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NY Marriages Begin
Sun, 2011-07-31 23:00 — Stephen J. HylandOn July 24, 2011, those who were inclined to marry were able to do so in New York. My husband, Richard, and I have been eagerly reading the New York Time's Weddings and Celebrations section, which has had tremendous coverage of same-sex marriages held in the State of New York. Read more »
Santorum, Bachmann Pledge Continued Bigotry
Sun, 2011-07-10 23:00 — Anonymous— Rick Santorum has become the second Republican presidential candidate to sign a pro-marriage
pledge vowing to fight against same sex marriage, Sharia law and pornography.
When I first read it, I was taken aback by it. I can't argue that I wasn't,
he told CNN on Sunday.
Rep. Michele Bachmann (R-MN) was the first presidential candidate to sign the pledge, created by The Family Leader, a conservative, Iowa-based Christian group. Read more »
Federal Court Orders Government to State Position on Defense of DADT
Sun, 2011-07-10 23:00 — Anonymous&b>SAN DIEGO — A federal appeals court that has called for the immediate halt of the military's ban on openly gay troops issued an order Monday requiring the U.S. government to state whether it will continue to defend the policy's constitutionality in court. Read more »
Lambda Legal Files Supreme Court Case in Louisiana Birth Certificate Case
Sun, 2011-07-10 23:00 — AnonymousNEW ORLEANS — Lambda Legal filed a petition for a writ of certiorari asking the U.S. Supreme Court to hear the case of a same-sex couple seeking an accurate birth certificate for their Louisiana-born son whom they adopted in New York. The state of Louisiana has refused to recognize the adoption and issue a birth certificate listing both fathers as the boy's parents. Read more »
Feds Concede DOMA Fight in Bankruptcy Court
Wed, 2011-07-06 23:00 — AnonymousSAN FRANCISCO — The bankruptcy case that became one of many battlegrounds in the fight over the Defense of Marriage Act has come to an end, with the Justice Department and congressional Republicans bowing out of the fight. Read more »
