It looks to me that President Obama has decided that it is now “safer” to be a true advocate for same-sex marriage. How else to explain his flip-flop of now telling the Department of Justice to not defend the Defense of Marriage Act when it was only one month ago when the Department had vowed [...]
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It’s hard to believe that the U.S. Army has something known as the “Spiritual Fitness Test.” According to an NPR report, Brig. Gen. Rhonda Cornum, director of something called “Comprehensive Soldier Fitness,” supposedly found data that “spiritual fitness has a positive impact on quality of life, on coping and on mental health.” Since that “finding,” the [...]
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Last week, I wrote about the State Department change to passport application forms that improved gender equality. Instead of having boxes on the form for “Mother” and “Father,” the boxes would now say “Parent 1″ and “Parent 2.” Obviously, applicants with same-sex parents could not fill out the old form accurately. They would be forced [...]
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In the latest welcome move toward gender equality, the U.S. State Department has dropped the words “mother” and “father” from its passport application forms. Instead, applicants will need to fill out spaces labeled “Parent One” and “Parents Two.” This obviously makes sense since it reflects the changing models of family structures and eliminates the need [...]
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U.S. District Court Judge Virginia A. Phillips’ ruling on Thursday that “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell” is unconstitutional was a great victory. It held that the policy violated the constitutional rights of the military’s gays and lesbians and was detrimental to the military’s readiness. You would think that the ruling would please President Obama and Defense [...]
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It was only last December that the HRC released its “Buy For Equality” report on corporate equality practices, highlighting Target’s 100% rating on LGBTQ rights. But now the gay rights group has issued a clear repudiation of the retail giant, calling on them to seriously reevaluate their donation policies, or lose all support of “fair-minded [...]
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Obviously, it was a great decision by Chief U.S District Judge Vaughn Walker to rule that California’s ban on same-sex marriage was unconstitutional. The ruling will certainly be appealed all the way to the Supreme Court (the NY Times gives reasons why the Supreme Court will have difficulty in reversing Judge Walker’s ruling) and, therefore, [...]
Filed under: GLBT, Law, Same-sex Marriage | Tagged: Judge Vaughn Walker, Perry v. Schwarzenegger, Prop 8 | 1 Comment »
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