EQUALITY IN THE COURTS: Judicial Empathy and Equal Protection
July 9, 2009
Much has been made of President Obama's remark on the campaign trail that one of the criteria by which he would select a Supreme Court nominee would be whether he or she had “the empathy to recognize what it’s like to be a young, teenaged mom; the empathy to understand what it's like to be poor or African-American or gay or disabled or old.”
Continue Reading ►Rep. Patrick Murphy on Rachel Maddow
July 9, 2009
After appearing at our press conference earlier in the day, Rep. Patrick Murphy spoke to Rachel Maddow on MSNBC last night about his leadership on repealing Don't Ask, Don't Tell. Learn more about HRC's "Voices of Honor" tour.
Continue Reading ►American Airlines Presses Business Case for Equal Fed. Employee Benefits
July 8, 2009
She accompanied one of American’s top human resource executives, Carolyn Wright, to Washington, D.C., today as she testified [pdf] on behalf of American Airlines at a Congressional hearing considering the Domestic Partnership Benefits and Obligations Act of 2009.
Continue Reading ►Mass. AG Challenges Federal DOMA
July 8, 2009
Today the Commonwealth of Massachusetts filed a federal challenge to Section 3 the Defense of Marriage Act (“DOMA”) as applied to Massachusetts citizens who are legally married (read HRC’s press release).
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