Tag Archives: Jared Polis
Speed Read: Log Cabin attacks Polis
Log Cabin Republicans is running attack ads against an openly gay Congressman. Opponents of Houston's lesbian Mayor Annise Parker's proposed non-discrimination ordinance threaten to launch a recall election against her. North Dakota is left standing as the only state with
Speed Read: 4,000 converge on Houston
An estimated 4,000 people will be attending the National Gay and Lesbian Task Force’s annual Creating Change Conference starting today in Houston. Indiana House advances bill to ban same-sex marriage. Republican former senator endorses Democratic incumbent over Republican challenger in
Speed Read: Sochi worries escalate
Worries escalate for LGBT people heading to Sochi. Obama administration will recognize same-sex marriages from Utah. Virginia's new governor keeps his promise on Day One. And more....
Speed Read: Monday 9 December 2013
One openly gay U.S. representative joined a fast over the weekend; another lost his temper on the floor of the House last week; both were pressuring the House to take up an immigration reform bill. Elton John spoke out against
Speed Read: Thursday 5 December 2013
A bipartisan group in the U.S. House pressured House Speaker John Boehner to move ENDA to a floor vote. A federal judge in Utah takes arguments against the state's ban on marriage under consideration. The Pennsylvania Supreme Court gets a
Speed Read: Wednesday 16 October 2013
Clerks in 10 Michigan counties are ready to start issuing marriage licenses this week if a federal judge rules today that the state's ban on same-sex couples marrying is unconstitutional. Three of six openly LGBT members of the U.S. House
House LGBT caucus shows division during budget battles
As Congress continues to wrestle with a bitter partisan divide that has crippled its ability to set a budget, keep the federal government open, and enable the nation to pay its bills, a few openly LGBT members of the U.S.
Problems linger over religious exemptions to flagship civil rights legislation
This is a bad year gone worse for ENDA – the Employment Non-Discrimination Act. Even though it might pass the Democratic-controlled Senate, the bill will have no realistic chance of passing the Republican-controlled House. Now, on the same day ENDA
House GOP writes DOMA support into rules
The Republican leaders in the U.S. House started off the 2013-14 session giving unusual prominence to their legal defense of the Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA). As part of
