Chris Geidner
Social Security Administration Is Now Accepting Married Gay Couples' Claims
"We are taking claims now from individuals who believe they may be eligible for Social Security benefits," spokesman says.
Chris Geidner
Opponents File In California Supreme Court To Stop Same-Sex Couples' Marriages
The supporters of Proposition 8 ask for a court order "requiring [state officials] to enforce state law defining marriage as a union between a man and a woman."
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Watch The "Behind-The-Scenes" View Of The End Of Prop 8 And The Plaintiffs' Weddings
A new video from the American Foundation for Equal Rights highlights the last week of June, from the Supreme Court to San Francisco and Los Angeles city halls.
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Obama Pressured On Executive Order: "Members Of The LGBT Community Are Being Discriminated Against"
White House Press Secretary Jay Carney responds: "We understand that."
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Pennsylvania Attorney General Will Not Defend State Ban On Same-Sex Couples' Marriages
"I cannot ethically defend the constitutionality of Pennsylvania's version of DOMA. I believe it to be wholly unconstitutional," Pennsylvania Attorney General Kathleen Kane says.
Chris Geidner
How The Movement Against LGBT Rights Will End
With a whimper. An unexpected moment as a committee sends a bill to ban anti-LGBT job discrimination to the Senate floor.
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Actress Anna Deavere Smith Should Visit The White House More Often
The Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright and actress best known for her role on The West Wing was presented with the 2012 National Humanities Medal by President Obama on Wednesday. They shared a moment, too.
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Senate Committee Votes To Send LGBT Job-Bias Bill To The Floor
"It has been a long time coming," Sen. Tom Harkin said after the 15-7 vote.
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ACLU Files Pennsylvania Marriage Equality Case, Readies For Return To Supreme Court
"The issue is going back to the Supreme Court, it's just a matter of time," ACLU's James Esseks says.
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Illinois To Investigate LGBT Group's Claim That ExxonMobil Discriminates In Hiring
"We're prepared to take this case all the way to trial in Illinois state court to hold Exxon accountable for breaking the law," Freedom to Work president Tico Almeida says.
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LGBT Military Group To Choose New Board, Co-Chair At Center Of Dispute To Step Down
OutServe-SLDN announces formation of a transition committee, a group of four Board Members and four Chapter Leaders, to appoint new leadership. "The organization needs healing," outgoing co-chair Josh Seefried says.
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Florida, New Jersey, New Mexico Advocates Push Marriage Equality Efforts
Lawsuits in New Jersey and New Mexico and a petition drive in Florida aim for marriage equality, in addition to a federal judge's ruling allowing a lawsuit to proceed in Michigan against that state's marriage ban amendment and a lawsuit filed in Arkansas. Quick movement in the aftermath of the Supreme Court's marriage rulings.
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The North Carolina Senate Is Considering A Restrictive Abortion Bill
The bill began as a ban on Sharia law, and was amended in the Senate Judiciary Committee on Tuesday. "It seems to me that they’re trying to pass under cover of darkness legislation that would not otherwise be passed. They’re trying to pull a Texas," a pro-abortion rights advocate said earlier today to the News & Observer.
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Committee Vote On LGBT Job Bias Bill Set For July 10
The vote would be the first Senate movement on the bill in more than a decade.
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Homeland Security Formalizes End Of Ban On Green Cards For Gay Couples
"[E]ffective immediately, I have directed U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) to review immigration visa petitions filed on behalf of a same-sex spouse in the same manner as those filed on behalf of an opposite-sex spouse," Napolitano writes.
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Federal Judge In Michigan Allows Challenge To Marriage Ban To Go Forward
"Plaintiffs are entitled to their day in court and they shall have it," Judge Bernard Friedman wrote, citing last week's Supreme Court decision on the Defense of Marriage Act.
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Edie Windsor Was The Star Of NYC Pride This Weekend
On Wednesday, Edie Windsor's lawsuit led the U.S. Supreme Court to strike down the federal ban on recognizing same-sex couples' marriages in the Defense of Marriage Act. This weekend was the celebration, as Edie's biggest fans — her fellow New Yorkers — honored her as the NYC Pride parade's grand marshal.
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Gay Married Couple Receives Green Card Approval
It is "the first time in U.S. history a marriage-based green card petition filed by a gay couple has been approved," advocacy group says. The move comes just days after the Supreme Court held DOMA's ban on the federal government recognizing gay couples' marriages unconstitutional.
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Kris Perry And Sandy Stier, Prop 8 Plaintiffs, Are Married
Following an appeals court order allowing same-sex couples' weddings to resume in California, Attorney General Kamala Harris married Perry and Stier at a ceremony at San Francisco City Hall. "I now declare you spouses for life, Harris said.
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Court Lifts Stay, Same-Sex Couples Marrying Again In California
"The stay in the above matter is dissolved effective immediately," appeals court judges write. The lead plaintiffs in the Prop 8 challenge, Kris Perry and Sandy Stier, are getting married at San Francisco City Hall.
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