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• Anti-Gay Bill May Have Eliminated All Marriages in Texas

  
  Mother Talkers — Authority: 142
  Once again, no disrespect to the fine people of Texas, but yall have the funniest stories. Take, for instance, this Ft. Worth Star-Telegram article, about how anti-gay zealots may have accidentally eliminated marriage for everyone in the state. Read on : Barbara Ann Radnofsky, a Houston lawyer and Democratic ...
  3 days ago

• Leaked Levi Johnston, Catholics Pursue Anglicans,Christians Compare Gay Marriage To Incest, Caster Semenya, Longhorn Rally, Bash Back Denial, Tom Ford

  
  the time of my life — Authority: 140
  They are not rather revealing, but Playgirl has leaked two more images from the Levi Johnston photo shoot, nonetheless it is Levi and he is curiously cute. The presumptive heads of both the Roman Catholic Church and the Church of England met Saturday in Rome, Pope Benedict XVI and Archbishop Rowan Williams ...
  4 days ago

• Weekly Political Roundup

  
  Mombian — Authority: 502
  U.S. National News The House Oversight & Government Reform Committee approved the Domestic Partnership Benefits & Obligations Act , which would offer the same benefits, including health insurance and pensions, to same-sex partners of federal workers and to opposite-sex spouses. (This news comes via the DC ...
  4 days ago

• US OPM Director lauds passage of Federal Domestic Partnership Benefits Act

  
  MileHighGayGuy — Authority: 147
  Yesterday, the House Committee on Oversight and Government Management approved H.R. 2517, the Domestic Partnership Benefits and Obligations Act of 2009, sponsored by Representative Tammy Baldwin. The measure extends benefits to the domestic partners of Federal employees, including participation in the Federal ...
  5 days ago

• Full Recap of Yesterday’s House Equal Federal Employment Benefits Bill Markup

  
  OutGayLife.com — Authority: 158
  Special thanks to HRC Chief Legislative Counsel Brian Moulton for this thorough wrap-up of yesterday’s House Committee markup of the Domestic Partner Benefits and Obligations Act. As we told you late yesterday , the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee passed the Domestic Partnership Benefits and ...
  6 days ago

• US House committee Passes Domestic Partner Benefits Bill

  
  OutGayLife.com — Authority: 158
  After a sometimes contentious debate, the U.S. House of Representatives Oversight and Government Reform Committee passed a bill Nov. 18 that would expand domestic benefits to include same-sex partners, according to the Washington Post. The 23-12 vote on H.R. 2517, the Domestic Partnership Benefits and ...
  6 days ago

• Federal DP benefits Bill Passes House Committee

  
  The Mad Professah Lectures — Authority: 482
  The White House Media Affairs Office just sent out a press release featuring John Berry , the openly gay head of the Office of Personnel Management , lauding the movement of the Domestic Partnership Benefits and Obligations Act : OPM Director John Berry lauds passage of Domestic Partnership Benefits ...
  6 days ago

• Equal Federal Employment Benefits Bill Clears House Committee

  
  OutGayLife.com — Authority: 158
  This evening the full U.S. House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform marked up and passed H.R. 2517, the Domestic Partnership Benefits and Obligations Act (DPBO).  The 23-12 vote moves the bill out of committee and readies it for future consideration by the House of Representatives. Said HRC President Joe ...
  6 days ago

• What Led to Jason Mattisons Brutal Murder? … Judge Says Due Process Trumps DOMA

  
  Queerty — Authority: 733
  ON OUR GAYDAR — News, notes, clicks, and quips from around the web. → Jason Mattison Jr., a gay 15-year-old Baltimore sophomore, found dead in his aunts home , "raped, gagged with a pillowcase, stabbed repeatedly in the head and throat, and shoved into an upstairs closet." His death leaves a family in ...
  6 days ago

• AZ: Lambda Legal Sues Arizona Over Stripping of Health Benefits from Gay/Lesbian Couples

  
  Gay Marriage Watch — Authority: 446
  A gay-rights group has filed suit seeking damages for state employees whose families will lose their health-care coverage following the elimination of domestic-partner benefits. House Bill 2013, signed into law this year by Gov. Jan Brewer, eliminates health benefits for domestic partners effective next year. ...
  1 week ago

