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Arizona To Appeal Same-Sex Health Benefits Ruling

Written on 11 Aug, 2010 at 18:05 in Family & Children, Featured, In The Courts, LGBT Rights, News | viewed times | 0 Comments

8/11/10-by Paula Brooks A spokesman for Arizona Gov. Jan Brewer says that state will appeal a federal judge’s ruling that Arizona cannot deny family health insurance to employees with same-sex partners. According to AZCentral.com, Brewer spokesman Paul Senseman said, “We are... (Continue reading)

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Frederick County Maryland Public Schools Give Health Insurance To Same-Sex Partners

Written on 5 Aug, 2010 at 10:50 in Featured, News, Organizations, People | viewed times | 0 Comments

Image via Wikipedia 8/5/10-by Paula Brooks Employees in Frederick County Maryland Public Schools will now receive health insurance for their same-sex domestic partners. The Frederick County Teachers Association’s has announced its new contract will include health insurance benefits for the domestic partners of... (Continue reading)

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Federal Judge Says Arizona Can’t Cancel Benefits Of Gay State Employees

Written on 24 Jul, 2010 at 0:09 in Featured, In The Courts, LGBT Rights, News | viewed times | 0 Comments

Image via Wikipedia 7/23/10-by Paula Brooks Saying “It is not equitable to lay the burden of the state’s budgetary shortfall on homosexual employees, any more than on any other distinct class, such as employees with green eyes or red hair,” a federal... (Continue reading)

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Arizona Domestic Partnership Case Goes To Court

Written on 2 Jul, 2010 at 13:03 in Family & Children, Featured, In The Courts, News, Politics | viewed times | 0 Comments

7/2/10- by Paula Brooks Representing ten Arizona state employees, including a lesbian Arizona Highway Patrol Officer, attorneys from Lambda Legal this week presented oral arguments in U.S. District Court in Phoenix to block a law stripping domestic partner benefits from gay... (Continue reading)

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Senator Boxer Introduces Bill for Gays and Lesbian Equality to COBRA Coverage

Written on 26 Mar, 2010 at 12:03 in Activism, CAMPAIGN 2010, Commentary, Family, Family Equality, Featured, Hot Topics, News, Politics, Site News | viewed times | 5 Comments

Melanie Nathan -March 25, 2010 ;   Human Rights Campaign reports that “Among the many federal rights and benefits denied to same-sex couples by the combination of marriage inequality and the federal Defense of Marriage Act is access to... (Continue reading)

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Kissimmee Extends Benefits To Same-Sex Partners

Written on 11 Mar, 2010 at 9:41 in Family Equality, Featured, Health, News, Politics | viewed times | 0 Comments

Image via Wikipedia 3/11/10-by Paula Brooks In a 4-1 vote, Kissimmee, Florida City Commissioners have approved health and dental benefits for both same sex and opposite sex domestic partners of city employees. The Kissimmee City Commission vote will also allow employees to take... (Continue reading)

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D.C. Archbishop Defends Catholic Charities Benefits Cut, Complains About Bad Press

Written on 3 Mar, 2010 at 15:06 in Featured, News, People, Politics, Religion | viewed times | 2 Comments

3/3/10-by Paula Brooks Washington D.C. Archbishop Donald W. Wuerl is defending an Archdiocese decision that would not make spousal health benefits unavailable to any new employee, straight or gay, to any current employee’s who marries in the future or to spouses... (Continue reading)

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D.C. Archdiocese Stiffs Employees On Health Benefits Over Same-Sex Marriage Law Dispute

Written on 2 Mar, 2010 at 21:49 in Featured, News, Organizations, People, Religion | viewed times | 8 Comments

3/2/10-by Paula Brooks In its on going temper tantrum over a marriage equality law in the District of Columbia, the Archdiocese of Washington, D.C. and its social services arm, Catholic Charities of D.C. have decided rather than provide spousal benefits to... (Continue reading)

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LAMBDA Legal Sues US Office of Personnel Management

Written on 20 Jan, 2010 at 15:58 in Featured, In The Courts, News | viewed times | 7 Comments

Image via Wikipedia   …on Behalf of Lesbian Federal Court Employee Whose Wife Was Denied Insurance PRESS RELEASE POSTED BY MELANIE NATHAN “At a minimum, federal courts have the power and responsibility to end discrimination against their own employees.” (San Francisco, January 20, 2010) —... (Continue reading)

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Fire Dog Lake Compiles The Top Ten Reasons To Kill Health Care Bill And Start Over

Written on 21 Dec, 2009 at 15:06 in Featured, Health, Lifestyle | viewed times | 5 Comments

12/21/09-by Bridgette P. LaVictoire When the Republicans made it their mission to rile up as much of the anti-government, anti-Democrat, anti-reform, racist, sexist, bigoted, anti-Semitic groups as possible in this country in order to return to power, they made one thing... (Continue reading)

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North Carolina County Approves Domestic Partner Benefits After Heated Vote

Written on 16 Dec, 2009 at 16:02 in Featured, News, People, Politics | viewed times | 8 Comments

12/16/09-by Paula Brooks Yesterday, by a vote of 6-3, Mecklenburg County North Carolina Commissioners approved a measure to will provide domestic partner benefits for same-sex couples. According to a report on North Carolinas Q-Notes… The approved plan will define “domestic partners” as two... (Continue reading)

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Senator Ben Nelson Introduces Amendment To Restrict Abortion Coverage Severely

Written on 7 Dec, 2009 at 14:33 in Featured, News, Politics | viewed times | 1 Comment

12/07/09-by Bridgette P. LaVictoire It appears that the Roman Catholic Church has found their patsy…er ally in Senator Ben Nelson. His decision to help them craft and introduce a Senate version of the Stupak-Pitts Amendment could result in the... (Continue reading)

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Senator Leahy’s New Bill Speaks for a Level Playing Field-

Written on 3 Dec, 2009 at 16:27 in Activism, Commentary, Family Life, Featured, Health, Hot Topics, Lifestyle, News, Op-Eds, Politics | viewed times | 7 Comments

By Melanie Nathan:- When I met Senator Leahy, I was touched by his compassion, his sensitivity and his veracity. Most of all he is a champion for equality and as a supporter of UAFA, and has done much for our LGBT... (Continue reading)

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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 | 3 Comments

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)

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Our Bodies and our Boobs – the Fight is On…

Written on 17 Nov, 2009 at 19:40 in A Gay Girl's View, Activism, Commentary, Debates, Editorials, Family, Family Life, Featured, Health, Hot Topics, Lifestyle, News, Op-Eds, People, Politics, Special Reports | viewed times | 5 Comments

Ten days ago, the House passed the Stupak Amendment, which would be one of the biggest setbacks to women’s health and rights in recent decades; unless we stand together and stop it, this will provide license for our rights to... (Continue reading)

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