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Nadler Says DOMA Repeal Bill Will Not Include DP’s or Civil Unions

OIA Staff — Tue, 28 Jul 2009 15:44:55 +0000

In an interview with the Bay Area Reporter this weekend, New York Rep. Jerrold Nadler said that he plans to introduce legislation either this week or once Congress returns from its August recess to repeal the Defense of Marriage Act, but that bill will not include extending rights to LGBT couples in domestic partnerships or [...]

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Group Petitions to Expand 1964 Civil Rights Act to Include LGBT

OIA Staff — Mon, 29 Jun 2009 19:56:52 +0000

This morning, a press conference was held outside New York’s historic Stonewall Inn by grassroots online group The Power announcing its LGBT Civil Rights campaign for full equality. At the presser, the group presented U.S. Congressman Jerrold Nadler with a signed petition for House Speaker Nancy Pelosi to expand the 1964 Civil Rights Act to [...]

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