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Amazon Joins Starbucks, Google, Microsoft In Supporting Gay Marriage

OIA Staff — Fri, 03 Feb 2012 17:58:18 +0000

Internet retailer Amazon on Wednesday became the latest high-profile Washington-based company to endorse an effort to legalize gay marriage in the state, the Seattle Times reported. “Amazon is joining other Pacific Northwest companies, including Microsoft, Starbucks and Nike, in support of Washington state’s marriage equality bills,” Amazon said in a statement. “The spirit of these [...]

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Cyndi Lauper Unhappy “True Colors” Used in Romney Attack Ad

OIA Staff — Sun, 15 Jan 2012 23:39:32 +0000

Iconic entertainer Cyndi Lauper, whose song “True Colors” has become synonymous with the advancement of LGBT equality, is unhappy about its unauthorized use in a negative political campaign ad. via. Read the full article @ Cyndi Lauper Unhappy “True Colors” Used in Romney Attack Ad Read more articles @ our blogBecome a fan on FacebookFollow [...]

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Watch Hillary Clinton’s Speech to the UN on LGBT Rights

OIA Staff — Wed, 07 Dec 2011 02:05:33 +0000

Today, I want to talk about the work we have left to do to protect one group of people whose human rights are still denied in too many parts of the world today. In many ways, they are an invisible minority. They are arrested, beaten, terrorized, even executed. Many are treated with contempt and violence [...]

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Massachusetts Passes Protections For Trans People

OIA Staff — Thu, 17 Nov 2011 23:37:33 +0000

We have learned that the Massachusetts House and Senate have passed the Transgender Equality Rights bill. This bill will protect the transgender community from discrimination in employment, education, housing and in situations where people face hate-based violence. Governor Duval Patrick is expected to sign the bill when it is handed to him. The bill does [...]

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SLDN Statement on Department of Defense Guidance on Chaplains, Facilities

OIA Staff — Fri, 30 Sep 2011 18:06:48 +0000

Servicemembers Legal Defense Network (SLDN) released the following statement today in response to guidance issued by the Department of Defense related to chaplains and facilities: “We are pleased the Department of Defense has made it clear that a military Chaplain is allowed to perform any lawful ceremony that is consistent with his or her beliefs [...]

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U.K. on Course to Legalize Same-sex Marriage

OIA Staff — Tue, 20 Sep 2011 18:45:20 +0000

The Conservative-led government in London endorses same-sex marriage, and has announced legislation legalizing marriage equality before the next general election, scheduled for 2015. This is prompted by the prime minister’s enthusiasm for the issue. Marriage equality is a sound Tory principle: commitment cannot be determined by sexuality, and there’s no reason to deny or refuse [...]

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American Psychological Association Supports Marriage Equality – HRC

OIA Staff — Fri, 05 Aug 2011 14:23:10 +0000

The policy making body of the American Psychological Association (APA) unanimously (157-0) passed a resolution supporting full marriage equality for same-sex couples. Reacting to this important move, Human Rights Campaign President Joe Solmonese made the following statement: “The American Psychological Association has long supported equality for the lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender community based on [...]

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New York Issues New Marriage Licenses to Recognize Same-Sex Couples

OIA Staff — Wed, 13 Jul 2011 18:31:35 +0000

New York’s Health Department has issued new marriage licenses, adding the word “spouse” to language already on the documents, in preparation for enactment of marriage equality laws on July 24. via. Read the full article @ New York Issues New Marriage Licenses to Recognize Same-Sex Couples Read more articles @ our blogBecome a fan on [...]

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42 Years Later, LGBT Americans Remember the Impact of the Stonewall Riots

OIA Staff — Tue, 28 Jun 2011 14:13:38 +0000

Today marks the 42nd anniversary of the beginning of the famous riots at New York City’s Stonewall Inn that served as a catalyst for the modern movement for LGBT equality. In the early morning hours of Saturday, June 28, 1969, police led a raid at the Stonewall Inn, a bar located in Greenwich Village on [...]

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Congratulations: Marriage Equality for New York

OIA Staff — Sat, 25 Jun 2011 11:34:50 +0000

We did it: the NY State Senate just voted to legalize same-sex marriage and Gov. Cuomo has already signed the bill, and NY will become the largest state in the union to grant couples the equal rights they deserve on July 24th. New York State proudly joins five other states (Massachusetts, Connecticut, Iowa, Vermont, New [...]

