Schadenfreude moment of the day
May 22, 2009
Forgive me, but I'm really enjoying this little hurdle that foes of domestic partnerships in Washington state must get over:
Continue Reading ►Would Harvey Milk be Proud?
May 22, 2009
Had legendary San Francisco City Supervisor Harvey Milk lived, today would have been his 79th birthday. After serving as a Supervisor for 11 months, he was assasinated along with Mayor George Moscone in November of 1978.
Continue Reading ►Two anti-marriage bills introduced in Congress yesterday
May 22, 2009
Two bills aimed at thwarting marriage rights for same-sex couples were introduced in the U.S. House yesterday. The first, H.R.2608 is a bill to "define marriage for all legal purposes in the District of Columbia to consist of the union of one man and one woman."
Continue Reading ►Equal benefits bill for federal employees introduced in House and Senate
May 21, 2009
Yesterday, we saw the bipartisan reintroduction of the Domestic Partnership Benefits and Obligations Act (DPBO) by Representatives Tammy Baldwin (D-WI) and Ileana Ros-Lehtinen (R-FL) in the House and Senators Joe Lieberman (ID-CT) and Susan Collins (R-ME) in the Senate.
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