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TODAY: DOMA Project LiveStreams Preparation to Bi-National Couples

by Tanya Domi ● 10:03 AM April 14, 2013
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The DOMA Project briefs bi-national couples today on steps to take to prepare for the repeal of Section three of the Defense of Marriage Act

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Republican Party Stubbornly Opposes Same-Sex Marriage

by Ned Flaherty ● 4:50 PM April 13, 2013
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Republicans unanimously confirmed their total opposition to marriage equality after religious extremists threatened to launch a third political party.

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Don’t Let Your Ruling Harm Our Family. An Open Letter to the Supreme Court from a Same-Sex Dad

by Jean Ann Esselink ● 7:00 PM April 2, 2013
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When the Supreme Court Justices wondered aloud whether same-sex parenting is “deleterious” to a child, Jack Montgomery felt compelled to ask the Court to consider if their ruling will be “deleterious” to the children he and his husband have rescued from the “deleterious” neglect of their straight birth parents. Watch the video…

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The Ennead Awards: Nine Justices, Nine Prizes

by John Culhane ● 3:06 PM April 2, 2013
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Before the arguments to the Supreme Court on Prop 8 and DOMA are erased from your memory tapes to make room for “Thrift Shop” (clean version only, please!), we present the First-Ever Ennead Awards.

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Tea Party Congressman, Senate Hopeful Tweets Support For Repeal Of DOMA

by David Badash ● 10:34 AM March 30, 2013
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GOP Congressman Justin Amash tweeted this week that government is the “real threat” to traditional marriage, “not gay couples who love each other & want to spend lives together.”

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DOMA Case Analysis And Arguments: A Lesbian Love-In Small Screen Celluloid Moment

by Tanya Domi ● 5:27 PM March 28, 2013
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It was lesbian heaven on the small screen celluloid world last night when Rachel Maddow kicked off her show with a loving treatise to Associate Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg during a segment filled with and defined by powerful women who have changed our world for the better.

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North Carolina Senator Kay Hagan Comes Out For Marriage Equality

by Jean Ann Esselink ● 12:33 PM March 27, 2013
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North Carolina’s Kay Hagan is the latest Democratic Senator from a culturally conservative state to publicly pledge her support for marriage equality.

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Edie Windsor and Thea Spyer – A Love So Strong It Could Take Down DOMA

by Jean Ann Esselink ● 10:07 AM March 27, 2013
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Today, the Supreme Court considers the case of Edith Windsor V U.S. Take a moment to thank Edie Widsor and Thea Spyer, the two women whose love for one another was so strong it might take down DOMA.

Civil Rights

Marriage Equality Opponents Tell Their Heartbreaking Tales Of Suffering

by Jean Ann Esselink ● 7:10 PM March 26, 2013
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Think Progress took a camera to the pro-traditional marriage rally outside the Supreme Court today, and asked the senior-citizen protesters how they felt same-sex marriage was threatening their own marriages. I am sure once gay and lesbian couples hear their heartbreaking tales of suffering, they will urge Mr. Olson and Mr. Boies, to withdraw their challenge to Prop 8.

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Previewing Prop 8 And DOMA: Part II — Listening To The Oral Argument

by John Culhane ● 12:02 PM March 24, 2013

It’s obvious by now that the arguments this coming Tuesday and Wednesday morning in the two marriage equality cases — on the Defense of Marriage Act (Tues.) and Prop 8 (Wed.) — have cosmic significance. Let’s take a look.

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Boehner: I’m Spending $3 Million Defending DOMA To Show Obama He Doesn’t Make The Rules

by David Badash ● 1:35 PM March 23, 2013
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John Boehner admits the reason — at least one of them — that he is supporting DOMA in court is to show Barack Obama that the two-term President doesn’t get to make the rules.

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Watch: Pelosi Calls DOMA ‘Definitely Unconstitutional’ And Suggests GOP Knew It In 2005

by David Badash ● 12:49 PM March 23, 2013
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Nancy Pelosi on Thursday told reporters she believes DOMA is “definitely unconstitutional,” and is suggesting the GOP knew this as far back as at least 2005.

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So Why Did Bill Clinton Sign DOMA — And Write An Op-Ed Disavowing It 17 Years Later?

by David Badash ● 9:29 AM March 8, 2013
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Last night Bill Clinton published in the Washington Post an op-ed claiming to explain why he signed DOMA in 1996, and said he now wants the Supreme Court to overturn it. But why?

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Previewing Prop 8 And DOMA: Part I — The Amicus Briefs

by John Culhane ● 2:17 PM March 5, 2013
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The Supreme Court will soon hear oral arguments on two cases of monumental importance to the LGBT rights movement. A look at the amicus briefs, and if they matter.

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