Baldwin Launches Her First Ad in Wisconsin Senate Bid
Rep. Tammy Baldwin (D-Wis.), running to take retiring Sen. Herb Kohl (D-Wis.)’s seat, has launched her first ad, Roll Call reports, and it focuses on...
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Retired Adm. Mike Mullen to Headline SLDN Event Marking One-Year Anniversary of DADT’s End
On Sept. 18, retired Admiral Mike Mullen,...
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BREAKING: House GOP Leaders Will Ask Supreme Court By the End of June to Take DOMA Appeal
Lawyers for the House Republican leadership today told a federal court that the House Bipartisan Legal Advisory Group plans to ask the Supreme Court to...
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EXCLUSIVE: DOJ Immigration Board Decisions Suggest Plans For a Post-DOMA America
Recent decisions from the Obama administration suggest that the government is taking tentative first steps to gear up for the day when an American with...
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The DOMA Lawsuits: What Is Happening?
The Defense of Marriage Act has taken several hits in recent weeks. The federal definition of “marriage” and “spouse” has been found to be unconstitutional...
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President Obama Celebrates Out Servicemembers at 2012 White House LGBT Pride Month Reception
Today, for the fourth...
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Obama Announces Youth Deportation Changes, Raising Question of Binational Couples Policy
This morning, in a conference call with reporters, Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano announced a new policy of “deferred action” for certain young, undocumented immigrants...
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Defense Secretary Panetta Recognizes LGBT Pride Month With Video Message
Defense Secretary Leon Panetta made history this morning by releasing...
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Obama Urges Support For Maryland Marriage Bill; O’Malley Vows to “Do All He Can,” Spokeswoman Says
Marriage equality supporters in Maryland got a boost from President Obama, who told a crowd at Baltimore’s Hyatt Regency hotel on Tuesday, June 12, that...