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Bill Clinton Speaks Out for Marriage Equality

OIA Staff — Fri, 06 May 2011 17:36:39 +0000

Former President Bill Clinton has come out in favor of legalizing same-sex marriage in New York. In a statement released by the Human Rights Campaign, Bill Clinton said: Our nation’s permanent mission is to form a ‘more perfect union’ – deepening the meaning of freedom, broadening the reach of opportunity, strengthening the bonds of community. [...]

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Uruguay Moving To Legalize Same-Sex Marriage

OIA Staff — Mon, 11 Apr 2011 19:17:17 +0000

Uruguay’s Parliament is considering legislation to legalize same-sex marriage in that South American nation. This move means that the United States is moving further and further behind the world with regards to LGBT equality. via Lez Get Real. Read the full article @ Uruguay Moving To Legalize Same-Sex Marriage Read more articles @ our blogBecome [...]

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Colorado Senate Committee Approves Civil Unions

OIA Staff — Tue, 08 Mar 2011 13:48:34 +0000

The Colorado Senate’s Judiciary Committee voted 6-3 today to pass civil unions, bringing the state a small step closer to equality. “It is as close to marriage as can be construed in Colorado law without using that word,” said Republican Sen. Kevin Lundberg, a long-time opponent of LGBT rights. “For that reason it is marriage [...]

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Massachusetts Governor Signs Order Protecting Transgender State Employees

OIA Staff — Fri, 18 Feb 2011 14:35:12 +0000

Massachusetts Governor Deval Patrick today issued two executive orders, numbers 526 and 527, which extend nondiscrimination protections to state employees on the basis of gender identity and expression, and apply to all state agencies and programs, as well as businesses that contract with the state. The National Gay and Lesbian Task Force was pleased to [...]

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MD State Senator Reverses Opinion, Now Supports Marriage Equality

OIA Staff — Mon, 14 Feb 2011 20:55:27 +0000

Democratic Maryland State Senator James Brochin, who up until now had been against marriage equality, has completely changed his position. He’ll now be one of the 21 state senators who support Maryland’s marriage equality bill. via. Read the full article @ MD State Senator Reverses Opinion, Now Supports Marriage Equality Read more articles @ our [...]

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Comedian Joan Rivers Supports Marriage Equality

OIA Staff — Thu, 10 Feb 2011 13:04:32 +0000

Joan Rivers is the latest celeb to lend her voice to New York’s ongoing fight for marriage equality. Check out this short, but sweet video she filmed for the cause! via. Read the full article @ Comedian Joan Rivers Supports Marriage Equality Read more articles @ our blogBecome a fan on FacebookFollow us on Twitter

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R.I. Governor Calls for Marriage Equality

OIA Staff — Wed, 05 Jan 2011 17:11:38 +0000

Rhode Island Governor Lincoln Chafee: “I urge the General Assembly to quickly consider and adopt this legislation. When marriage equality is the law in Rhode Island, we honor our forefathers who risked their lives and fortune in the pursuit of human equality. Rhode Island today must be as welcoming to all as [the state's founder] Roger Williams [...]

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Marriage Equality Battle Resumes In New Hampshire

OIA Staff — Mon, 03 Jan 2011 14:09:46 +0000

New Hampshire Republicans have a veto proof majority in the state’s House and Senate, and it should not be surprising that there is going to be the introduction of a marriage bigotry law in that state. In fact, it should not be surprising that this move will happen sometime soon. It is pretty much going [...]

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“STR8 Against H8″ 2011 Charity Calendar Raises Temperatures & Funds

OIA Staff — Wed, 22 Dec 2010 16:25:04 +0000

What happens when the gay rights activists at FCKH8.com get their hands on a dozen or so straight dudes? The “STR8 AGAINST H8″ 2011 Charity Calendar shows homo-friendly straight guys stripped down and oiled up looking picture-perfect sexy for a good cause. The FCKH8.com website sells the 13-month charity calendars online and also features a [...]

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Hopes for the New Year – General Gayety

OIA Staff — Tue, 21 Dec 2010 19:10:03 +0000

As 2010 draws to a close, I’m looking ahead. Here are some of my hopes for the LGBT community in 2011, along with a few predictions. I hope next year the Pope will reveal a new attitude toward gays. I predict he won’t. Now for a bolder prediction concerning Rowan Williams, the Archbishop of Canterbury, [...]

