Monthly Archives: June 2012

Roberts leads decision to uphold health reform law

In a dramatic move with significant political and economic implications, a majority of the U.S. Supreme Court on Thursday (June 28) voted to uphold President Obama’s landmark health care reform law.

ENDA: Now, it’s all about religion

Opposition to ENDA –the Employment Non-Discrimination Act-- was all about the bathrooms in the last Congressional session. This time around, it’s about religion. National Religious Broadcasters Association spokesman Craig Parshall told the Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor & Pensions Tuesday

LGBT gold rush to Obama: Racing against the tie

President Obama has been greeted with thunderous ovations and thousands of dollars in LGBT contributions since his May 9 announcement that he supports allowing same-sex couples to marry.

Another federal court strikes DOMA

For the second time in a week, a federal court has declared the core section of the Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA) to be unconstitutional. Judge Barbara Jones of

Ninth Circuit refuses full court review; Prop 8 headed to Supreme Court

A glimmer of politics showed through Tuesday (June 5) when the full 9th Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals declined a request from supporters of California’s ban on same-sex marriage to review a circuit panel’s decision that Proposition 8 is unconstitutional.