Marriage for Same-Sex Couples

Historic NAACP Vote Signals the Ultimate Failure of Divisive NOM Strategy

By Ian S. Thompson, Washington Legislative Office at 5:17pm
On Saturday, the Board of Directors of the NAACP, the nation's oldest, largest and most widely recognized grassroots-based civil rights organization, passed a ... Read More

It's Not About the Money – Spending vs. Ideology in Congress

By Michael Macleod-Ball, Washington Legislative Office at 7:31pm
The first spending bill for the new fiscal year that starts in October was adopted by the House of Representatives today after a week of wrangling. H.R. Read More

Anti-Gay Pandering Cannot Stop Historic Momentum for LGBT Rights

By Ian S. Thompson, Washington Legislative Office at 4:10pm
What an amazing and historic week it has been for the cause of gay rights. On Wednesday, for the first time in our country’s history, a sitting President ... Read More

ACLU Lens: President Obama Endorses Freedom to Marry for Same-Sex Couples

By Alicia Gay, ACLU at 4:22pm
President Obama today became the first sitting U.S. president to endorse the freedom to marry for same-sex couples. In an interview taped earlier this afternoon, he ... Read More

North Carolinians To Vote On Anti-LGBT Amendment One Tuesday

By Mike Meno at 2:41pm
North Carolinians will go to the polls tomorrow to vote on a proposed constitutional amendment.  Read More

Racial Justice and LGBT Equality – Moving Beyond the Politics of "Divide and Conquer"

By Ian S. Thompson, Washington Legislative Office at 4:53pm
It was recently revealed in internal strategy memos from the anti-gay National Organization for Marriage that the organization hoped to pit racial and ethnic ... Read More

A Look at the U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom

By Dena Sher, Washington Legislative Office at 12:31pm
In 1998, Congress created the U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom to draw attention to violations of religious freedom in other countries. The ... Read More

Would You Stand Up Against Discrimination?

By Eunice Hyon Min Rho, ACLU at 12:11pm
Imagine: A bride-to-be trying on a wedding gown, her face lights up and the clerk beams in response. The shopper happily informs the clerk that she is marrying a ... Read More

LGBT Rights: A Matter of Fairness

By Laura W. Murphy, Washington Legislative Office at 6:17pm
Earlier this week, Jonathan Capehart of the Washington Post wrote a column outlining why he thinks African-Americans should embrace gay rights, specifically the ... Read More

Maryland: Breakthrough Moment on the Freedom to Marry!

By James Esseks, Lesbian Gay Bisexual Transgender & AIDS Project at 12:37pm
With yesterday’s passage of a Maryland bill opening the freedom to marry to same-sex couples, there’s no denying it anymore – we’re at a ... Read More
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