All posts tagged "american civil liberties union"
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Federal judge strikes down South Carolina same-sex marriage ban
A federal judge struck down South Carolina’s ban on same-sex marriage in a ruling handed down Wednesday. U.S. District Court Judge Richard Mark Gergel found...
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Northern Virginia Shows Its Pride
There are fewer than two weeks left before Northern Virginia’s LGBT community will have its first opportunity to celebrate its own Pride festivities, independent of...
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Pentagon officials sued for denying Chelsea Manning medical treatment
Lawyers for Chelsea Manning filed a lawsuit against Secretary of Defense Chuck Hagel and other Defense Department and Army officials in federal court Tuesday for...
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Virginia plaintiffs ask Supreme Court to hear same-sex marriage case
Attorneys for the couples fighting Virginia’s ban on same-sex marriage urged the U.S. Supreme Court Wednesday to hear their case, describing it as “excellent vehicle...
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Supreme Court urged to allow Virginia same-sex marriages to proceed
U.S. Supreme Court Chief Justice John Roberts was urged Monday to reject a request to delay the start of Virginia same-sex marriages set to begin...
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As ENDA support falters, Republican backers dig in
After the Employment Non-Discrimination Act witnessed an exodus of support from several major LGBT-rights groups earlier this week, Republican supporters are vowing to push forward.
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DHS abandons plans to collect and store nationwide license-plate data
A proposal by the Department of Homeland Security to create a national database of data collected from license-plate scanners has been dropped. The department announced...
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ACLU, Lambda Legal Announce Virginia Lawsuit
The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU), the ACLU of Virginia, Lambda Legal, and the law firm Jenner and Block announced today at a press conference...
