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Domestic Partnership and Benefits Act – Your Reps need to hear from you today..
Written on 19 Nov, 2009 at 15:55 in Activism, Commentary, Family, Family Equality, Featured, Hot Topics, News, Op-Eds, Organizations, Politics | viewed times | 1 Comment
Yesterday the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform held a committee vote on the Domestic Partnership Benefits and Obligations Act (DPBO), legislation that would provide equal benefits to the domestic partners of federal employees. The committee passed DPBO at... (Continue reading)
EEOC Nominee Backtracks On Marriage Equality Statement Over Polygamy Support Charges
11/19/09-by Bridgette P. LaVictoire Accusations of supporting polygamy have forced President Barack Obama’s nominee for the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission to ask that her name be withdrawn from a statement that was, at least on the surface, written to support same-sex... (Continue reading)
Compensation for Gay Couple – “Mr. President we voted for you to lead and now we expect YOU to be the one to lead us to equality.
Written on 18 Nov, 2009 at 16:03 in Activism, Commentary, Family Equality, Featured, Hot Topics, In The Courts, Notable Quotes, Op-Eds | viewed times | 1 Comment
YES -YOU – CAN Posted by melanie Nathan: Judge orders compensation for gay couple denied benefits (LA Times Report) by Carol J. Williams:- While recognizing the status quo of federal government rejection of gay marriage under the Defense of Marriage Act, federal judge of... (Continue reading)
DADT Repeal To Be Folded Into 2010 Defense Funding Bill
11/11/09-by Bridgette P. LaVictoire Next year’s Defense Appropriation’s bill will include language which will repeal the law known as Don’t Ask, Don’t tell. The tactic is similar to that used to enact the Matthew Shepard Act into law. It... (Continue reading)
Are Obama and Gay Inc planning to roll women under the bus to get a win on healthcare?
Written on 9 Nov, 2009 at 8:25 in Commentary, Family, Featured, News, Politics | viewed times | 2 Comments
11/9/09-by Paula Brooks President Barak Obama expressed confidence Sunday that the Senate will “take the baton” and approve sweeping health care reform legislation, after the House narrowly passed its version Saturday night. In brief remarks from the Rose Garden yesterday, the president... (Continue reading)
Breaking: McDonnell Projected To Win in Virginia
11/03/09-by Bridgette P. LaVictoire Bob McDonnell is projected to win the governor’s race in Virginia. It was not unexpected since Craigh Deeds ran a weak campaign and was not liked in upstate Virginia. McDonnell was expected to win despite... (Continue reading)
Obama Reauthorizes HIV/AIDS Law, Promises To End Travel Ban On Monday
10/30/09-by Bridgette P. LaVictoire Today, President Barack Obama extended and strengthened the coverage of HIV/AIDS in the United States by signing into law the Ryan White HIV/AIDS Treatment Extension Act. In doing so, President Obama recognized that the disease is... (Continue reading)
Bishop Against Hate Crimes Act – fears it will inhibit his need to preach against homosexuality
Written on 29 Oct, 2009 at 15:28 in Activism, Anti-Gay, Commentary, Crime, Editorials, Family, Family Equality, Featured, Hot Topics, News, Notable Quotes, Op-Eds, People, Politics, Rants & Raves, Religion, Special Reports | viewed times | 0 Comments
Bishop E. W. Jackson Sr., who leads Exodus Faith Ministries in Chesapeake, Va., says that while he’s against anti-gay violence, he also opposes homosexuality and wants to be free to preach against it, as reported in the Virginian-Pilot. While... (Continue reading)
Protecting The Minorities From Bigotry- Statements Made On The Passage Of The Matthew Shepard Act
Written on 29 Oct, 2009 at 9:19 in Crime, Featured, News, Politics, Trans News | viewed times | 3 Comments
10/29/09-by Bridgette P. LaVictoire Yesterday, President Barack Obama signed into law the Matthew Shepard and James Byrd Jr. Hate Crime Prevention bill. The law was named for two men who were the victims of crimes due to their sexual orientation... (Continue reading)
President Obama Pays His Respects As Fallen American Heroes Return Home
Written on 29 Oct, 2009 at 9:03 in Featured, Mainstream Mix, News, People, World | viewed times | 4 Comments
10/29/09-by Paula Brooks NPR is reporting that while most of us were sleeping, President Barack Obama went to look upon the real cost of the war in Afghanistan as he journeyed in the pre-dawn darkness to Dover (Del.) Air Force Base... (Continue reading)
Obama Signs Matthew Shepard Bill
10/28/09-by Paula Brooks 10 years ago Wyoming college student Matthew Shepard was brutally attacked and murdered because he was gay, today, President Obama signed into law the Matthew Shepard and James Byrd, Jr. Hate Crime Prevention Act, critical legislation that strengthens... (Continue reading)
Hate Crimes Law To Get Presidential Signature
10/27/09-by Bridgette P. LaVictoire The White House announced today that President Obama would hold two White House signing ceremonies tomorrow for the FY 10 defense authorization bill. After a signing ceremony for the $680 billion defense-spending bill in the White House Rose... (Continue reading)
Congress- The Overlooked Player In The Battle For Equality
10/13/09-by Bridgette P. LaVictoire President Barack Obama is not the Dictator in Chief no matter how much people would like him to be. He cannot wave a wand and repeal Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell or the Defense of Marriage Act... (Continue reading)
The LGBT Community is Not Unified- Well, DUH!
10/12/09-by Bridgette P. LaVictoire Apparently, I did not get the memo when I was a minute and a half old that, when I grew up to be a full participatory member of the LGBT Community, I must follow lock step behind... (Continue reading)
Holding Joe Solmonese’s feet to the fire!
Written on 12 Oct, 2009 at 13:14 in Commentary, Featured, News, People, Politics | viewed times | 6 Comments
From Melanie Nathan To Joe Solmonese October 11, 2009 Dear Joe, This morning, as expected, I received your email, Joe Solmonese from HRC, and your promise “ In the days and weeks ahead we’ll move quickly to capitalize on this momentum?†What momentum may... (Continue reading)
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