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U.S. judge mulls overturning federal marriage law

Jan 12th, 2012 @ 10:45 pm | No Comments -
A U.S. judge appeared sympathetic to a lesbian federal employees bid to strike down a law denying health-insurance benefits to her spouse, in the first hearing since the Obama...

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Anti-Gay Amendments Dropped from Defense Bill

Dec 14th, 2011 @ 9:11 pm | No Comments -
According to a National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) conference committee report released, several anti-gay amendments have been dropped from the Defense bill. The report...

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Senate Passes Defense Funding Act

Dec 2nd, 2011 @ 4:27 pm | No Comments -
The Senate passed its version of the National Defense Authorization Act without any infamous DOMA repeal attachment. The version already passed by the House also does not include...

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Obama Applauds Senate Committee Passage Of DOMA Repeal Bill

Nov 10th, 2011 @ 2:23 pm | No Comments -
President Barack Obama has praised passage of a bill that would repeal the Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA), the 1996 law that bars federal agencies and the military from recognizing...

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SLDN To Sue Over DOMA

Oct 19th, 2011 @ 12:30 pm | No Comments -
The Servicemembers Legal Defense Network will argue that the federal Defense of Marriage Act violates the Fifth Amendment right to due process, in what the group says will be...

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