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Item: Lesbian lawyer’s spousal benefits can’t be blocked by DOMA
Qnews less than a day ago
::: The federal Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA) can’t be used to prevent a gay or lesbian federal court employee from getting full, equal benefits, Ninth US Circuit Court of Appeals Chief Judge Alex Kozinski ruled today, according to an AP report.
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Item: Federal benefits measure passes in key House committee
Qnews 2 days ago
::: The Domestic Partnerships Benefits and Obligations Act of 2009 passed out of committee Wednesday, Victory Fund’s GayPolitics blog reports.
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Judge Orders Federal Settlement For CA Couple Denied Health Benefits
Joe My God 2 days agoA federal judge has ordered the government to compensate a couple who were denied employee partner health benefits because they are gay.
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Page 1 Consider (11/20)
Kenneth in the 212 3 days ago
Much Ado About Nothing: Is Levi Johnston the elephant in the room? I guess we'll never know. (Gawker)
Models Behaving Badly: Blackmail never looked so beautiful.
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Judge: Feds must grant gay lawyer insurance pay
Google Gay Marriage News / San Jose Mercury News 3 days ago
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Judge: Feds must grant gay lawyer insurance paySan Jose Mercury NewsIn determining that the spouses of gay federal workers are ineligible for spousal benefits, the personnel office has cited the 1996 Defense of Marriage Act, .
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Judge orders compensation for gay couple denied benefits
Google Gay Marriage News / Los Angeles Times 3 days ago
Judge orders compensation for gay couple denied benefitsLos Angeles TimesBut it also recognizes the status quo of federal government rejection of gay marriage under the Defense of Marriage Act.
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BREAKING: Federal Judge Rules DOMA Violates Due Process in California Benefits Case
Pams House blend 3 days ago
Another chink in the tarnished and battered armor of DOMA? Perhaps. . .
From the Los Angeles Times:
A federal judge today ordered compensation for a Los Angeles couple denied spousal benefits by the federal government because they are gay men.
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DC Board Rejects Ballot Initiative on Gay Marriage
Google Gay News / Christian Post 4 days ago
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DC Board Rejects Ballot Initiative on Gay MarriageChristian PostThe DC Board of Elections and Ethics ruled Tuesday not to take same-sex marriage to the ballot for a vote by the .
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Gay couples blast federal Defense of Marriage Act
365 Gay News 4 days ago(Boston) Gay married couples suing the government over a federal law that doesn't recognize same-sex unions say there is "no legitimate or plausible" reason for having a federal definition of marriage that excludes gay couples.
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Gay couples blast federal Defense of Marriage Act
Google Gay Marriage News / The Associated Press 4 days ago
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Gay couples blast federal Defense of Marriage ActThe Associated PressOpponents worried that other states would be forced to recognize such marriages.
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GLAD Files Motion Challenging Govt Motion to Dismiss "Gill", DOMA Section 3
Pams House blend 4 days agoNew Press Release from GLAD:
GLAD Forcefully Responds to U.S. Motion to Dismiss DOMA Lawsuit; Seeks Final Ruling in Favor of Plaintiff Couples
Stepping up its litigation challenging Section 3 of the Defense of Marriage Act, Gay & Lesbian Advocates & Defenders (GLAD) today filed in the U.
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No Argument
IGF Culture Watch Nov 14 09
by David Link
This is the last straw for me. I took Americablog’s pledge.
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Press Release: GLAD Celebrates CT's Marriage Equality Anniversary
Pams House blend Nov 12 09Just in:
GLAD Celebrates Connecticut's Marriage Equality Anniversary
CT Married Couples to be Surveyed about DOMA
Gay & Lesbian Advocates & Defenders, which won marriage equality in Connecticut through their court victory in Kerrigan & Mock v.
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Ohio Legislator Pushes to Allow Gay Marriages
Gay Agenda Nov 12 09Five years after Ohioans voted to place a gay-marriage ban in the Ohio Constitution, a House Democrat is proposing a new vote to take it out.
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Traditional Media covers "Don't Ask, Don't Give"
America Blog Nov 09 09Earlier today, we launched "Don't Ask, Don't Give," a donor boycott of the DNC:
Joe and I are launching today a donor boycott of the DNC.
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Should LGBT People Stop Giving Money to the Democratic National Committee?
MyGayMinneapolis.com Nov 09 09
Are you frustrated that ten months into the Obama administration, there's still no repeal of "Don't Ask, Don't Tell," no Employment Non-Discrimination Act, no repeal of the Defense of Marriage Act, and no sign that President Obama wants to help defeat statwide ballot measures that seek to repeal gay marriage rights? If so, then there's a new movement just for you, and it's meant to cut off the gay ATM that continually helps fund the Democratic National Committee (DNC).
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Don't Ask, Don't Give
America Blog Nov 09 09Joe and I are launching today a donor boycott of the DNC. The boycott is cosponsored by Michelangelo Signorile, and soon others.
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Running into 'a DOMA problem' in health care reform
Washington Blade National News Nov 06 09
Running into 'a DOMA problem' in health care reform Questions linger as advocates praise LGBT provisions By Chris Johnson Friday, November 06, 2009 As gay rights supporters praise the House's recently unveiled health care bill for its LGBT and HIV/AIDS provisions, some acknowledge the Defense of Marriage Act could restrict benefits from flowing to LGBT people, depending on how the administration interprets the statute.
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Politico: "Conservatives Shop Sex Ops Ban To GOP"
Pams House blend Nov 05 09We should have seen this coming. From Politico's Conservatives shop sex ops ban to GOP:
The federal government would be banned from funding sex change operations and other services for transgender individuals if social conservative activists get their way.
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'Everything but marriage' law close to victory
Google Gay Marriage News / HeraldNet Nov 04 09
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'Everything but marriage' law close to victoryHeraldNetReferendum 71 marked the first major ballot box test of gay rights legislation since the 1998 passage of the Defense of Marriage Act defining marriage as .
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