“After careful consideration, including a review of my recommendation, the President has concluded that given a number of factors, including a documented history of discrimination, classifications based on sexual orientation should be subject to a more heightened standard of scrutiny. The President has also concluded that Section 3 of DOMA, as applied to legally married same-sex [...]
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Maine Court Slams NOM
February 21st, 2011 
Master The ongoing battle between politics and religion continues in Maine. U.S. District Court Judge D. Brock Hornby rejected arguments made by the National Organization for Marriage (NOM), which contributed about $1.9 million to a Maine hate group that helped repeal Maine’s law allowing same-sex marriage in 2009, that the reporting law was vague and overly [...]
Posted in Act Up, Marriage Rights, NH Marriage News 
Tags: Bad People, Hate Groups, Maine Gay Marriage Rights, Maine Gay Rights, NH Gay Marriage Rights 
Comments OffCivil Unions Coming to Hawaii on Wednesday
February 20th, 2011 Master Gov. Neil Abercrombie announced that he will sign the civil unions bill Wednesday at Washington Place, a day earlier than originally scheduled. The ceremony will take place at 2 p.m. Video will be streamed live at the governor’s website at http://hawaii.gov/gov. So it’s not Gay & Lesbian Marriage but starting January 1st, 2012 they are a [...]
Posted in Marriage Rights Tags: Gov Neil Abercrombie, Hawaii Civil Unions, Hawaii Gay Marriage Comments Off