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BREAKING: Majority of Chiefs Back Repeal of “Don’t Ask”; Underscore Integrity and Process

OIA Staff — Fri, 03 Dec 2010 15:10:53 +0000

“A clear majority of the service chiefs support repeal this year. Now, it’s up to the Senate. The National Defense Authorization Act, which includes the repeal provisions, must be called up in the Senate early next week under a reasonable approach that insures senators on both sides of the aisle a fair shot at amendments [...]

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Marriage Equality In Peril in New Hampshire

OIA Staff — Thu, 04 Nov 2010 14:17:56 +0000

Marriage Equality in New Hampshire is likely in peril now that the New Hampshire Legislature is overwhelmingly Republican. This shift could mean and likely will mean that an attempt to repeal the marriage equality bill in that state will be bringing that law up again soon. The fight has just begun, but it also means [...]

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Path Clearer For Civil Unions In Hawaii?

OIA Staff — Thu, 04 Nov 2010 13:59:14 +0000

The fate of civil unions in Hawaii may now be a lot clearer with the election of Neil Abercrombie to the Governorship of that state. Unlike his predecessor Linda Lingle and his opponent Lieutenant Governor James Aiona, Abercrombie is a supporter of civil unions and equality, or as much equality as is available under the [...]

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LGBT Wins and Losses on Election Day

OIA Staff — Wed, 03 Nov 2010 16:07:34 +0000

NATIONAL: Overall, the Republicans landed enough victories to retake control of the House of Representatives from the Democrats, but not enough to take control of the Senate. It remains to be seen what a GOP-controlled House will mean for pro-LGBT measures, like passage of the Employment Non-Discrimination Act, lifting the Defense of Marriage Act, or repealing of Don’t Ask, Don’t [...]

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Out members of Congress issue letter to LGBT community

OIA Staff — Thu, 28 Oct 2010 14:49:35 +0000

“Elections matter,” begins an open letter from U.S. Representatives Tammy Baldwin, Barney Frank and Jared Polis, issued this afternoon. The intended recipients? The entire LGBT community. … In the 111th Congress, we passed the Matthew Shepherd and James Byrd Jr. Federal Hate Crimes Act, admittedly no small feat, while the State Department adopted inclusive passport procedures [...]

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HRC penalizes Target, Best Buy in latest Corporate Equality Index rating

OIA Staff — Tue, 05 Oct 2010 14:37:34 +0000

Retailers Target and Best Buy, along with 3M Corporation, all based in Minnesota, have been stripped of their perfect scores in the Human Rights Campaign’s (HRC) 2011 Corporate Equality Index. HRC said in a statement Moday: “Fifteen points were deducted from the otherwise perfect scores of Target, Best Buy and 3M for failing to respond [...]

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National Coming Out Day To Take Place Next Week in Midst of Bullying-Related Suicides

OIA Staff — Tue, 05 Oct 2010 13:43:48 +0000

the theme for NationalComing Out Day (Monday, October 11)is Coming Out for Equality.The importance of this year’s event will be heightened by the recent news of teen suicides precipitated by anti-LGBT bullying and/or harassment. National Coming Out Day encourages people that are or may be LGBT to live open and honest lives. Similarly, the yearly [...]

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Watching the Watchdog

OIA Staff — Wed, 08 Sep 2010 14:48:35 +0000

If you are like me, you are torn about our community’s recent boycotts of Target, Hyatt & Bestbuy due to the companies’ contributions to anti-gay marriage candidates. I began to wonder about the identities of the candidates who benefit from Human Rights Campaign’s (HRC) PAC contributions. What about PAC donations by companies rated 100% by [...]

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Tennessee Non-Discrimination Ordinance Pulled

OIA Staff — Wed, 25 Aug 2010 15:10:39 +0000

Despite death threats and even some genuine debate, Memphis’ Employment Non-Discrimination Ordinance (ENDO) has been pulled from consideration. The Tennessee Equality Project made the request to Councilwoman Janis Fullilove, who was the target of the death threats, to pull the proposed ordinance. TEP made the move because it was becoming clear that the ordinance was [...]

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Target Corporation Message to LGBT Community: We Won’t Make it Right

OIA Staff — Tue, 17 Aug 2010 14:00:32 +0000

After two weeks of good-faith discussions – and two tentative agreements – with Target Corporation, the company has informed the Human Rights Campaign, the nation’s largest lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) civil rights organization, that it will take no corrective actions to repair the harm that it caused by contributing $150,000 to an organization [...]

