October 2010
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By Lisa Keen on October 29, 2010
Voters in U.S. Rep. Barney Frank’s Congressional district have been flooded in the last two days with campaign literature telling them that Frank has “rich friends,” deserves a grade of “F,” and is “reckless and arrogant.”
Posted in Election 2010, News Briefs
By Lisa Keen on October 29, 2010
Log Cabin Republican leader R. Clarke Cooper has broken his silence about at least one thing at last Tuesday’s meeting at the White House: He didn’t accept the president’s take on who was to blame for last month’s failed filibuster vote on Don’t Ask Don’t Tell.
Posted in News Briefs
By Lisa Keen on October 29, 2010
Posted in Podcast
By Lisa Keen on October 28, 2010
President Obama said Wednesday (October 27) that he doesn’t think the “disillusionment” that some in the LGBT community have for his administration thus far is “justified.”
Posted in News, Politics, White House
By Dana Rudolph on October 27, 2010
A Florida court on Wednesday, October 27, upheld a lower court ruling granting an adoption to a lesbian. The decision comes one week after Attorney General Bill McCollum said he would not appeal another case that overturned the state’s ban on adoption by gay people.
Posted in News Briefs
By Dana Rudolph on October 27, 2010
Leaders of the U.S. House’s LGBT Equality Caucus called on the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Tuesday to do more to stop suicides among LGBT youth, calling the suicides “a serious public health problem which cannot wait.”
Posted in Health, Issues, National Politics, News, Politics
By Lisa Keen on October 26, 2010
The topic in an office building adjacent to the White House Tuesday afternoon was Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell, the federal law banning openly gay people from the military.
More specifically, it was how to help a lame-duck Senate pass the measure after the November 2 mid-term elections.
Posted in News Briefs
By Chuck Colbert on October 26, 2010
There are no anti-gay initiatives or referenda on any statewide ballots November 2, but that doesn’t mean that same-sex marriages is no longer a political hot potato. Quite the contrary.
Posted in Marriage/Relationships, News
By Dana Rudolph on October 26, 2010
The U.S. Department of Education is issuing guidance to school officials today (October 26), reminding them that federal law requires schools to take action against bullying—including gender-based and sexual harassment of LGBT students.
Posted in Law, News
By Lisa Keen on October 25, 2010
For hard-core political junkies in the LGBT community, there’s a lot to worry about in the November 2 voting—and not just because there’s the possibility of Republicans taking over the U.S. House and Senate. A number of races around the country could have significant impact on both the climate and the landscape for LGBT civil rights nationally.
Posted in A closer look, Election 2010
By Dana Rudolph on October 23, 2010
Florida Attorney General Bill McCollum announced Friday that he will not challenge a September 22 state appellate court ruling that overturned Florida’s ban on adoption by gay men or lesbians. This means the 33-year-old ban has ended.
Posted in Adoption, Issues, Law, Lawsuits, State Courts
By Lisa Keen on October 22, 2010
Posted in Podcast
By Lisa Keen on October 22, 2010
Monday, December 6, at 10 a.m., the 9th Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals will hear two hours of arguments in the appeal of the decision that found California’s same-sex marriage ban in violation of the U.S. Constitution.
Posted in News Briefs
By Lisa Keen on October 21, 2010
A lawsuit over a referendum on same-sex marriage has reached the U.S. Supreme Court. And it’s not Proposition 8.
Posted in Federal Courts, Law, U.S. Supreme Court
By Lisa Keen on October 20, 2010
The 9th Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals Wednesday night stopped the enforcement of a federal district court judge’s order that the military stop enforcing “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell.”
Posted in Don't Ask Don't Tell, Federal Courts, Issues, Law, News, U.S. Circuit Courts
By Lisa Keen on October 19, 2010
A federal judge on Tuesday evening denied the federal government’s request to postpone enforcement of an injunction she issued last week to stop enforcement of “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell.”
Posted in News Briefs
By Lisa Keen on October 19, 2010
The likelihood of Democrats retaining a majority of the U.S. Senate has diminished dramatically in recent days. But the news is worse than that for the LGBT community, which has had to depend on the Democratic Party to do any of its bidding in Congress.
Posted in Campaigns, Election 2010, News, Politics, Senate
By Lisa Keen on October 19, 2010
The legal team challenging Proposition 8 in California has argued that proponents of the anti-gay measure don’t have legal standing to appeal a federal judge’s ruling last August that the initiative banning same-sex marriage is unconstitutional. But attorney Ted Boutrous, who was a leading player on the team headed up by Ted Olson and David Boies earlier this year, said the 9th Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals could rule on the merits of the case even if it finds Yes on 8 attorneys do not having standing.
Posted in News Briefs
By Lisa Keen on October 18, 2010
One word stuck out as tough, but basically Bridget Todd’s query to President Obama was delivered very respectfully: She told the president that she had voted for him based on his “alleged” commitment to equality for all Americans, gay and straight. But she now had a “question” about his commitment to Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell (DADT).
Posted in A closer look
By Dana Rudolph on October 13, 2010
Neither the Florida Department of Children and Families (DCF) nor Governor Charlie Crist will appeal a September 22 ruling that overturned the state ban on adoption by gay men or lesbians. But will state Attorney General Bill McCollum appeal on his own?
Posted in Law, Lawsuits, News, State Courts
Ginsburg on Roe: Is it a signal she’d curb a decision on marriage?
Immigration bill advances without provisions for same-sex couples
Leahy submits language to help bi-national same-sex couples
Delaware votes for marriage equality; becomes 11th state to make it the law
Rhode Island marriage law signed; Two more states could vote next week