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ENDA Set For Senate Committee Vote
Chris Johnson reports at the Washington Blade: The Senate Health, Education, Labor & Pensions Committee has scheduled the markup for the LGBT job anti-bias legislation two weeks to the day that the Supreme Court ruled against the Defense of Marriage Act and California’s Proposition 8. Scheduling the vote is first step for Senate HELP Committee Chair Tom Harkin (D-Iowa) in …
Read More »FRANCE: Some Binational Gay Couples Cannot Marry Due To Decades-Old Treaties
Some binational couples have been barred from marrying in France due to decades-old treaties signed with eleven nations where same-sex marriage remains illegal. Radio France Internationale reports: In a circulaire (recommendation note) presented to French civil servants stipulating how the new marriage law should be applied, the note stated that nationals from 11 countries are subjected to marriage laws in …
Read More »WASHINGTON: Marriage Equality Flag Flies Atop Seattle’s Space Needle
On a day that also saw the Seattle Mariners become the first major pro sports team to fly the rainbow flag, a marriage equality flag was hoisted to the top of the city’s Space Needle. (Tipped by JMG reader Daniel)
Read More »Jay-Z Forces RIAA Change
Last week it was announced that Samsung had purchased one million digital copies of Jay-Z’s coming album, which will be given away free when they launch a new cell phone app. Jay-Z then tweeted his millions of followers with a demand that the RIAA grant him a platinum album even though technically no one has bought it. Yesterday the RIAA …
Read More »Marriage Polling Hits New High Of 55%
USA Today reports on their latest poll: By an unprecedented 55%-40%, Americans say marriages between same-sex couples should be recognized by law as valid, with the same rights of traditional marriage. That’s the highest level of support since Gallup began asking the question in 1996. Then, fewer than half that number, 27%, backed the idea. Last year was the first …
Read More »NEW MEXICO: Anti-Gay Protesters Shut Down At Albuquerque Pride
It doesn’t appear that the preachers were arrested. Perhaps the police asked them to leave the scene as a matter of public safety. At the 0:50 mark you’ll note that at least one of the protesters is wearing a gun. (Tipped by JMG reader Elise)
Read More »MICHIGAN: Judge Cites DOMA Ruling, Allows Marriage Lawsuit To Proceed
Citing last week’s SCOTUS ruling on DOMA, a Michigan judge has kept his word and will allow a lesbian couple to sue the state for marriage rights. From his ruling: “Plaintiffs’ equal protection claim has sufficient merit to proceed. The United States Supreme Court’s recent decision in United States v. Windsor, No. 12-307 (U.S. Jun. 26, 2013), has provided the …
Read More »PA State Rep. Brian Sims On Hardball
Openly gay state Rep. Brian Sims appeared on Hardball last night to discuss being told he couldn’t discuss gay marriage on his chamber’s floor because he is in “open rebellion to God.”
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