Tag Archives: LGBT rights

Sean Chapin On Gov. Lingle

Another interesting entry by JMG reader Sean Chapin.

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SWEET: Pro-Marriage Ad From Argentina

Subtitles by Andres Duque at Blabbeando. The Argentine Senate may vote on a marriage equality bill this week. Last month the bill was approved by the nation’s lower legislative chamber.

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Quit Squirming!

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Here’s The DADT Survey For Troops

Dig into this and tell us what you think. UPDATE: Servicemembers United vents. “While it remains safe for gay and lesbian troops to participate in this survey, it is simply impossible to imagine a survey with such derogatory and insulting wording, assumptions, and insinuations going out about any other minority group in the military,” said Alexander Nicholson, Executive Director of …

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Civil Unions For Ireland

As expected, yesterday Ireland’s Seanad rubber-stamped the nation’s lower chamber and approved its civil unions bill 48-4. The Green Party Minister for State Ciarán Cuffe, who instigated the move to introduce the legislation in 2007, welcomed its approval last night. He said changes will need to be made in social welfare and tax laws to facilitate the change. He said …

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Maddow Show On DOMA Ruling

Starring our hero, MA Attorney General Martha Coakley.

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DOMA Ruling Reactions

GLAD: “Today the Court simply affirmed that our country won’t tolerate second-class marriages,” said Mary Bonauto, GLAD’s Civil Rights Project Director, who argued the case. “I’m pleased that Judge Tauro recognized that married same-sex couples and surviving spouses have been seriously harmed by DOMA and that the plaintiffs deserve the same opportunities to care and provide for each other and …

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DOMA RULING #2: Gill & LeTourneau Vs. U.S. Office Of Personnel Management

I’ve uploaded the PDF of the court’s decision to my Scribd account. Feel free to grab the embed code for your own sites. Click on “full screen” to read the entire 39-page ruling.

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DOMA RULING #1: Massachusetts Vs. U.S. Department Of Health & Human Services

I’ve uploaded the PDF of the court’s decision to my Scribd account. Feel free to grab the embed code for your own sites. Click on “full screen” to read the entire 36-page ruling.

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BREAKING: Federal Court Rules Defense Of Marriage Act To Be Unconstitutional!!!

The U.S. District Court in Boston has ruled that Section 3 of DOMA is unconstitutional. Bay Windows reports: In an enormous victory for same-sex marriage, a federal judge in Boston today (Thursday, July 8) ruled, in two separate cases, that a critical part of the federal Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA) unconstitutional. In one challenge brought by the state of …

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Quote Of The Day – Lord Rodger

“Just as male hetero­sexuals are free to enjoy themselves playing rugby, drinking beer and talking about girls with their mates, so male homosexuals are to be free to enjoy themselves going to Kylie concerts, drinking exotically-coloured cocktails and talking about boys with their straight female mates.” – British Supreme Court Judge Lord Rodger, explaining the Tuesday’s ruling that gay people …

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ARGENTINA: Marriage Or Civil Unions?

Argentina’s Senate advisory panel has rejected the marriage equality bill approved by the nation’s lower chamber last month, but a civil unions bill may be approved next week by the full Senate. The marriage bill is not dead, however. The Senate’s General Legislation Committee on Tuesday signed two resolutions: nine out of the Committee’s 15 members signed to reject a …

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VIDEO: Bigotry In Action

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BREAKING: NO Civil Unions For Hawaii

Calling it “marriage by another name,” Hawaii Gov. Linda Lingle has just announced that she will VETO her state’s civil unions bill. Adding insult to her bigotry, invited to the announcement was the now-retired Hawaii Supreme Court Justice who first got the state’s marriage equality ball rolling in 1993. Justice Steven H. Levinson’s 1993 opinion stated that laws prohibiting same-sex …

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HAWAII: Decision Day For Civil Unions

Today is the deadline for Hawaii Gov. Linda Lingle to announce whether she’ll veto her state’s pending civil unions bill or allow it to become law without her signature. Yesterday Lingle remained coy about her decision: “I really thought about this more than I have thought about any other piece of legislation. It is a subject that has really touched …

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ARGENTINA: Marriage Equality Ad

Argentina’s Senate will debate a marriage equality bill next week, following its approval by the country’s lower legislative chamber several weeks ago. The below clip was subtitled by Andres Duque at Blabbeando.

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COSTA RICA: High Court Suspends Gay Marriage Referendum

Costa Rica’s highest court has orderd that an upcoming vote on same-sex marriage be suspended because it might violate the nation’s constitution. The Sala Constitucional (Constitutional Court) has ordered the Tribunal Supremo de Elecciones (TSE) to suspend the process of the referendum on same sex marriages that was to have been included in the December 2010 municipal elections. The court …

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India Celebrates First Anniversary Of Decriminalization Of Homosexuality

Celebrations are taking place across India today in recognition of the first anniversary of a High Court ruling decriminalizing homosexuality. Members of Mumbai’s gay community danced, sang, laughed and hugged each other in the city’s sprawling Azad Maidan park as speakers recalled the long years of struggle to get Indian courts to change the country’s law. On July 2 last …

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7500 Pro-Civil Unions Letters Received By Office Of Hawaii Gov. Linda Lingle

Hawaii Gov. Linda Lingle has received an estimated 7500 cards and letters urging to her to support her state’s pending civil unions bill. Lingle has until Sunday to decide on whether to veto the bill or allow it to become law without her signature. Two weeks ago she listed the bill among her potential vetoes in order that the legislature …

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Civil Unions Pass In Ireland’s Dáil

Ireland’s lower legislative chamber, the Dáil, has just passed a civil partnerships bill. The Dáil has passed without a vote, all stages of the Civil Partnership Bill, giving new legal rights to non-marital couples. Justice Minister Dermot Ahern said ‘it was one of the most important human rights pieces of legislation the House had dealt with.’ Minister Ahern continued ‘to …

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