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发帖数: 4174 | 1 posted on Advocate.com September 08, 2011 08:45:00 AM ET
UK to Lift Lifetime Ban on Gay Blood Donors
By Andrew Harmon
BLOOD BAG NON-GAY DONORS ONLY X390 (PHOTOS) | ADVOCATE.COM
England, Scotland, and Wales will lift a lifetime ban on gay men donating
blood, a restriction instituted in the 1980s but one not supported by
scientific studies on blood supply safety.
The BBC reports that government ministers have agreed to allow men who have
sex with men (MSM) to donate if they have not engaged in sex... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 4174 | 2 Posted on Advocate.com September 09, 2011 02:00:00 PM ET
Colorado Activists Drop Marriage Vote Campaign
By Michelle Garcia
PETITION BALLOT SIGNATURES VOTE X390 (PHOTOS) | ADVOCATE.COM
The effort to repeal Colorado's marriage equality ban was officially dropped
Thursday.
College student Mark Olmstead confirmed that he and his team will abandon
the effort to collect the 86,000 signatures needed to get the question on
the 2012 voter ballot, according to the Denver Post. Olmstead was given
clearance... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 4174 | 3 Posted on Advocate.com September 15, 2011 08:40:00 AM ET
N.C. Congressman Opposes Antigay Amendment, Will Cosponsor DOMA Repeal
By Andrew Harmon and Julie Bolcer
Rep. Brad Miller (D-N.C.) A North Carolina congressman who opposes a state
anti-gay marriage amendment will now cosponsor federal legislation to repeal
the Defense of Marriage Act.
Speaking with The Advocate, Rep. Brad Miller, a Democrat who represents
North Carolina’s 13th congressional district, said Wednesday afternoon of
DOMA repeal... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 105 | 4 SAN FRANCISCO — A federal judge in San Francisco has decided to unseal
video recordings of last year’s landmark trial on the constitutionality of
California’s same-sex marriage ban.
Chief U.S. District Judge James Ware on Monday agreed with lawyers for two
same-sex couples who sued to overturn Proposition 8 and with a coalition of
news outlets that there is no reason to keep the recordings secret.
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发帖数: 24887 | 5 From:
Fairness and equality have won the day. During the legal challenge to Prop 8
, proponents of the measure based their arguments for preserving Proposition
8 on malicious lies and cruel stereotypes about gay, lesbian, bisexual and
transgender people.
Since then, they've been trying to keep videos of the trial secret because
they reveal ugly truths about the extremist motivations behind Proposition 8
and other anti-equality efforts that they've tried to cloak behind 'pro-
family' rhetoric – i... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 1822 | 6 Hate speech case reaches Supreme Court
http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/saskatchewan/story/2011/10/11/wha
Hate speech case reaches Supreme Court
CBC News Posted: Oct 11, 2011 7:52 PM CST Last Updated: Oct 12, 2011 5:30 PM
CST
The Supreme Court of Canada on Wednesday heard arguments in the case of a
man accused of hate speech for distributing flyers in Saskatchewan
condemning homosexuality.
Bill Whatcott was charged with promoting hate after he distributed flyers in
Regina and Saskatoon in 2001 and ... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 2153 | 7 Written by Tanner Efinger | Monday, 07 November 2011
Instinct Magazine Web Exclusives: http://instinctmagazine.com
Gay Republican?! The thought exasperates even the more moderate of liberal
thinkers. It’s like a screen door to a submarine or an ejector button on a
helicopter! Or is it? Our political experts have cracked open a few history
books and mapped the political landscape and we think something’s amiss.
Perchance we’re playing the devil’s advocate, but we’ve got a sore spot
for the plight... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 657 | 8 “满盘皆输”这个词用得过于恐怖了，不过就推迟些日子罢了。
想当年BOWERS VS. HARDWICK的ruling17年之后不也被最高院给OVERTURN了么。
而且我觉得PROP8这个案子还是有一定胜算的。 |
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发帖数: 2153 | 9 The top USA LGBT stories of 2011
http://www.pinknews.co.uk/2011/12/26/the-top-usa-lgbt-stories-o
10 – High profile figures come out as gay
In October, the Star Trek actor Zachary Quinto came out as gay. On his blog,
Quinto wrote that the recent suicide of gay 14-year-old Jamey Rodemeyer had
spurred him to be open.
