Tag Archives: President Obama
Speed Read: Rewriting Windsor
Two openly gay nominees to the federal bench are pending before the Senate Judiciary Committee this week. One, Darrin Gayles, has his confirmation hearing today. The other, Staci Yandle, had to respond to additional questions from one Republican concerning the
Speed Read: Hate tour continues
The Westboro Baptist Church issued a press statement Friday vowing to take its “God hates fags” hate troupe to picket outside the NCAA’s Final Four games in Texas April 5. Billy Graham biographer suggests anti-gay statements Graham's son is attributing
Speed Read: A pulpit for bullies
The Tennessee legislature this week sent to the governor’s desk a bill the ACLU says the measure will make it easier for bullies to target LGBT students. The mega-charity World Vision said yesterday that it made a "mistake" Monday when
Olympic visibilty: Some big surprises happening off-screen in Sochi
LGBT visibility during the first few days of the Winter Olympics in Sochi, Russia, included some high profile political “messages,” two gay inclusive television commercials, and several surprise choices by both Russian games organizers and openly gay athletes. It was Olympic
Speed Read: Indiana dodges a ballot?
The Republican-dominated Indiana House cut out a significant portion of the proposed bill to ban same-sex marriage, potentially thwarting chances for the ban to be on the ballot this November. A report on the movement says that, beyond marriage, the
Speed Read: ‘One stroke of his pen’
When President Obama promised to start using his authority to sign executive orders to get things done in Washington, NGLTF Executive Director Rea Carey reminded him that the LGBT community has been pleading for an executive order to ban discrimination
Speed Read: Gay court nominee dropped
President Obama decided not to re-nominate an openly gay black man to a federal district court seat in Miami, indicating that Senator Marco Rubio had effectively blocked the nomination. Senator Mark Warner of Virginia lobbied President Obama to push the
Speed Read: Robert Gates disses Obama
New Mexico's Republican governor won't support a push to approve a state constitutional ban on same-sex marriage. Former Defense Secretary Robert Gates disses President Obama over Don't Ask Don't Tell repeal. And more...
2013: The movement’s most successful year
Even before the year began, everyone knew what the big news story for 2013 would be. In December 2012, the U.S. Supreme Court agreed to hear two high-profile cases testing the right of the federal government to treat same-sex married