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American Bar Association adopts marriage equality resolution

OIA Staff — Wed, 11 Aug 2010 14:10:41 +0000

The professional organization representing more than 400,000 attorneys in the U.S. has adopted a resolution urging state legislatures to allow same-sex couples to marry. Said Chad Griffin, Board President of the American Foundation for Equal Rights, the plaintiffs in the Prop 8 lawsuit: “With this action, the American Bar Association has affirmed the principles upon [...]

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Prop 8 Decision To Be Handed Down Today

OIA Staff — Wed, 04 Aug 2010 13:40:28 +0000

Today, the decision regarding Perry v. Schwarzenegger will be released. The trial was held between January and June of this year, and the decision will finally be released. According to the court’s website: On August 4, 2010, the court will issue its written order containing findings of fact and conclusions of law following the court [...]

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Memphis City Counselor Threatened Over Support For LGBT Equality

OIA Staff — Fri, 30 Jul 2010 15:16:02 +0000

Janis Fullilove, has received death threats multiple times, and even had a dead cat thrown on her lawn. The Councilwoman for Memphis is a supporter of workplace protections for lesbians and gays. The police are taking the threats seriously enough that they are patrolling the area around her home in greater numbers. Fullilove received four [...]

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Victory For Argentina – General Gayety

OIA Staff — Tue, 20 Jul 2010 16:47:58 +0000

Argentina suffered a distinct blow when its promising soccer team was bounced from the World Cup. What did the country do to pick up its spirits? It passed gay marriage. Argentina is the first nation in Latin America to legalize same-sex marriage. Gays and lesbians in Argentina will have all the legal rights and responsibilities [...]

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Argentina Senate to Vote on Gay Marriage

OIA Staff — Wed, 14 Jul 2010 14:49:48 +0000

Argentina’s senate will vote on a marriage equality bill Wednesday as religious opposition heats up. President Cristina Fernández de Kirchner has said she would sign the bill, which already passed the lower chamber of the legislature. According to the New York Times, “If the Senate votes for the bill, approved by the lower house of [...]

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NY Senate Democrats Extend Rights to LGBT Couples

OIA Staff — Wed, 30 Jun 2010 15:39:12 +0000

Legislation grants bereavement leave to employees in same-sex relationships The Senate Democratic Majority passed legislation (S6177A/Montgomery) that allows individuals involved in same-sex relationships to be granted funeral or bereavement leave from their place of employment. The bill, spearheaded by Senator Velmanette Montgomery (D-Brooklyn), extends this privilege that was previously granted only to employees that are [...]

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Iceland’s parliament votes for marriage equality 49-0

OIA Staff — Mon, 14 Jun 2010 17:17:27 +0000

The Icelandic parliament, known as the Althingi, has approved a new law extending marriage rights to same-sex couples. The vote was 49-0. Iceland, a socially tolerant island nation of about 320,000 people, became the first country to elect an openly gay head of state in 2009 when Social Democrat Johanna Sigurdardottir became prime minister after [...]

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President Obama’s Proclamation for LGBT Pride Month

OIA Staff — Tue, 01 Jun 2010 15:32:29 +0000

LESBIAN, GAY, BISEXUAL, AND TRANSGENDER PRIDE MONTH, 2010 BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA A PROCLAMATION As Americans, it is our birthright that all people are created equal and deserve the same rights, privileges, and opportunities. Since our earliest days of independence, our Nation has striven to fulfill that promise. An important [...]

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GetEQUAL: Emergency Capitol Hill Protest to Save ENDA

OIA Staff — Thu, 20 May 2010 13:23:12 +0000

GetEQUAL, a new lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) direct action organization, announced today that they will hold an emergency picket on Capitol Hill today, Thursday, May 20th, 2010 to demand that Democratic Congressional Leaders in the House and Senate live up to their promise to schedule a vote this legislative year on the Employment [...]

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Portugal’s President to Sign Same-Sex Marriage into Law

OIA Staff — Tue, 18 May 2010 16:27:55 +0000

Portuguese President Anibal Cavaco Silva says he will sign a marriage equality bill. The head of state’s decision to permit the enactment of a bill passed by Parliament in January makes Portugal the sixth European country allowing same-sex couples to wed [ via Towleroad ] Read the full article @ Portugal’s President to Sign Same-Sex Marriage [...]

