N.J. Senate Passes Sweeping Expansion Of Gay Partner Law
Trenton, New
Jersey-- The New Jersey Senate late Thursday passed sweeping amendments to the state's domestic partner law that would, upon a partner's death, give the surviving partner control of the estate and inheritance in the absence of a will.
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Eyes On Supreme Courts In Three States In Gay Marriage Fight
(Washington) A decision could come at any time in a case seeking marriage rights for gay and lesbian couples in the state of Washington, the Supreme Court of New Jersey will hear a similar bid for gay marriage in the Garden State in this session and New York's highest court is likely to get a third case later this year.
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Mitt Romney Seen As 'Too Gay Tolerant' For GOP Right?
Boston,
Massachusetts: He opposes gay marriage, refuses to allow out-of-state same-sex couples wed, and supports amending the state constitution to bar gay nuptials, but for many in the the right wing of the Republican Party Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney still is too tolerant of gays and lesbians to get their support for a presidential bid.
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Group Wants Pentagon Papers On Gay Spying
Washington- An organization that represents gays in the military Thursday filed a Freedom of Information Act request to learn if it or other LGBT organizations have been spied on by the Bush Administration.
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Anti-Gay Pastor Busted For Trying To Pick Up Male Prostitute Decoy
(Oklahoma City, Oklahoma) An executive committee member of the Southern Baptist Convention was arrested on a lewdness charge for propositioning a male plainclothes policeman outside a hotel, police said.
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Pope Closes Year With Attack On Gay Families
In his homily, the pontiff referred to an address he gave in June on the role of the family, when he referred to marriage as a union between man and woman and condemned same-sex unions as anarchic "pseudo-matrimony."
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Sexuality To Be Grounds For Asylum In Spain
Madrid: Spain is about to join the Netherlands, Canada and a growing number of other countries that grant political asylum to gays and the transgendered.
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Cherokee High Court Dismisses Same-Sex Marriage Suit
Tahlequah,
Oklahoma- The Judicial Appeals Tribunal of the Cherokee Nation, the highest Cherokee court, has rejected an attempt by several tribal council members to invalidate the marriage of a Cherokee lesbian couple.
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Bill Would Ban State Funds For U. Florida Gay Benefits Package
Tallahassee,
Florida- A Florida Republican announced legislation on Wednesday to block state universities and community colleges from using taxpayer's money for same-sex domestic partner benefits.
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Stations Dropping 'Book Of Daniel' Grows
New York
City- Faced with a deluge of emails, phone calls and letters NBC affiliates, especially in the Bible belt are growing concerned about NBC's new series "The Book Of
Daniel".
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GOP Warns Washington Supreme Court On Gay Marriage Ruling
Olympia,
Washington- As gay and lesbian couples in Washington anxiously await for the state's Supreme Court to issue its ruling on same-sex marriage GOP lawmakers are warning the court that they not the court should have the final say.
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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!