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Rep. Jerrold Nadler will introduce legislation to repeal the Defense of Marriage Act next week. By Kerry Eleveld The Advocate has learned that Democratic representatives Jerrold Nadler of New York, Tammy Baldwin of Wisconsin, and Jared Polis of Colorado will be introducing legislation to repeal the Defense of Marriage Act next Tuesday. A Democratic aide […]

By Andrea Stone, USA TODAY CHEYENNE, Wyo. — Judy Shepard steps to the ballroom lectern, dangles her reading glasses and waves a folding fan. Necessities, she explains, for "a woman of a certain age." The state employees chuckle. Soon they — and their guest speaker — will weep. The story of how Shepard’s son Matthew

Michael Steele, the Chairman of the Republican Party, and, at best, a disjointed and self destructive politician, has been caught, yet again, spewing the ramblings of a mental patient, this time on the subject of health care. Watch Rachel Maddow’s report…

FORT WORTH, Texas—Texas’ liquor board fired two agents and a supervisor, disciplined two other supervisors and changed several policies in the wake of a raid at a gay bar that left a customer seriously injured and led to protests, officials announced Friday. The Texas Alcoholic Beverage Commission said agent Christopher Aller and agent trainee Jason

The infamous National Organization For Marriage has officially launched its Reclaim Iowa Project, which the organization calls a "multi-year campaign to pass a state constitutional amendment reversing last spring’s same-sex marriage ruling from the Iowa Supreme Court". This, along with the current campaign waging in Maine, is a prime example of why our only long

SANTA ANA, Calif. — A same-sex marriage lawsuit that created a public rift between President Barack Obama and his gay supporters was dismissed Monday on a technicality. U.S. District Judge David O. Carter ruled the case – the first of several pending challenges to the federal Defense of Marriage Act – must be refiled in

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(08-19) 14:10 PDT SAN FRANCISCO — A federal judge has scheduled a trial for Jan. 11 on the constitutionality of California’s voter-approved ban on same-sex marriage – the first trial on that issue in any U.S. court – and allowed the city of San Francisco to join the case against the ballot measure. Chief U.S.

While the Obama administration stands behind their request for a dismissal in the lawsuit against DOMA brought by a California couple, they also filed court papers Monday, August 17th, claiming that the Defense Of Marriage Act is discriminatory. The administration states they have no choice but to defend DOMA in the court case since it’s