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Gay Marriage Ban Dogs Bill Clinton As GLAAD Announces Award

By Jason St. Amand | Friday Apr 5, 2013
Just days after LGBT activists & pundits castigated former President Bill Clinton for a late-in-life conversion to marriage equality, GLAAD announces he will receive its first Advocate for Change Award at a

Too Late for Apologies? Bill Clinton for Now Opposing DOMA

By Jason St. Amand | Tuesday Mar 12, 2013
Last week, former President Bill Clinton finally came out against the Defense of Marriage Act. But many see him as a johnny-come-lately & continue to slam him for having signed DOMA into law 17 years ago.

News Analysis: How Will the Supremes Rule on Marriage Equality?

By Kilian Melloy | Tuesday Dec 11, 2012
The world will not end on Dec. 21, 2012, but for gay families it could get more complicated, or way better, when the Supreme Court hears two landmark cases. How will the justices’ previous rulings & personal beliefs influence the decisions?

Supreme Court to Review DOMA and Prop 8 Cases Next Month

By Jason St. Amand | Tuesday Oct 30, 2012
The Supreme Court announced Monday that it would decide whether or not to hear cases that challenge California’s Proposition 8 and the federal Defense of Marriage Act.

LGBT Rights Groups Applaud NY Court’s DOMA Decision

By Jason St. Amand | Monday Oct 22, 2012
LGBT organizations around the country have applauded the New York federal appeals court that ruled DOMA is unconstitutional.

Give Obama Another Term: Get Out And Vote

By William Kapfer | Wednesday Oct 3, 2012
Kapfer freely states his personal opinion about which candidate he believes would be the best person to be our next president and why. Substantive examples given.

N.H. Guardsman Urges House Republicans to Stop Defending DOMA

By Michael K. Lavers | Thursday Feb 9, 2012
Charlie Morgan, a member of the New Hampshire National Guard with terminal cancer, traveled to Capitol Hill on Thursday to urge House Speaker John Boehner (R-Ohio) to stop defending the Defense of Marriage Act.

Santorum: Romney ’To the Left’ of Obama On Gay Marriage

By Jason St. Amand | Friday Nov 18, 2011
Earlier last week, former Pennsylvania senator Rick Santorum accused fellow GOP presidential hopeful Mitt Romney of being more liberal than President Obama on the issue of gay marriage, reported On Top Magazine in a Nov. 15, article.

Senate Judiciary Committee Votes to Repeal DOMA

By Jason St. Amand | Tuesday Nov 15, 2011
Late last week the Senate Judiciary Committee voted to repeal the Defense of Marriage Act, a 1996 federal law that defines marriage as a legal union between a man and a woman.

Gay Servicemembers Challenge DOMA in Federal Court

By Michael K. Lavers | Thursday Oct 27, 2011
Eight gay and lesbian servicemembers and veterans filed a lawsuit challenging the constitutionality of the federal Defense of Marriage Act in federal court in Boston on Thursday, Oct. 27.