Chris Geidner
Cato Scholar Hosting Benefit To Protect Maryland's New Marriage Equality Bill
Conservative scholar Walter Olson is bringing together libertarian and other "right of center" people to fight for gay and lesbian couples' right to marry.
Chris Geidner
Obama's Marriage Reversal Could Return In The Fall
President Obama's administration has gone from defending DOMA to sending top lawyers to court attacking it. The Supreme Court could make it a campaign issue.
Chris Geidner
Record Number Of Out Gay Candidates Run For Congress In 2012
This fall's election will include the most out gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender congressional candidates ever. But the Congress in January 2013 could have fewer out members of Congress than since retiring Rep. Barney Frank came out.
Chris Geidner
Boy Scouts Say They're Keeping Gay Ban — But Activists Keep The Heat On
The Boy Scouts say they will keep their policy banning out gay leaders or members in place. More than 300,000 signatures demanding a change will be delivered Wednesday.
Chris Geidner
Obama Will Not Be Speaking At International AIDS Conference
The White House announced today that President Obama would only be presenting a video message to the International AIDS Conference. Advocates had been pressing for an in-person visit from Obama.
Chris Geidner
ACLU Parts With Obama Administration On DOMA Strategy
The American Civil Liberties Union asks the Supreme Court to review the case of a New York widow suing to receive federal recognition of her marriage to a woman. The filing could force the Obama Administration to take sides on a key legal issue in the legal challenges to DOMA.
Chris Geidner
Democrats Fight DOMA In Court -- But 60 Stay Home
The House Democrats went to court today to defeat the Defense of Marriage Act, filing a brief in an ongoing challenge to the law. Nearly one-third of the party's caucus, however, didn't join the party leadership in calling the law unconstitutional.
Chris Geidner
