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President Biden to sign LGBT executive order Day One

President Biden has plans to sign an executive order during his first day in office to ensure that the U.S. Supreme Court's decision on Title VII is preserved.

2013: The movement’s most successful year

Even before the year began, everyone knew what the big news story for 2013 would be. In December 2012, the U.S. Supreme Court agreed to hear two high-profile cases testing the right of the federal government to treat same-sex married

Inaugural pastors now more moderate

The Presidential Inaugural Committee has invited a moderate Methodist minister to deliver the sermon and the inaugural’s National Prayer Service Tuesday, January 22. The Committee announced Friday (January 18) that it has invited Rev. Adam Hamilton, senior pastor of the United

Inaugural names gay “citizen co-chair”

The Presidential Inauguration Committee announced Thursday (January 17) that an openly gay veteran of the Air Force will be among the eight “Citizen Co-Chairs” for President Obama’s second inaugural ceremony.

Pastor withdraws from inaugural stage

It was almost déjà vu all over again. To deliver the benediction at his second inauguration January 21, President Obama chose a pastor who had called homosexuality “probably the greatest addiction” and said marriage between same-sex partners is “absolutely undermining the