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King & Spaulding, the legal firm that had agreed to take up the defense of DOMA in federal courts, has backed out of the deal with Congress. “Today the firm filed a motion to withdraw from its engagement to represent the Bipartisan Legal Advisory Group of the House of Representatives on the constitutional issues regarding

I used to say “What’s wrong with Texas?” since the conservative landscape there is hard to take. Now, unfortunately, I tend to say that about the whole country, as we continue to slip farther and farther back in time and logic. But Texas is heading up the pack again. Now, Republicans (who else?) there are

Just as California sits on the edge of becoming the first state in the country which will mandate the inclusion of LGBT Americans and their contributions during school history classes, Tennessee is heading in the opposite direction. A bill, the so called Don’t Say Gay Bill will make it illegal to discuss any sexuality with

What a difference a high profile case makes… King & Spaulding, an international law firm, has stepped right in the middle of controversy, and is receiving a lot of grief from the LGBT Community because of its recent decision to take up the defense of DOMA in a federal court case. In February the Obama

Dear friends, Over the past week, GetEQUAL organizers have been busy! We confronted Maggie Gallagher, founder of the anti-LGBT National Organization for Marriage, to present her with the “First Annual Anita Bryant Award for Unbridled and Unparalleled Bigotry.” (If you haven’t seen the video, you should join the 12k+ folks who have watched it: http://www.youtube.com/getequal.)

Our government is one fu**ed up piece of work. We all know that the Obama Administration recently stated they will no longer defend parts of DOMA (Defense of Marriage Act) in federal courts because it’s unconstitutional. Then tanned tool John Boehner declared that he’ll (congress) defend it for the administration. Now, in the midst of