Don Lemon, the CNN anchorman who appears in 100 million US homes also came
out at the age of 45, and spoke to PinkNews.co.uk’s Laurence Watts about
the experience. Lemon’s biography wa... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 19713 | 10 Gay advocacy group starts new public relations campaign
January 19, 2012 By Dar Danielson
The gay advocacy group, “One Iowa” is starting a new campaign to try and
sway public opinion in favor of same-sex marriages. Nearly three years after
the Iowa Supreme Court ruling made it legal for same-sex couples to marry
in Iowa, polls still show a majority of Iowans oppose the decision.
A February 2011, Des Moines Register Iowa Poll showed 38% against, 35% in
favor. One Iowa’s executive director, Troy P... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 19713 | 11 签名已经收集够了，今天将宣布最后决定。
Marriage Equality Advocates Ready for Maine Referendum
By Andrew Harmon
Marriage equality advocates in Maine have collected the signatures necessary
to bring the issue back to the ballot in 2012 and may announce their
decision to do so Thursday, the Associated Press reports.
State lawmakers had passed a marriage bill signed into law by Gov. John
Baldacci in June of 2009, but voters narrowly overturned the law a few
months later.
Via AP:
EqualityMaine, Maine Civil Liberties Un... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 2153 | 12 Brad Pitt has said this week the pledge he and Angelina Jolie took to hold
off on marriage until equality was achieved for everyone in the US is
proving hard to keep.
In an interview with the Hollywood Reporter, the 48-year-old actor said he
did not know whether they would be able to go the distance on the promise.
He told the magazine: “We’d actually like to, and it seems to mean more
and more to our kids. We made this declaration some time ago that we weren’
t going to do it till everyone can.... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 19713 | 13 Marriage Equality Foes Prepare for Fight in Washington
By Nick Visser
NOM NATIONAL ORGANIZATION FOR MARRIAGE COURT LAW LEGAL X390 (PHOTOS) |
ADVOCATE.COM
Marriage equality opponents in Washington State are gearing up for a fight
against the gay marriage bill that many expect to be signed into law by the
end of next week.
Reuters reports that two different measures are being considered: a
referendum to repeal the law and an initiative that would define marriage as
a union exclusively for heterose... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 4174 | 14 House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) is backing a push by the pro-
LGBT rights organization Freedom to Marry to include marriage equality in
the 2012 Democratic Party platform, Chris Geidner of Metro Weekly reported
on Wednesday.
This week, Freedom to Marry launched the "Democrats: Say I Do" campaign to
promote the drive to get Democrats to include a pro-gay marriage segment in
their platform, which will officially be ratified at the party's national
convention in September. The languag... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 19713 | 15 ANNAPOLIS, Maryland--A Maryland Senate committee approved a gay marriage
bill on Tuesday, sending the issue to the full Senate and moving Maryland
closer to becoming the eighth state to legalize same-sex nuptials.
The Senate Judicial Proceedings Committee voted 7 to 4 in favor of the bill
- supported by Gov. Martin O'Malley - and the full Senate was expected to
vote later in the week. The bill was approved last week by the lower house.
"I believe the 25 votes that we had last year will hold," sa... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 4174 | 16 Some Justices Question Health Law's Constitutionality
BloombergBy Greg Stohr and Laurie Asseo | Bloomberg – 57 minutes ago
U.S. Supreme Court justices voiced skepticism about President Barack Obama's
health-care law, hinting they might strike down his biggest domestic
achievement just months before the election.
On the second of three days in the historic case, justices' questions over
the law's requirement that Americans buy insurance or pay a penalty
indicated they might split 5-to-4, with fiv... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 19713 | 17 Man Sentenced to Life for Murder of Gay Teen
By Josh Hinkle
JASON MATTISON JR DANTE PARRISH HAND OUTS X390 | ADVOCATE.COM
Jason Mattison (left) and Dante Parrish
Dante Parrish was sentenced to life in prison Tuesday after being convicted
of the murder of gay 15-year-old Jason Mattison.
