Posts filtered on Category
Nancy Pelosi on Supreme Court rulings
San Francisco married couple Bradford Wells and Anthony John Makk, who faced deportation to Australia, gave a special thank you to House minority leader Nancy Pelosi of San Francisco for intervening, and said today’s court rulings end 21 years of worry and fear. They also thanked Sen. Dianne Feinstein and Immigration Equality. “It’s a beautiful …
House defense of DOMA gave court grounds to strike it down
When House Speaker John Boehner, supported by former Sacto Rep. Dan Lungren, decided to defend DOMA when President Obama and AG Holder refused, little did they know that they would provide the justification for the Supreme Court to strike down the law on sweeping equal protection and due process grounds, setting the stage for marriage …
Republican Lisa Murkowski endorses same-sex marriage
Sen. Lisa Murkowski, an Alaska Republican, endorsed same-sex marriage Wednesday, making her possibly the fourth Senate Republican to do so, if one counts Susan Collins of Maine, who led the fight to repeal the Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell ban on gays in the military. The others are Mark Kirk of Illinois and of course Rob …
Supreme Court rulings on DOMA, Prop. 8 unlikely to end matters
Uberlawyer David Bois said Tuesday a loss on Prop 8 in the Supreme Court this month won’t be the end of the fight he and Ted Olson are waging for marriage equality. “We will bring lawsuits in other states” to force the 38 that ban same-sex marriage to recognize them under the full faith and …
Supreme Court leery of finding broad right to marriage in Prop. 8 case
The Justices of the Supreme Court appeared skeptical Tuesday about finding a constitutional right to same-sex marriage in a landmark case challenging California’s Proposition 8, the initiative banning such unions that voters approved in 2008. Justice Anthony Kennedy, considered the pivotal vote on the court, said extending same-sex marriage rights to all 50 states, as …
Some states with marriage bans not defending DOMA
Indiana is taking the lead among 17 states signing a brief in support of the 1996 Defense of Marriage Act, to be argued before the Supreme Court March 27. But 38 states ban same-sex marriage. That means a majority of states with bans are not even trying to defend DOMA, which defines marriage for federal …
Leon Panetta extends military benefits to same-sex couples
As one of his last acts in office, Defense Secretary Leon Panetta extended additional military benefits to gay and lesbian couples Monday, saying discrimination based on sexual orientation “has no place in the Department of Defense.” These encompass 20 benefits such as education, hospital visitation, casualty notification, travel, transportation, identification cards, family counseling, relocation assistance, […] …
GOP continues DOMA defense among first acts of new Congress
The new 113th Congress begins today with the election of Republican John Boehner of Ohio as Speaker and Nancy Pelosi, D-San Francisco, as minority leader. (Boehner is in no apparent danger of being ousted, despite Eric Cantor’s lusting after the job, Boehner’s humiliation on the fiscal cliff negotiation, not to mention the disastrous refusal and […] …
Loading...
More