Senators Include Protections for Bi-National Lesbian and Gay Families in Immigration Reform Proposal
April 29, 2010
Today, Senators Reid (D-NV), Schumer (D-NY) and Menendez (D-NJ) began circulating a draft proposal for immigration reform which includes a provision to allow U.S. citizens and legal residents to sponsor their same-sex partners for residency. The provision suggests eliminating “discrimination in the immigration laws by permitting permanent partners of United States citizens and lawful permanent residents to obtain lawful permanent resident status.”
Continue Reading ►Advocates Defeat Proposed Louisiana Adoption Ban
April 29, 2010
Yesterday, Louisiana LGBT advocates successfully defeated a bill which would have made adoption more challenging for same-sex couples. In response to the 5th Circuit Court of Appeals ruling that a legally adopted child’s two fathers must be listed on the birth certificate, Louisiana State Senator B.L. Shaw proposed a bill to attempt to circumvent the decision.
Continue Reading ►Active Duty Chaplain Shares “Stories from the Frontlines” in Letter to Obama on DADT
April 29, 2010
Coming on the heels of yesterday's announcement of broad support from religious organizations for the repeal of DADT, today's letter comes from a member of the clergy who is being directly impacted by this discriminatory law. SLDN has confirmed the authenticity of this author's identity as an active-duty military chaplain who has just returned from a 15-month deployment in Iraq. Because of his active status, he is currently unable to reveal his identity to the public:
Continue Reading ►Supreme Court Expresses Skepticism of Anti-LGBT Group’s Anonymity Claims
April 28, 2010
Today, the U.S. Supreme Court heard oral arguments in Doe v. Reed, a case that arose out of the Referendum 71 fight in Washington last fall where opponents of equality were ultimately unsuccessful in rolling back the state’s “everything but marriage” domestic partnership law at the ballot box. The anti-LGBT group that proposed the referendum sued to hide the names of the petition signers responsible for qualifying the measure for the ballot.
Continue Reading ►LGBT Provision Amended to Senate Foreign Relations Bill
April 28, 2010
Yesterday, the Senate Foreign Relations Committee accepted an amendment to the Foreign Relations Authorization Act (S. 2971) that will help the State Department address LGBT human rights concerns abroad. The amendment passed on a 12-7 roll call vote, with all Democrats and Republican Senator Bob Corker (R-TN) voting in its favor. HRC supported this amendment and urged Committee members to vote in its favor.
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