Tag Archives: associated press
AP: marriage equality support continues
A new national poll demonstrates once again that a majority of Americans now favor giving legal recognition to marriages between same-sex partners.
Gates could certify this month
U.S. Defense Secretary Robert Gates said Monday that he may be able to certify the military’s readiness to enact repeal of "Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell" before he retires from office June 30.
DOJ-DOMA aftermath: swell or tsunami?
Political decisions are a lot like oceanic earthquakes. First, there’s the quake, and then there’s the wave. Nobody can tell just how significant the wave is until it reaches land and, sometimes, the wave has greater impact than the earthquake;
DADT trial opens to little notice
While most people who are concerned about eliminating the military’s Don’t Ask Don’t Tell law are focused on a bill in Congress and a survey by the Pentagon, there is important action elsewhere—in a federal district court in Riverside, California.
Media asks for broadcast of Prop 8 closing
More than a dozen mainstream media news organizations petitioned the federal judge Tuesday to allow broadcast and webcast of closing arguments in the Proposition 8 lawsuit “to enhance the public’s ability to witness the parties’ respective closing arguments in this