• Colbert Takes Gay Marriage Haters Out of the Closet

  
  TakePart Social Action Network — Authority: 626
  Last week the one story that had me fuming more than any other was the one about the Catholic Church saying they would cease their social service programs in Washington D.C. if a same-sex marriage bill is passed there. As someone who was raised in the Catholic Church it sickens me to think that the Church would ...
  1 week ago

• A Busy Week on Capitol Hill: ENDA, DP Benefits, Confirmations…

  
  OutGayLife.com — Authority: 158
  This week promises to be very busy for LGBT issues on Capitol Hill. Here is a summary of the happenings — stay tuned here for updates throughout the week.ENDA: House Education and Labor Committee Mark-upOn Wednesday November 18th at 10am in 2175 Rayburn, the House Education and Labor Committee will mark-up the ...
  1 week ago

• Standing Up for Liberty and Justice for Gays

  
  TakePart Social Action Network — Authority: 626
  Need a little inspiration to get your Monday started? Want a little reminder that we all need to stand up for what we believe in?  If so you’ll want to meet Will Phillips, an extraordinary 10 year old who has waged a war on his school by refusing to say the pledge of allegiance until gays have the same rights as ...
  1 week ago

• Rhode Island Governor Now Open To Domestic Partnership Law, D.C. Council Defies Catholic Church, Chris Pine GQ Man, Zachary Quinto Walks Noah

  
  the time of my life — Authority: 140
  Rhode Island Governor Don Carcieri, Republican, mere days after vetoing a bill that would have afforded domestic partners the right to make funeral decisions for one another, met with a gay rights advocacy group and said he is now willing to support a domestic partnership legislation in the State that would mimic the ...
  1 week ago

• Today is Approved Referendum 71 Day in Seattle!

  
  The Mad Professah Lectures — Authority: 482
  This is pretty cool . The City of Seattle is declaring today, November 14, 2009, Approved Referendum 71 day. [Note the change in tense from Approve to Approve d ] Whereas , civil rights and liberties have long been values of the City of Seattle; and Whereas , the ...
  1 week ago

• RI gov reconsiders gay civil rights

  
  PinkNews.co.uk — Authority: 139
  Thanks to a meeting with gay activists , Rhode Island Gov. Carcieri now says he’s open to a domestic partnership bill - just two days after vetoing a bill which would have given domestic partners the right to make funeral arrangements . Reports The Providence Journal : “Maybe it’s something we should ...
  1 week ago

• RI gov reconsiders gay civil rights

  
  OutGayLife.com — Authority: 158
  Two days after vetoing a funeral rights bill, Rhode Island Gov. Carcieri now says hes open to domestic partnership. RI gov reconsiders gay civil rights is a post from the Out Gay Life Family of Websites. Arizona: Tucson Phoenix California: Los Angeles Sacramento San Diego San Francisco Colorado: ...
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• R.I. governor open to domestic partnership bill

  
  OutGayLife.com — Authority: 158
  Rhode Island Gov. Don Carcieri this week said in a veto statement that he worried about a “disturbing trend” in the weakening of heterosexual marriage, but now he says he’d be open to an omnibus measure that could grant substantial partnership rights to unmarried couples.After vetoing a bill that allowed ...
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• RI: Governor Carcieri Open to Domestic Partnerships?

  
  OutGayLife.com — Authority: 158
  Gov. Don Carcieri said Thursday that he would open to exploring and possibly supporting domestic partnerships in Rhode Island. Domestic partnerships would give same-sex couples many of the same rights that come with marriage, but it would not quite be marriage. The remarks followed a meeting with members ...
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• More homophobia from the GOP

  
  My Point Exactly — Authority: 131
  The Republican governor of Rhode Island, Don Carcieri, has vetoed a bill that would allow domestic partners to make funeral and burial plans for their partners, stating that the bill represents “incremental erosion of the principles surrounding traditional marriage.” Say what? The bill that Carcieri vetoed has ...
  1 week ago

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