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Cyndi Lauper Wins Celebrity Apprentice Cash for LGBT Equality

OIA Staff — Mon, 19 Apr 2010 15:07:24 +0000

The Women’s team on Celebrity Apprentice beat the men out, and because Cyndi Lauper was Project Manager for the winning team, Donald Trump’s production will fork over $20,000 to Cyndi’s chosen charity, which is her True Colors Fund Project – to advance LGBT equality and involve straight allies. In addition to the win Trump informed [...]

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Cyndi Lauper to Open Shelter for LGBT Youth

OIA Staff — Thu, 08 Apr 2010 14:48:55 +0000

Pop singer and Celebrity Apprentice Cyndi Lauper is planning on opening a shelter in New York for LGBT young people. Lauper, who campaigns for equality and has been an advocate with her True Colors Fund, says the shelter in Harlem will be called True Colors Residence. Her plan is to support people between the ages [...]

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“Don’t Say Gay” Bill Killed Again in Tennessee

OIA Staff — Thu, 08 Apr 2010 14:41:43 +0000

A state House subcommittee sent representative Stacey Campfield’s (R-Knoxville) “Don’t Say Gay” bill to the state Board of Education for further study, essentially killing it off for the legislative session. The bill would ban teachers from discussing homosexuality in elementary and public schools. More than 400 Tennessee Equality Project supporters contacted members of the subcommittee [...]

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Non-discrimination ordinances become law in Salt Lake City

OIA Staff — Mon, 05 Apr 2010 15:38:16 +0000

A group of Salt Lake City leaders, along with members of Equality Utah, gathered on the steps of the City and County Building Friday morning to celebrate the implementation of the city’s new non-discrimination ordinances. The ordinances take effect Friday and make it against the law for landlords and employers to deny someone housing or [...]

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Anna Paquin Says She’s Bisexual

OIA Staff — Thu, 01 Apr 2010 16:26:38 +0000

In a surprising move – that even took people close to her off guard – True Blood’s sexy star Anna Paquin is publicly revealing she’s bisexual for the very first time. Paquin – who’s engaged to her handsome True Blood co-star Stephen Moyer –quietly made the revelation during a top-secret taping earlier this year of [...]

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Westboro Baptist Church collects donations for the LGBT community. How sweet of them!

OIA Staff — Thu, 01 Apr 2010 16:05:06 +0000

The Westboro Baptist Church, which we have already spoken, still makes the front but this time without knowing it. She collected donations to support an association of LGBT communities. This time, inadvertently, the church has collected donations for the association Driving Equality. The scheme is simple: each time the cult will protest in a city, [...]

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Meghan McCain Defends Support of Same-Sex Marriage to GW Audience

OIA Staff — Mon, 29 Mar 2010 16:03:18 +0000

Last week Meghan McCain spoke at George Washington here in DC and defended her support for marriage equality as principled, not politically expedient. She also said she is not too fat or too blonde to be a Republican. “I am not Ann Coulter, I am not Glenn Beck, I am not trying to be a [...]

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CA poll shows 50% support for same-sex marriage

OIA Staff — Thu, 25 Mar 2010 15:20:15 +0000

The creep toward majority support of same-sex marriage in California continues, as a new statewide poll has found that 50 percent of residents of the Golden State now support marriage equality. [ via The Bay Area Reporter Online ] Read the full article @ CA poll shows 50% support for same-sex marriage Read more articles [...]

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Judge orders advocacy groups to turn over campaign material in Prop. 8 trial

OIA Staff — Tue, 23 Mar 2010 16:27:43 +0000

A federal judge today ordered same-sex marriage advocacy groups to turn over campaign materials from the election fight over Proposition 8, a move that could prolong the legal challenge to California’s ban on gay nuptials. In a 24-page ruling, Chief U.S. District Judge Vaughn Walker rejected the arguments of the American Civil Liberties Union and [...]

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Gay-marriage advocates in N.J. resume legal fight

OIA Staff — Fri, 19 Mar 2010 14:01:11 +0000

Advocates for gay and lesbian couples are headed back to New Jersey’s Supreme Court to resume their attempt to legalize same-sex marriage. Lambda Legal, a gay-rights legal group, filed a motion to the high court Thursday seeking a ruling that would let same-sex couples wed. The filing argues that the state has failed to comply [...]

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