Stephanie Coontz writes in The Washington Post: “Opponents of same-sex marriage worry that allowing two men or two women to wed would radically transform a time-honored institution. But they’re way too late on that front. Marriage has already been radica…
Jerry Markon reports in The Washington Post: “A federal appeals court in California on Tuesday took the unusual step of asking a state court to decide a key legal question before it considers whether the state’s ban on same-sex marriage violates the U.S.…
The repeal of DADT is not just a victory for LGBT service-members and their families, or even for Americans and our quest to seek justice and freedom for all. It is also a victory for the women’s movement, because furthering the conversation about LGBTQ sexual preferences also serves to break down traditional gender identities, which can be barriers to advancing female quests for equality.
The Senate’s vote today to repeal the military’s unjust Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell policy is a landmark victory that ends the 17-year policy of discrimination against lesbians and gay men in the military and moves our nation one step closer to realizing the promise of equality.
The Associated Press (with Pauline Jelinek and Anne Gearan contributing) reports: “Directly challenging the Pentagon’s top leadership, Arizona Republican Sen. John McCain on Thursday snubbed a military study on gays as flawed and said letting gays serve…
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