George H. W. Bush Takes Sotomayor Critics to Task
June 12, 2009
The increasingly hostile invective surrounding Supreme Court nominee Sonia Sotomayor has reached new levels of silly: an old-fashioned scolding of Republicans by a former Republican President.
Continue Reading ►Extreme Rhetoric On Display At DC Marriage Hearing
June 12, 2009
As we’ve been reporting, the District of Columbia Board of Elections and Ethics met this week to discuss whether the legislation passed last month by the DC Council recognizing same-sex marriages performed out of District is the proper subject of a referendum.
Continue Reading ►DOJ DOMA Brief: HRC Response
June 12, 2009
Regarding the Department of Justice's brief in a challenge to the so-called Defense of Marriage Act, today the Human Rights Campaign released the statement below. HRC also is a signatory to a statement by a coalition of LGBT advocacy and legal organizations decrying the Obama administration's defense of DOMA.
Continue Reading ►Man Gives Shout Out to his Husband on “The Price is Right”
June 12, 2009
This isn't the usual kind of item I'd post to Back Story, but I have to admit a weakness for game shows... particularly the Price is Right. This clip shows a man named Darryl nonchalantly giving a shout out to his husband after spinning the Big Wheel in the Showcase Showdown.
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Harry Reid Reveals His Niece Is a Lesbian, Renews Call for Congress to Pass ENDA
May 16, 2013
