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NEWS | No, Virginia, There Is No Nondiscrimination Policy

Mar 11th, 2010 @ 1:42 pm | No Comments -
News Analysis: Virginia Gov. McDonnell’s executive directive on employment discrimination is about appearances, not policy Over the past month, three differing documents...

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NEWS | Virginia House votes against consideration of gay protections bill

Mar 10th, 2010 @ 2:23 pm | No Comments -
A Northern Virginia delegate unsuccessfully tried a parliamentary maneuver Tuesday to force a floor vote on a measure that would ban discrimination in public employment on the...

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NEWS | Gay Protections Said Invalid In Virginia Universities

Mar 8th, 2010 @ 1:57 pm | No Comments -
Virginia’s public colleges and universities do not have the legal authority to protect gays against discrimination, the state’s attorney general has ruled. In a letter...

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NEWS | Will Obama Let Martha Coakley Have DOMA Declared Unconstitutional Without a Trial?

Feb 22nd, 2010 @ 1:36 pm | No Comments -
Now that she’s not headed to Washington D.C., Massachusetts Attorney General Martha Coakley has some time to get back to that DOMA lawsuit she filed. And yesterday in new...

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NEWS | National Organization for Marriage Loses Effort to Keep Names of Donors Disclosed in Maine

Oct 29th, 2009 @ 1:50 pm | 3 Comments -
The New Jersey-based National Organization for Marriage (NOM) has been fighting to keep the names of donors to the “Yes on 1″ campaign in Maine private. They lost: “Judge...

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NEWS | Texas Judge Rules Gay Marriage Ban Is Unconstitutional

Oct 2nd, 2009 @ 12:56 pm | No Comments -
Despite years of fighting for same-sex marriage rights, it has taken a gay divorce to get a Texas judge to declare unconstitutional the state’s ban on gay marriage. judgecallahan1 After...

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NEWS | Wis. AG will not defend gay partnership law

Aug 24th, 2009 @ 2:10 pm | No Comments -
Wisconsin’s attorney general said Friday he will not defend a new law that grants same-sex couples spousal benefits such as hospital visitation and inheritance, saying lawmakers...

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