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LGBT Obama 2012 campaign event in New York City. (via Facebook)
Councilman Joel Burns, from Fort Worth, Texas, tells his “It Gets Better” story to the audience at an LGBT Obama 2012 campaign event in New York City. You may remember the video of his speech that went viral last October. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ax96cghOnY4
(via New York City, 06/23/11)
Neil Patrick Harris hosts an LGBT Obama 2012 campaign event in New York City(via Facebook)
Just weeks after the Obama administration announced it would no longer legally defend the Defense of Marriage act, some of the president’s biggest Hollywood supporters have signed a letter urging him to go a step further and legalize same-sex marriage.
Anne Hathaway, Martin Sheen, Jane Lynch and Ellen DeGeneres are among the actors who have signed an open letter sponsored by Freedom to Marry, a New York-based advocacy group working to promote marriage rights for same-sex couples.
This week, the Obama Administration made history by ending its defense of DOMA in the federal courts.
But just as President Obama dealt a blow to this discriminatory law, Speaker Boehner and Republican leaders could step in and begin defending it.
Anti-LGBT lawmakers are being pressured by right-wing groups to use taxpayer resources to defend this discriminatory law in court. House Judiciary Committee Chairman Lamar Smith (R-TX) and other members of Congress have already stepped in to defend DOMA in another federal court.
Republican leaders could decide within days, so we don’t have much time. Congress should be helping Americans in this struggling economy, not wasting our tax dollars to defend an unconstitutional law!
February 23, 2011
Today the Obama Administration announced it won’t continue its defense of the so-called “Defense of Marriage Act” (DOMA) in court. DOMA denies federal recognition and benefits to legally married same-sex couples and purports to allow states to deny recognition to those couples as well.
“This is a monumental decision for the thousands of same-sex couples and their families who want nothing more than the same rights and dignity afforded to other married couples,” said HRC President Joe Solmonese. “As the President has stated previously, DOMA unfairly discriminates against Americans and we applaud him for fulfilling his oath to defend critical constitutional principles.”
(via: hrc.org) (photo courtesy of: change.org)
Don’t Ask Don’t Tell repealed by Senate 65-31
In a landmark for gay rights, the Senate today voted to let gays serve openly in the military, giving President Barack Obama the chance to fulfill a campaign promise and repeal the 17-year policy known as “don’t ask, don’t tell.”
Read more: http://www.nypost.com/p/news/national/senate_close_to_ending_military_CWChd0bPrF46k5emweC5YK#ixzz18UvyempO
