Maine voters to pass judgment on gay marriage
(Portland, Maine) Gay marriage has lost in every single state in which it has been put to a popular vote. Come Election Day, gay-rights supporters are hoping to make Maine the exception.
In a referendum that is being closely watched around the country and has drawn millions in out-of-state dollars, Maine …
Tags: Election Day, Gay Maine, gay marriage, Gay Portland, gay rights, Judgment, Lost, Maine Marriage, Maine Voters, marriage, Popular Vote, Portland Maine, Referendum, Rights Supporters, State Dollars, State MaineFla. gay org works for patient visitation rights
press release from SAVE Dade:
Despite the recent United States District Court for the Southern District of Florida ruling that Jackson Memorial Hospital had no obligation to allow visitors to see patients, and that that there was no obligation to provide patients’ families, healthcare surrogates, or visitors with access to patients …
Tags: gay rights, Jackson Memorial Hospital, Obligation, Patient Rights, Patient Visitation, Press Release, Southern District Of Florida, States District Court, Surrogates, United States District, United States District Court, United States District Court For The Southern District, Visitation RightsRussian gays express disappointment in Clinton
(Moscow) Russia’s leading gay activist said Wednesday that he was disappointed that Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton met with an outspoken foe of gay rights during her two-day trip to Russia and did not decry homophobia in the country.
Clinton attended a ceremony unveiling a statue of Walt Whitman at …
Tags: Day Trip, Disappointment, Express, Gay Activist, gay rights, Hillary Clinton, Hillary Rodham Clinton, Met, Moscow Russia, Outspoken Foe, Russian Gays, Secretary Of State, Trip To Russia, Walt WhitmanGay rights measures on the ballot in three states
(Olympia, Wash.) Nearly a year after California voters overturned same-sex marriage, voters in three other states will weigh in this fall on whether to reverse gay rights initiatives ranging from anti-discrimination measures to marriage benefits.
In Maine, voters will decide whether or not to uphold the state’s legalization of same-sex marriage. …
Tags: Anti Discrimination, California Voters, gay rights, Initiatives, Legalization Of Same Sex Marriage, Maine Voters, marriage, Marriage Benefits, Measures, Olympia, same sex marriage, Three StatesInternet biz battles for .gay rights
Two internet businesses are fighting for the right to manage a possible top-level domain, “.gay.”
Tags: gay rights, Internet Biz, Internet Businesses, Top Gay, Top Level DomainJudge shields signatures in gay rights referendum
(Olympia, Wash.) A federal judge on Thursday ordered the state of Washington to keep shielding the identities of people who signed petitions to force a vote on expanded benefits for gay couples.
U.S. District Judge Benjamin Settle in Tacoma granted the preliminary injunction involving petitions for Referendum 71 while a related …
Tags: District Judge, Federal Judge, Gay Couples, gay rights, Olympia, Petitions, Preliminary Injunction, Referendum, Shields, Signatures, State Of Washington, VoteGay rights supporters won’t appeal vote on gay benefits
(Olympia, Wash) Supporters of the state’s most recent expansion of domestic partnership rights announced Wednesday they won’t appeal to the Washington Supreme Court to try and block a public vote on the new law.
Washington Families Standing Together chairwoman Anne Levinson said the group will now focus on a campaign to …
Tags: Domestic Partnership, Focus, gay rights, Levinson, Olympia, Partnership Rights, Public Vote, Rights Supporters, Washington Families, Washington Supreme CourtGay rights attorney dies at 94
Albert L. Gordon, whose sons are gay, was one of LA’s gay community’s lead pro-bono lawyers.
Tags: Gay Community, gay rights, Lead, Pro Bono LawyersReport: Mixed court views on gays in military
(Washington) Conflicting Supreme Court rulings on gay rights make it difficult to predict whether any new laws protecting gays who want to serve openly in the military would be upheld, a congressional report concludes.
The legal analysis by the Congressional Research Service comes as Democratic lawmakers push legislation to repeal the …
Tags: Congressional Report, Congressional Research Service, Democratic Lawmakers, gay rights, Gays In Military, Legislation, New Laws, Supreme Court RulingsKing and Milk to be honored
Barack Obama will give Presidential Medals of Freedom to two gay
rights icons this Wednesday.
