Three Pro-Gay Groups Respond To AFER’s Letter
Chris Geidner has gotten some reactions from the National Center for Lesbian Rights, Lambda Legal, and the ACLU concerning the letter from the America Foundation for Equal Rights (the group behind the...
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El Paso Restaurant Guards Release Statement Calling Kissing “Lewd Behavior”
Two of about 100 people protesting outside the Chico’s Tacos restaurant in El Paso, Texas. (Ruben R. Ramirez/El Paso Times) It looks like a kiss is still a very radical act. The security firm hired by...
View ArticleACLU sues for domestic partnerships in Montana
In 2004, Montana residents voted by 67% to revise their state constitution to include: Only a marriage between one man and one woman shall be valid or recognized as a marriage in this state. However,...
View ArticleBozeman, MT To Support Marriage Rights
The Bozeman, Montana, city commission is expected to pass a resolution voicing support for a lawsuit by seven same-sex couples for marriage rights in the state of Montana. Two Bozeman couples are part...
View ArticleDOMA: recap, summary, and analysis
It has been a day since Attorney General Holder announced the Obama Administration’s position on the constitutionality of Section 3 of the 1996 Defense of Marriage Act, and we are beginning to get a...
View ArticleLawsuits Planned To Legalize Same-Sex Marriage In Illinois
As I said earlier in today’s Agenda, Lambda Legal and the ACLU will be filing separate lawsuits today in a bid to legalize marriage equality in Illinois. According to The Chicago Tribune: The gay...
View ArticleServicemembers Kicked Out Under DADT To Receive Full Separation Pay
This settlement of a class action lawsuit between the American Civl Liberties Union and the Department of Defense strikes me as a very big deal. According to this ACLU press release: Former service...
View ArticleYou Will Never in a Million Billion Years Guess Who the ACLU Hired
GoProud’s Jimmy LaSalvia: As part of the broad-based effort to involve conservatives in the movement to encourage the freedom to marry, the ACLU has hired conservative strategist Jimmy LaSalvia....
View ArticleACLU Announces Three Marriage Lawsuits
Fresh off its victory in Windsor v. U.S. which struck down Section 3 of the Defense of Marriage Act as unconstitutional, the ACLU’s is filing three more lawsuits, in Pennsylvania, North Carolina and...
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Twelve States File Brief Supporting Transgender Coverage Under Civil Rights Laws
Notes: In states other than Arkansas, North Carolina and Tennessee, local jurisdictions may provide additional anti-discrimination protections beyond those provided by state law. On June 30, a federal...
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