Category Archives: News Briefs
Baldwin ‘steaming toward’ 2012 Senate bid
Her campaign stationary says "Tammy Baldwin 2012." But the text of the July 13 press release walks the U.S. House’s only openly lesbian member one step closer to an historic bid for a U.S. Senate seat: "She is a likely candidate
GOP: lesbian would be ‘activist judge’
U.S. Senator Tom Coburn says lesbian federal court nominee Alison Nathan sounds like an "activist judge" to him, but he’s voting against her, he says, because she has lacks "substantial litigation experience."
Senate hearing on DOMA repeal: July 20
The U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee has set Wednesday, July 20, at 10 a.m. to hear testimony on a bill to repeal the federal Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA).
9th Circuit gives DOJ 10 days to step aside on DADT
The 9th Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals issued yet another order this month, this time giving the federal government 10 days to "show cause" why the court should not dismiss as moot an appeal seeking to defend "Don’t Ask, Don’t
Obama: “met my commitments to the LGBT community”
President Obama told the audience at an LGBT Pride Month event at the White House Wednesday evening, June 29, that he has “met my commitments to the LGBT community.” But he also kept true to his promise at a press
Prop 8 proponents to appeal Judge Ware’s ruling, too
Supporters of Proposition 8 filed official notice Monday, June 27, that they intend to appeal a U.S. District Court ruling that rejected their request to vacate the landmark decision that found California’s ban on same-sex marriage unconstitutional.
Gates leaves certification to Panetta
Defense Secretary Robert Gates told a French newspaper Thursday, June 23, that the Pentagon hopes to certify the military is ready to implement repeal of "Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell" "in the last half of July, early August."
House panel doesn’t go after D.C. marriage law
The Republican-led House Appropriations Committee did the unexpected last Thursday, June 23. It advanced an appropriations bill involving District of Columbia funding without attaching language to repeal the city’s marriage equality law.
Committee vote on lesbian court nominee on hold for at least a week
Republicans on the U.S. Judiciary Committee on Thursday asked to hold over the nominations of openly gay federal court nominee Alison Nathan and three other court nominees until next week.
