| 10 May 2012 |
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House panel votes to ban same-sex marriages on US military bases
On the same day that President Barack Obama declared his support for same-sex marriage, the House Armed Services Committee backed measures prohibiting the practice on U.S. military bases.
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| 17 Feb 2012 |
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White House holds LGBT health summit
“The beauty of having over 200 LGBT appointees embedded across our government is that every day they’re making changes in regulations and forms and laws and working in policies that are making the future,” Berry said.
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| 5 Jan 2012 |
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Attorney: 'Gender liberation' to spread
A Texas-based attorney says he's concerned about a push from California's largest teachers union to implement "gender liberation" in schools.
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| 6 Dec 2011 |
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The Department of State's Accomplishments Promoting the Human Rights of Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender People
Human rights are inalienable and belong to every person, no matter who that person is or whom that person loves. Since January 2009, Secretary Clinton has directed the Department to champion a comprehensive human rights agenda—one that includes the protection of the human rights of lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) people.
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| 10 Nov 2011 |
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Senate panel passes repeal of Defense of Marriage Act
Democrats on the Senate Judiciary Committee voted Thursday to repeal the federal law that defines marriage as between one man and one woman.
The vote that sends the proposal to the full Senate floor was considered symbolic because the measure has no chance of getting passed by the Republican-led House.
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| 9 Nov 2011 |
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Boehner: Obama Wrong on Defense of Marriage Act
Speaker of the House John Boehner is highly critical of President Barack Obama and his administration for failing to enforce the Defense of Marriage Act and rules against illegal immigration.
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| 23 Feb 2011 |
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Obama administration will no longer defend DOMA
President Obama has instructed the Justice Department to no longer defend the constitutionality of the Defense of Marriage Act, or DOMA, the legal prohibition on federal recognition of same-sex marriages.
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| 10 Dec 2010 |
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Millennium March on Washington, April 30, 2000
The Millennium March on Washington for Equality Agenda
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| 10 Dec 2010 |
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The 1972 Gay Rights Platform
Platform created at the National Coalition of Gay Organizations Convention held in Chicago in 1972
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| 10 Dec 2010 |
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Making change a SNAP
A person snaps their fingers, and it’s a noise. Pennsylvania’s universities and colleges snap their fingers as a call to action in regards to anti-bullying and harassment taking place in the lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and questioning community, and it’s more than a noise. It’s a movement.
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| 3 Dec 2010 |
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Pro-'gay' movement = forced change of heart
A pro-family organization is bringing attention to the fact that homosexual activists in Pennsylvania are moving forward with a plan they hope will normalize their lifestyle across the state.
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| 29 Mar 2010 |
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Judge: Same-gender 'marriage' not a 'fundamental right'
A Pennsylvania judge has said no to a lesbian pair seeking a divorce -- and a state-based family advocate is applauding that decision.
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| 16 Mar 2010 |
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Voters Denied Opportunity to Vote on Marriage
Voters in 31 states (but not Pennsylvania) have gone to the polls to determine whether marriage will remain the union of husband and wife. And in all 31, the voters said yes. Today in Harrisburg, eight members of the Senate Judiciary Committee voted to deny citizens in our state the same opportunity to vote.
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| 11 Jan 2010 |
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Why Prop 8 is a Landmark Case
In the fight over same-sex marriage, the people may have spoken, but it's the federal courts that will have the final say.
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| 8 Jan 2010 |
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New Jersey Senate Defeats Gay Marriage Bill
The New Jersey Senate voted Thursday against legalizing same-sex marriage, making the Garden State the latest to turn down legislation that proponents have called a civil rights issue.
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