Politics
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Carney Signals Obama Comments Coming on Marriage Equality, Talks About Maurice Sendak’s Death
On their way to Albany, New York, today, White House press secretary Jay Carney took some more questions about the president and vice president’s views...
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HRC, CAP, Williams Make Public Their Research On LGBT Workplace Discrimination
Today, the Human Rights Campaign, Center for American Progress and Williams Institute — none of which are known as...
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White House Spokesman on Marriage: “The president is the right person to describe his own personal views.”
Today’s White House press briefing focused extensively on the questions of where the president and vice president stand on marriage equality — and left little...
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Biden on Marriage Equality: From “Evolving” in 2010 to “Absolutely Comfortable” Today
To see Vice President Joseph Biden’s own evolution on marriage equality, one need only look at the difference between his answer today to David Gregory...
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Biden’s “Words Speak for Themselves” on His “Belief in Marriage Equality,” Incoming HRC Head Griffin Says
Speaking with Metro Weekly just now, Chad Griffin — the founder of the American Foundation for Equal Rights who is due to become the president...
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News Analysis: Through the Obama Administration’s Marriage Equality Looking-Glass
This morning, on Meet the Press, Vice President Joseph Biden was asked about marriage equality — and opened another day of debate about which words...
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EEOC Decision in Trans Woman’s Case “Will Almost Certainly Impact” Federal Contractor Rules, Scholars Say
The April 20 decision by the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission that the federal law banning sex discrimination in the workplace includes discrimination based on gender...
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Jobs Program Heralded by Administration Raises LGBT Workplace Protection Questions
On Wednesday, May 2, Department of Labor Secretary Hilda Solis was in Philadelphia to join with the city’s mayor, Michael Nutter, to announce that a...
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BLAG Seeks Intervention to Defend DOMA in SLDN Lawsuit Seeking Equal Spousal Benefits
The House Bipartisan Legal Advisory Group today sought to intervene, as expected, in the challenge to the Defense of Marriage Act and related laws brought...
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Romney’s Out Gay Spokesman Quits, Says Focus on “Personal Issues” Diminished Ability to Do the Job
The Washington Post‘s Right Turn blog reports that the Romney campaign’s high-profile gay spokesman, Richard Grenell, has resigned today. Grenell was named on April 19 as...
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EEOC Commissioner Feldblum Calls on Obama, Senate to Keep EEOC Fully Staffed
On Friday, April 27, Stuart Ishimaru stepped down from his post as one of five commissioners on the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission. The bipartisan panel...
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Ground Shifts Quickly Beneath White House on Federal Contractor Executive Order Issue
Within two weeks of President Obama’s April 11 decision not to pursue an executive order banning federal contractors from discriminating on the basis of sexual...
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LGBT Advocates Praise Senate Passage of LGBT-Inclusive VAWA Reauthorization
Today, on a 68-31 vote, the Senate acted to reauthorize the Violence Against Women Act — a bill that has, in the past, been enacted...
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News Analysis: As Campaign Heats Up, Obama Campaign Presents Differing Messages on LGBT Issues
Today, Rolling Stone published its cover interview with President Obama. In it, Jann Wenner asked Obama about marriage equality. From the interview: Wenner: You’ve shied...
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