In 2009, Mattison was found dead in a house in the eastern section of
Baltimore. His body was in a closet, and he had a pillowcase shoved in his
mouth. His throat was cut, and he had been sexually assaulted, accor... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 4174 | 18 Posted by Chris Geidner |
April 10, 2012 6:15 AM | Permalink
Today, Lambda Legal Defense and Education Fund took what one of its lawyers
calls "a strategic step" in the national effort to advance marriage equality
by filing a federal lawsuit in Nevada seeking equal marriage rights for
eight same-sex couples in the state.
The lawsuit, Sevcik v. Sandoval, marks the first time that Lambda Legal has
sought equal marriage rights for gay and lesbian couples in federal court,
although a staff attorney ... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 4174 | 19 The president's support of same-sex marriage will have little political
impact, from a practical standpoint, as much of the activity on the issue is
currently occurring in the states and the courts. Already the Obama
administration's Department of Justice has stopped defending the
constitutionality of the Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA), which defines
marriage as a legal union between a man and a woman. Legislation to overturn
DOMA outright would likely be blocked by congressional Republicans.
Th... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 4174 | 20 By Dalina Castellanos
May 19, 2012, 5:54 p.m.
In a move that some called historic, the county’s oldest African American
civil rights group voted Saturday to endorse same-sex marriage.
The National Assn. for the Advancement of Colored People passed a resolution
supporting gay marriage at a meeting of its board of directors in Miami,
saying it opposed any policy or legislative initiative that “seeks to
codify discrimination or hatred into the law or to remove the constitutional
rights of LGBT citi... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 2153 | 21 by Edmund Broch
26 May 2012, 2:54pm
A district court judge in California has become the third federal judge to
declare the Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA), which denies federal benefits to
same-sex couples, as unconstitutional.
The controversial act, passed in 1996, was deemed to be discriminatory by
Judge Claudia Wilken, becoming the first to throw her weight against the
anti-gay measure since President Obama announced his support for equal
marriage.
Previously a court in Massachusetts under jud... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 4174 | 22 http://www.prop8trialtracker.com/
The judges sitting in the Ninth Circuit have issued a new order in the Perry
v. Brown case today. The full panel of Ninth Circuit judges have decided
that en banc rehearing of the three-judge panel’s decision will not be
granted. This comes after a months-long wait: the proponents of Proposition
8 announced their intention to seek en banc review of the Ninth Circuit’s
three-judge panel decision on February 21 of this year. As we noted
yesterday, the decision to ... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 19713 | 23 Jan Brewer Asks Supreme Court To Strip Benefits of Same-Sex Partners
Arizona Gov. Jan Brewer is asking the U.S. Supreme Court to overturn a
ruling which provides domestic-partner benefits to same-sex partners of
state employees.
Arizona claims that the 9th Circuit misconstrued the equal-protection clause
. Blog JoeMyGod quotes Chris Geldner's report: After the 2011 decision,
lawyers for the state asked the Ninth Circuit to re-hear the case en banc,
or by an 11-judge panel. On April 3, the Ninth... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 19713 | 24 Effort to undo California gay history law fails
The Associated Press
Posted: 07/16/2012 06:12:14 PM PDT
Updated: 07/16/2012 06:12:15 PM PDT
SACRAMENTO, Calif.—Opponents of a law that requires California public
schools to cover the contributions of gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender
people have again failed to qualify a ballot measure that would have
overturned the requirement.
