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  • July 2008

    • Bigoted 'Don't Ask' Has No Support, Must Go Now

      newser  |  Time  |  Jul 23, 08 6:17 PM CDT

      Bigoted 'Don't Ask' Has No Support, Must Go Now

      On the occasion of the first “don’t ask, don’t tell” congressional hearing in 15 years, John Cloud revisits the policy that bars gays from serving openly in the military in Time and deems it “a tissue of barely disguised bigotry.” He contends that the policy is out of touch—polls show most in the military don't care if fellow soldiers are gay—does more harm than good, and hasn't greatly changed the number of gays discharged per year. More »

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      Barack Obama  • gay rights  • gays in the military

    • Lesbian Islanders Lose Lesbian Lawsuit

      newser  |  Daily Telegraph (UK)  |  Jul 23, 08 2:51 AM CDT

      Lesbian Islanders Lose Lesbian Lawsuit

      Residents of the Greek island of Lesbos have lost a legal battle to block the use of the word lesbian to describe a sexual preference. An Athens court threw out a lawsuit an islander filed against a Greek gay rights group with lesbian in its name, arguing that  they have exclusive rights to the term. The court ruled use of the word does not impinge on islanders' rights. More »

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      gay rights  • Lesbian

    • Americans Now Favor 'Don't Ask, Do Tell'

      newser  |  Washington Post  |  Jul 19, 08 8:32 AM CDT

      Americans Now Favor 'Don't Ask, Do Tell'

      In the 15 years since the inception of the US military's "don't ask, don't tell" policy on gay servicemen and women, public opinion on the issue has shifted dramatically. In 1993, 44% of Americans said openly gay people should be allowed to enlist; a Washington Post -ABC News poll now puts that number at 75%. More »

    • Journo 'Ecstatic' Over Demise of HIV Travel Ban

      newser  |  Daily Dish (The Atlantic)  |  Jul 17, 08 3:29 PM CDT

      Journo 'Ecstatic' Over Demise of HIV Travel Ban

      HIV-positive journalist Andrew Sullivan is “ecstatic” over yesterday's passage by the Senate of a bill that would lift a US ban on visitors and immigrants with the virus that causes AIDS, he writes in his Atlantic blog. "I'm not exaggerating when I say that it's one of the happiest days of my whole life," writes the openly gay, British Sullivan, who plans to pursue citizenship. More »

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      Senate  • immigration  • gay rights  • citizenship  • Andrew Sullivan

    • No Stopping Gay Marriage's Mass. Appeal

      newser  |  New York Times  |  Jul 17, 08 1:54 PM CDT

      No Stopping Gay Marriage's Mass. Appeal

      With Massachusetts legislators set to repeal a law ex-Gov. Mitt Romney hoped would prevent the state from becoming “the Las Vegas of same-sex marriage,” Gail Collins, in the New York Times , looks at the march toward equality. For one thing, with the economy the way it is, “becoming the Las Vegas of anything whatsoever began to sound like a good deal." More »

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      Mitt Romney  • gay marriage  • gay rights  • tourism  • civil rights  • Massachusetts  • interracial marriage

    • Calif. Court Leaves Gay Marriage Ban on the Ballot

      newser  |  Los Angeles Times  |  Jul 17, 08 9:38 AM CDT

      Calif. Court Leaves Gay Marriage Ban on the Ballot

      A voter initiative to ban gay marriage is staying on California’s ballot this November, the state’s supreme court ruled unanimously yesterday, setting the stage for a bitter November battle. Gay rights groups had argued that the proposition was an illegal constitutional revision, and that petitions for the initiative had been misleading. The vote is expected to be a close one. More »

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      California  • gay marriage  • gay rights  • referendum  • California Supreme Court  • ballots

    • 'Venal' Phil Gramm No Big Loss to McCain Camp

      newser  |  Huffington Post  |  Jul 15, 08 8:15 PM CDT

      'Venal' Phil Gramm No Big Loss to McCain Camp

      "Nation of whiners” adviser Phil Gramm was simply an "accident waiting to happen" for the McCain campaign, writes Max Blumenthal in Huffington Post. Blumenthal runs down the “reactionary, venal and destructive” senator’s foibles—which run from enabling Enron to investing in porn. Gramm “left a massive heap of wreckage…in his wake,” Blumenthal asserts, helping former campaign co-chair Ken Lay build the shadow banking system that aided the mortgage meltdown. More »

