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The messengers of God can't get arrested in this town
Topix Gay News Nov 17 09
Conservative Christian ministers from across the land, determined to test the bounds of a new law punishing anti-gay hate crimes, assembled outside the Justice Department on Monday to denounce the sin of homosexuality and see whether they would be charged with lawbreaking.
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Equality Forum Calls on US Justice Department to Investigate Murder of Puerto Rican Gay Teen
Cherry Grrl Nov 17 09On Saturday, November 14, 2009, the body of 19-year-old George Lopez Mercado was found by the side of the road in Cayey, a city near the victim’s hometown of Caguas, Puerto Rico.
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Item: Pastors preach hate as ‘protest’ of hate crimes law
Qnews Nov 16 09
::: Even though nothing about the new hate crimes law makes such an action illegal, an ad hoc group of so-called “concerned” clergy planned to rally earlier today in front of the Justice Department in Washington, D.
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Double Standard? Feds Seize Muslim Property... But is the Vatican Guilty too?
Topix Gay News Nov 14 09
Federal Attorneys in Manhattan filed a civil complaint in the federal court seeking the forfeiture of more than $500 million in assets of the Alavi Foundation, which describes itself as a charitable foundation, and a company, Assa.
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ENDA Would ‘Level Playing Field’ for LGBT Workers
Gay Agenda Nov 07 09Tom Perez, the Justice Department’s Assistant Attorney General for Civil Rights, told senators Thursday a bill to prevent employers from discriminating against people on the basis of sexual orientation creates a “level playing field.
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Prohibition In Britain
Andrew Sullivan The Daily Dish Nov 01 09My London column today is on the dramatically shifting landscape for marijuana in the US, with growing acceptance of medical cannabis, growing numbers of states allowing it, California's consideration of outright legalization and taxation, and the Obama Justice Department's decision.
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Gay Marriage & Marijuana – You Can’t Stop Either, & Why That’s Good.
Gay Agenda Nov 01 09A few reference points: in April, Obama lifted restrictions on travel and remittances by Cuban-Americans.
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Obama Defends DOMA.... Again
Topix Gay News Oct 31 09
While the Obama administration has repeatedly called the federal Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA) discriminatory and President Obama has vowed to work for its repeal, nevertheless the Obama Justice Department again defended the law in a court filing.
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Obama Administration Defends Against Massachusetts DOMA Repeal Suit
Joe My God Oct 30 09Aaaand 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
America Blog Oct 30 09Hope the champagne party at the White House was fun the other night. And now back to our regularly scheduled program.
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US: Mass. can’t “force” federal gay marriage
365 Gay News Oct 30 09(Washington) 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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US: Mass. can't force gay marriage benefits
Google Gay Marriage News / The Associated Press Oct 30 09
US: Mass. can't force gay marriage benefitsThe Associated PressThe Justice Department and Massachusetts — the first state to allow gay marriage — are at odds over a 1996 federal law that defines marriage as a union .
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Obama signs hate crimes bill
Washington Blade National News Oct 30 09
Obama signs hate crimes bill Measure named for Matthew Shepard becomes law after 10-year fight By Chris Johnson Friday, October 30, 2009 Flanked by Defense Department officials and members of Congress, President Obama on Wednesday signed into law an LGBT hate crimes measure as part of a massive Pentagon spending bill.
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President Obama Signs Hate Crimes Legislation Into Law
Cherry Grrl Oct 29 09- FROM THE HRC – The Human Rights Campaign, the nation’s largest lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) civil rights organization, praised President Barack Obama yesterday for signing the Matthew Shepard and James Byrd, Jr.
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Item: Obama signs hate-crimes bill
Qnews Oct 28 09In an East Room ceremony today, President Obama signed a bill that includes the Matthew Shepard and James Byrd, Jr.
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Gay Asylum Case Denied
About.com Gay Life Oct 27 09The asylum case of a Brazilian national legally married to a Massachusetts man has been denied after Attorney General Eric Holder and the Obama Administration failed to act on a Friday deadline.
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Attorney General Holder speaks at U of Maine, wouldn't weigh in on Question 1
Pams House blend Oct 26 09
How about this for
fierce advocacy
support from the Obama admin? I thought the official stance is that it opposes such all anti-gay ballot initiatives.
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The Military is Ready to Lift the Ban on Gay Soldiers. Is Obama?
MyGayMinneapolis.com Oct 26 09
The new United States Secretary of the Army, John McHugh, issued a statement this weekend that said the U.
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Why Is Obama Trying to Kill Log Cabins' DADT Lawsuit?
Topix Gay News Oct 25 09
We're not quite sure the Justice Department's latest motion is "extraordinary," but it is typical: Obama's lawyers are trying to get a court to throw out a case filed by the Log Cabin Republicans, claiming Don't Ask Don't Tell is discriminatory.
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Rinse, repeat: Obama admin aggressively defending DADT in court
Pams House blend Oct 24 09
WTF? Didn't we hear during the HRC dinner that the President was working on repeal as we speak?
In a move consistent with other contradictory behavior on LGBT issues, the Obama administration has directed its Justice Department to file an extraordinary motion to get Log Cabin Republicans' lawsuit against the 'Don't Ask, Don't Tell' law thrown out of court, despite a federal judge's ruling that it can proceed.
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