Pacific Justice Institute lawyer Kevin Snider said the Stop SB48 campaign
did not gather enough signatures by Mo... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 19713 | 25 Edie Windsor Vs. DOMA
7.19.2012
By Jerry Portwood
The 83-year-old widow's case may be the best chance to overturn the law
banning same-sex marriage
You might have first learned of Edie Windsor, 83, in the documentary, Edie &
Thea: A Very Long Engagement. Or perhaps you remember Edie from the Out
story in 2011. The love story explains how Edie met Thea Spyer in 1965, and
the couple finally married in Toronto in 2007. But after Thea's death in
2009, Windsor suffered a $350,000 penalty in federal e... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 2791 | 26 google 了一下。 大部分的意见是EVENTUALLY 会OVERTURNED. 不过估计 要等几年。最
高法院REVIEW CASE只是第一步而已。 |
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发帖数: 2791 | 28 我最近看了好多很多东西以后也怎么觉的这次要不过， 2年之内肯定要OVERTURN。 |
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发帖数: 271 | 29 是不是DOMA overturned之后，我（H1b）可以结婚并申请他以H4的身份到美国来工作和
团聚？还是说要看我在哪个州工作这个州是否承认同性婚姻？还是说以上理解都不对？
对相关法律不太了解，大家轻拍。谢谢。 |
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发帖数: 19713 | 30 75 Prominent Republicans Say Marriage Is Constitutional Right
Dozens of prominent Republicans including Meg Whitman, Jon Huntsman,
Christine Todd Whitman, and Rep. Ileana Ros-Lehtinen support marriage
equality.
BY MICHELLE GARCIA FEBRUARY 26 2013 11:47 AM ET
A group of 75 Republicans have signed a court brief telling the U.S. Supreme
Court that marriage is a constitutional right for same-sex couples in
America.
The brief is in reference to California's Proposition 8, which rescinded
rights for s... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 24887 | 31 http://us.news-republic.com/Web/ArticleWeb.aspx?regionid=1&arti
Associated Press
Friday, March 08, 2013 2:17 AM GMT
WASHINGTON (AP) — Former President Bill Clinton is calling on the Supreme
Court to overturn a law he signed that bars federal recognition of same-sex
marriages.
Clinton says the Defense of Marriage Act is incompatible with the
Constitution. He says he signed the law in 1996 to avoid legislation that
would have been even worse for gays.
Clinton writes in a Washington Post op-ed that... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 456 | 32 Sen. Rob Portman, who voted in favor of the Defense of Marriage Act in 1996,
says he has changed his mind on the matter since one of his sons came out
as gay in 2011.
CINCINNATI — Republican U.S. Sen. Rob Portman is now supporting gay
marriage and says his reversal on the issue began when he learned one of his
sons is gay.
Ohio's junior senator disclosed his change of heart in interviews with
several Ohio newspapers and CNN. In an op-ed published Friday in The
Columbus Dispatch, he said the deci... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 4174 | 33 The son and namesake of antigay New York State senator Ruben Diaz Sr. today
took a public position opposite that of his father — in support of marriage
equality.
Bronx borough president Ruben Diaz Jr. announced his support in a statement
on his website. He arrived at the stance “after considerable deliberation
and introspection,” going on to say, “My decision, which comes after years
of thought and reflection on the issue, is informed by the experiences I
have had with close friends, family and ... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 178 | 34 Judge: Same-Sex Immigrants Must Count As Spouses
LOS ANGELES - A federal judge has ruled that the Defense Of Marriage Act is
unconstitutional as it discriminates against same-sex married persons
seeking immigration visas.
District Court Judge Consuelo Marshall ruled late Friday in Los Angeles that
only state laws govern marriage, and that Congress has no rational basis to
deny lawfully-married same-sex immigrants the same constitutional rights
kept by opposite-sex applicants.
The lawsuit was fil... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 2791 | 35 看到第一个就是CA！
看了很多所谓"EXPERT“的PREDICTION。 都觉的PRO.8会黄，DOMA会OVERTURN。 说
UNLIKLY有OVERWHELM的landslide victory for gay activist. |
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发帖数: 456 | 36 关于Standing的问题版上老早就讨论过了啊。巡回法院已经判了DOMA Sec3违宪了，维
持原判的结果是Sec3还是会overturned，咱们最关心的移民权跑不了！ |
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发帖数: 8 | 41 A good start of the day!!! |
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发帖数: 6165 | 44 yes！
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发帖数: 2113 | 48 马甲还不起床发包子!
Hooray Justice Kennedy! |
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发帖数: 81 | 49 结婚十二年的我们终于可以看看有什么联邦benefits了，嘻嘻。 |
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发帖数: 81 | 50 单身的兄弟姐妹可以立刻回国搬对象了吧！？
university1 兄弟，眼光可以放远一些了。毕竟北美华人太少了，同志更少，有意同婚
的更更少，各方面合适又能处得来的简直可遇不可求。 |
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