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      John McCain  • mortgage crisis  • gay rights  • pornography  • Phil Gramm  • Enron  • white supremacism  • Whinergate

  • June 2008

    • Supreme Court's Gay Rights Revolution

      newser  |  Time  |  Jun 29, 08 6:15 AM CDT

      Supreme Court's Gay Rights Revolution

      It’s been five years since the Supreme Court heard Lawrence v. Texas and handed down a landmark decision in effect decriminalizing homosexual activity and paving the way for gay marriage legislation in Massachusetts and California. The decision has been cited in numerous cases around the country challenging morals legislation, and triggered profound changes in law and society, Time reports. More »

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      US Supreme Court  • gay marriage  • gay rights  • homosexual  • decision  • sodomy

    • Anglicans Move Closer to Split

      newser  |  New York Times  |  Jun 19, 08 8:45 PM CDT

      Anglicans Move Closer to Split

      Scores of Anglican bishops are boycotting the church's once-a-decade conference next month in favor of a conservative counter-meeting, the New York Times reports. The rival gathering, beginning Sunday in Jerusalem, results from a serious division in the denomination over homosexuality—and could be another step toward an irreparable break in the 77-million-member Anglican church. More »

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      religion  • gay rights  • homosexuality  • Anglican Church  • Anglican church conference

    • California Readies for Wave of Gay Weddings Today

      newser  |  San Francisco Chronicle  |  Jun 16, 08 4:52 AM CDT

      California Readies for Wave of Gay Weddings Today

      San Francisco officials are preparing for an expected tidal wave of weddings this evening as gay marriage officially becomes legal in California at 5pm. But celebrations could be short-lived if a November initiative blocks the court decision that paved the way for the marriages. The San Francisco Chronicle takes a look at California’s support of gay marriage, which at 51% is higher than ever—but so is the vehemence of the opposition. More »

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      California  • gay marriage  • gay rights  • homosexuality  • gay  • same-sex marriage  • marriage rights  • homosexual rights

    • Gay Daughter No Problem for Mass. Governor

      newser  |  Boston Globe  |  Jun 13, 08 2:23 PM CDT

      Gay Daughter No Problem for Mass. Governor

      For some politicians—Dick Cheney, say, or Alan Keyes—a gay daughter might be a major inconvenience. But the public coming-out yesterday of Katherine Patrick, daughter of supportive Massachusetts Gov. Deval Patrick, is being praised as a "very powerful statement" by gay-rights groups, and the low-key nature of how Katherine Patrick's sexuality was made public—in a Massachusetts GLBT weekly—was hailed for its sensibility. More »

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      gay marriage  • gay rights  • Massachusetts  • gay  • Deval Patrick

    • Calif. Court Won't Stop Parade to Altar

      newser  |  San Francisco Chronicle  |  Jun 4, 08 2:24 PM CDT

      Calif. Court Won't Stop Parade to Altar

      The California Supreme Court shot down a request today to suspend its decision allowing same-sex marriages until after a November vote on a constitutional amendment that would overturn the May 15 ruling, the San Francisco Chronicle reports. Couples can marry starting June 17, as scheduled. More »

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      California  • gay marriage  • gay rights  • same-sex marriage  • marriage rights

    • Gay Marriage Ban Makes California Ballot

      newser  |  Los Angeles Times  |  Jun 3, 08 3:57 AM CDT

      Gay Marriage Ban Makes California Ballot

      The battle lines have been drawn in California's fight over gay marriage, with an initiative banning same-sex unions drawing enough signatures to be on the state's ballots in November. California's Supreme Court struck down a gay marriage ban last month, but it's unclear if same-sex marriages performed before November will be valid if the amendment passes, reports the Los Angeles Times. More »

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      California  • gay marriage  • gay rights  • same-sex marriage  • constitutional amendment

  • May 2008
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