Court To Hear From Gay Supporters In Fostering Ban Case
(Little
Rock, Arkansas) The Arkansas Supreme Court has agreed to
hear from organizations supporting a suit to overturn the
state ban on gays and lesbians serving as foster parents.
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STORY
2 Gay Partner Bills Sent To NJ Governor
(Trenton, New Jersey) Two bills granting expanding expanded rights to New Jersey same-sex couples received overwhelming approval Monday in the legislature and are now awaiting the signature of acting Gov. Richard J. Codey.
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STORY
Florida GOP Bankrolling Anti-Gay Marriage Amendment
(Miami, Florida) The Florida Republican Party is the driving force behind an organization claiming to be a grassroots initiative to gather signatures to amend the state constitution to ban same-sex marriage according to a published report.
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Indianapolis Gay Rights Law Signed
(Indianapolis, Indiana) Indianapolis Mayor Bart Peterson has signed the city's gay rights into law.
LGBT civil rights leaders looked on as the mayor put his pen to document in a ceremony at the City-County Building.
City-County Council voted last month to ban discrimination based on sexual orientation or gender identity in the areas of employment, education, public accommodations, and housing
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Anti-Gay Group Releases Poll To Pressure Washington Supreme Court Marriage Decision
(Olympia, Washington) A poll taken for a conservative Christian group of Washington voters shows that justices on the state Supreme Court and Democrats could take a beating in the next election if the court approves same-sex marriage.
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Palm Beach County Passes Gay Partner Law
(Palm
Beach, Florida) The Palm Beach County Board of County
Commissioners passed an ordinance on Tuesday to recognize
same-sex and unmarried opposite-sex domestic partners give
them many of the county rights accorded to married couples.
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Pope Admonishes Italian Politicians On Gay Unions
(Vatican City) Pope Benedict warned Italian politicians on Thursday that the Catholic Church will use all of its power to thwart any move to legalize same-sex union.
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Anti-Gay Groups Again Target Ford
(New York City) In a thinly veiled threat of another boycott the American Family Association and 41 other groups are demanding that Ford live up to a commitment to end funding to LGBT organizations and cease advertising in the gay media.
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More Stations Drop 'Book Of Daniel'
KAMR-TV in Amarillo, Texas, and WTVA-TV in Tupelo, Mississippi each said they were bowing to community demands to drop the series which features one of primetime's few openly gay male characters, has a lesbian supporting character and is written by a gay screenwriter.
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Calif. Gay Marriage Suit Gains Widespread Support
(San Francisco, California) More than 250 religious, ethnic, and civil rights groups have joined a lawsuit seeking same-sex marriage rights in California.
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STORY
Judge: No Benefits For Gay Couples
(Colorado Springs, Colorado) A Colorado Springs judge has ruled that the city did not act illegally when it abruptly cancelled benefits for the partners of gay and lesbian employees.
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1/5/2006:
GLAD Files Suit Asserting MA Anti-Marriage Ballot Question Is Unconstitutional.
12/29/2005:
Bitter Battle Predicted Overt Mass. Anti-Gay Amendment.
12/22/2005:
HELP IDENTIFY FAUDULENT
SIGNATURES.
12/15/2005:
ROLLBACK OF MARRIAGE RIGHTS
IS NOW POSSIBLE IN MA.
12/1/2005:
South Africa Legalizes Gay Marriage & Canada's Government Toppled.
11/17/2005:
As Our biggest MA Democrat
Opponent Steps Down, The Republican Party Steps Up Attack..
11/10/2005:
Mixed Elections Results are
encouraging
11/3/2005:
Mass. Moves To Halt Fraud In
Anti-Gay Measure!
10/19/2005:
Supporters, foes of gay
marriage in MA trade dirty tricks charges!
10/14/2005:
Petition gatherers &
clergy gather 25,000 signatures in just one weekend!!
10/7/2005:
Petition gatherers &
clergy gather 25,000 signatures in just one weekend!!
9/29/2005:
Bishops of MA push their
congregations to sign the Citizen's Petition to roll-back
civil rights!
9/23/2005:
MA BIGOTED PETITION BEGINS!
9/15/2005:
WE
WON! MA Marriage Amendment DEFEATED!
9/8/2005:
A
Week of hope then DEVASTATION
9/1/2005:
Mass
GOP Gov. Romney Pressures Dem. AG To Certify Anti-Gay Petition
Driven
8/25/2005:
JERRY'S
1st YEAR ANNIVERSARY & MA plans second vote on marriage
ban
8/19/2005:
MA
State Rep Changes vote on Marriage Amendment to "NO"
8/11/2005:
U.S.
poll:
Support grows for gay marriage
8/4/2005:
HELP!
Equality Is Under Major Attack!
7/28/2005:
TIME
TO START GETTING ACTIVE AGAIN!
7/21/2005:
CANADA
MAKES IT OFFICIAL!
7/14/2005:
CA
STATE SENATE REVIVES MARRIAGE BILL!
7/7/2005:
Oregon
Senate Passes Civil Union Bill!
6/30/2005:
Spain
and Canada both Legalize same-sex marriage!
6/23/2005:
California
gay marriage bill may return soon
6/16/2005:
Romney
to Back a New More Extreme Plan to Ban Gay Marriage
6/9/2005:
Civil
Unions Bill Heads to Senate
6/2/2005:
California
Bill to Legalize Gay Marriage Dies
5/26/2005:
SJC
Justice Marshal defends courts
5/19/2005:
1
FULL YEAR OF SAME-SEX MARRIAGE & NO APOCALYPSE!
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From coast to coast, we are coming closer to
achieving true marriage equality for GLBT
Americans. But we need your help to fight
efforts to deny marriage rights to same-sex
couples, including any Constitutional amendment.
Please, sign the Million For Marriage petition
below, and be a part of this historic civil
rights battle. Gay, straight, married,
single...we need everyone who believes in
marriage equality to stand up NOW.
Tell your Senators that you oppose the
"Marriage Protection Amendment."
Domestic partner health care benefits are taxed,
while health care benefits for legally married
opposite-sex couples are not. Urge your Senators
to sign on to a bill that would end the unfair
taxation of domestic partner health care
benefits.
Scott Bloch at the Office of Special Counsel has
been refusing for two years to enforce
long-standing protections for federal workers
from discrimination on the basis of sexual
orientation. Congress is considering legislation
to compel Mr. Bloch to enforce the law. Urge
your Representative to support this bill - and
if he refuses to do his job, urge Congress to
remove Mr. Bloch from office.
Send this message to Secretary of Education
Margaret Spellings to let her know you
disapprove of her intolerance. Urge her to
reconsider her comments.
On the heels of ending a failed boycott against
the Walt Disney Company, an anti-gay lobbying
group called the American Family Association has
called for a boycott of Ford Motor Company
because of its family- friendly policies.
Contact Ford today and let them know you
appreciate their support of the LGBT community!