Politics
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News Analysis: AP’s New Marriage Poll Shows Country “Grappling” With Marriage Equality
Today, the Associated Press released polling that showed that a majority of Americans support “the government giv legal recognition to marriages between couples of the...
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Cheney on Marriage Equality: “I Certainly Don’t Have Any Problem With It”
In his continuing comments on marriage equality, former Vice President Dick Cheney and his wife, Lynne, were asked about the subject today on The View,...
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North Carolina Marriage Amendment Vote Set for May 2012
Just in from QNotes‘s Matt Comer: RALEIGH, N.C. — Members of the North Carolina Senate barely passed a motion to place an anti-LGBT constitutional amendment...
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House General Counsel Opposes Recording of Golinski DOMA Challenge
In Karen Golinski’s challenge to the constitutionality of the Defense of Marriage Act, House general counsel Kerry Kircher signed a filing stating that the House’s...
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Eyes on North Carolina, As State Senate Considers Marriage Amendment
This weekend brought news that the consideration of a marriage amendment in North Carolina would be coming this week. From the Associated Press: A Senate...
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Ninth Circuit Keeps Arizona Law Ending Same-Sex Partner Health Benefits on Hold
The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit today affirmed a district court decision keeping an Arizona state law from going into effect that,...
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DOJ Argues DOMA’s Unconstitutionality Holds, Even in Immigration Context
To follow up on Metro Weekly‘s report, “Defending DOMA, Fighting Back,” about the Department of Justice filing on Friday, Sept. 2, in a challenge to...
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Proposition 8 in Court: California Supreme Court Certified Question Argument FAQ
At 10 a.m. Pacific Time, the California Supreme Court is to hear oral arguments in its attempt to answer the certified question about the specifics...
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Baldwin: “I’m running for the U.S. Senate.”
Today, in an email to supporters, Rep. Tammy Baldwin (D-Wisc.) announced the expected news that she will be running for the U.S. Senate seat being...
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Ninth Circuit Hears Log Cabin Arguments, Considers Whether DADT Repeal Ends Case
On Thursday, Sept. 1, a three-judge panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit heard the appeal in Log Cabin Republicans v....
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New California Supreme Court Justice Goodwin Liu Expected to Participate in Prop 8 Arguments
Goodwin Liu — whose nomination for the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit was stymied by Republican opposition — was confirmed on Wednesday,...
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Log Cabin v. United States: Ninth Circuit DADT Argument FAQ
This morning, Sept. 1, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit will hear oral arguments in the federal government’s appeal of the trial...
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Lawyers Spar Over Defense as Choi Trial Grinds to Abrupt Halt
The trial of former Army Lt. Dan Choi for failure to obey a lawful order by a police officer was halted abruptly mid-afternoon today when...
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Choi Trial Put on Hold After Judge Allows “Vindictive Prosecution” Defense
With reporting from court by John Riley. The third day of the U.S. government’s trial of former Lt. Dan Choi ended with a 10-day delay...
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Choi Turned Down Offer to Dismiss Charges, E-mail Reveals
Former Army Lt. Dan Choi, the prominent “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell” repeal advocate currently facing a charge of failure to obey an order by a...
