What will President Obama do about that pesky federal Prop 8 suit?

While the federal Proposition 8 lawsuit continues its battle in federal court, leaders in the LGBT community are casting a suspicious eye on the White House, asking whether or not our 'fierce advocate' up there is going to come to our aide when thousands of same-sex couples in California most need him.
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News: Mary Cheney, Lutherans, DOMA, Mariah Carey, Detroit

Federal judge rules that gay couple denied benefits should receive compensation: "U.S. 9th Circuit Court of Appeals Judge Stephen Reinhardt deemed the denial of healthcare and other benefits to the spouse of federal public defender Brad Levenson to be a.
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Judge deals a rhetorical blow to DOMA

This is a small decision that governs court personnel, but it seems to imply that there is law that is more important than DOMA when it comes to government benefits nonetheless:

A gay lawyer in the federal public defender's office in Los Angeles, denied government health coverage for his husband after their marriage last year, is entitled to extra pay to cover the cost of private insurance, a federal appeals court judge ruled Wednesday.
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Gay couples blast federal Defense of Marriage Act

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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GLAD Files Motion Challenging Govt Motion to Dismiss "Gill", DOMA Section 3

New 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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How Does Obama Have Time For Pre-Election Immigration Reform, But Not DOMA?

As reader Brian writes in an email, perhaps this article should be titled "More proof gay rights are on the bottom of the Obama to do list," because "two simple repeals of old law [DOMA and DADT] — cheap dates — are last on Obama's to do list.
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Press Release: GLAD Celebrates CT's Marriage Equality Anniversary

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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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Don't Ask, Don't Give

Joe 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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Fed DOMA may leave LGBT couples out in the cold re: health care reform benefits

Here we go again -- as the House vote on the $894 billion health care reform plan is looming on Saturday, a teensy problem affecting LGBTs seems to have cropped up in the language of the bill that will leave eligibility at the whim and interpretation of the Health Choices Commissioner position.
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Running into 'a DOMA problem' in health care reform

Running into 'a DOMA problem' in health care reformSouth Florida Blade... Washington Blade | Nov 5, 12:24 PM As gay rights supporters praise the House's recently unveiled health care bill for its LGBT and HIV/AIDS provisions, .
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An Open Letter to President Obama...

I submitted the following to the White House website.  I am not so naive as to expect a response, but I had to say something!    Dear Mr.
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Quote For The Day

"HRC might, one day, have a hand in enacting the remaining types of gay rights legislation, like ENDA, UAFA, and killing DOMA and DADT.
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Obama Admin: 'No Fundamental Right' For Gay Marriage Benefits

Advocate.com Obama Admin: 'No Fundamental Right' For Gay Marriage BenefitsOn Top MagazineThe lawsuit does not challenge section 2 of DOMA, which allows states to ignore legal gay marriages performed in other states.
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Obama Admin: 'No Fundamental Right' For Gay Marriage Benefits

Administration argues in latest DOMA filing that there is 'no fundamental right' to gay marriage benefits
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Administration again defends DOMA in court papers

As it did earlier this year in a separate case filed in California, the Obama administration filed a brief in federal court that today defends the federal Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA), while also asserting that the act is discriminatory and should be repealed by Congress.
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Obama Administration Defends Against Massachusetts DOMA Repeal Suit

Aaaand here we go again. States that allow gay marriage can't force the federal government to provide benefits to those couples, the Obama administration argued Friday in court papers in a lawsuit by Massachusetts.
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Obama administration again defends DOMA in court, says gays have no "fundamental right" to marriage benefits

Hope the champagne party at the White House was fun the other night. And now back to our regularly scheduled program.
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Obama to end HIV travel ban today

This is great news, and the president deserves our thanks. This has been a good week, with the signing of the hate crimes bill and now lifting the HIV travel ban.
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Senator Arlen Specter: Repeal DOMA, Pass ENDA, Rescind DADT

In a piece in the Huffington Post, Senator Arlen Specter (D-PA) calls on Congress to repeal the Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA): "Connecticut, Iowa, and Massachusetts have already passed laws recognizing same sex marriage and other states are moving in.
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Sen. Arlen Specter Is the Gays' New BFF. Too Bad It Doesn't Matter

We know we've got a few friends on The Hill who have our backs. Harry Reid. Kirsten Gillibrand.
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