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US Gay-Marriage Ban Under Assault, But Still Potent
By not in system - AOL NewsNEW YORK -- These are frustrating, tantalizing days for many of the same-sex couples who seized the chance to marry in recent years. The law that prohibits federal recognition of their unions in under assault in the courts. The Obama administration has repudiated it and taken piecemeal steps to weaken its effects. AP This September 2010 picture provided by the family shows Tim Smulian, left, a South African citizen, and American Edwin Blesch outside the Au Petit Poucet restaurant in Val David, Quebec, Canada. They married in 2007 in South Africa. Because of the U.S. law barring ...
Obama Signs DADT Repeal, but Nothing's Changed (Not Yet, Anyway)
By Steven Hoffer - AOL NewsPresident Barack Obama was met with a celebratory reception Wednesday as he signed the landmark repeal of the military's "don't ask, don't tell" policy that banned gays from serving openly in the military. "In the coming days, we will begin the process laid out in the law" to implement the repeal of DADT, Obama said. For now, the president noted, "the old policy remains in place." Wait, the old policy remains in place? Related Stories DADT Repeal the Latest Thing Obama Has Done for Gays DADT Repeal: What Will -- And Likely Won't -- Happen Opinion: ...
Obama Signing DADT Repeal [LIVE VIDEO]
By Steven Hoffer - AOL NewsThis morning, President Barack Obama will fulfill a campaign promise by signing a bill repealing the U.S. military's "don't ask, don't tell" policy, which prevents gays from serving openly in the armed forces. While commentators point out that it will take some time before tangible change is visible, the bill, which passed 65-31 in the Senate, is widely seen as a significant step forward for gay rights in the country. According to The Associated Press, so many Democratic and gay rights activists are expected to attend the ceremony that the White House decided to hold the signing at the ...
Manhattan Declaration iPhone App War Rages On
By Steven Hoffer - AOL News(Dec. 15) -- Creating a frenzy of social tension? There's an app for that. A heavily debated iPhone application that asks users to signal their positions on gay rights and abortion is forcing Apple into a crossfire. The Manhattan Declaration, which, according to its website, "speaks in defense of the sanctity of life, traditional marriage, and religious liberty," created an identically named app that was pulled from iTunes in November after social justice groups discovered a quiz section in the program that could only be "won" by giving "correct" answers to questions regarding gay and ...
Hillary Clinton Releases 'It Gets Better'-Style Message of Her Own [VIDEO]
By David Knowles - AOL News(Oct. 19) -- Echoing the sentiment of the "It Gets Better" anti-gay-bullying campaign, Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton today released her own videotaped message to teenagers who may be suffering from bullying and may have contemplated suicide. Clinton's address is titled "Tomorrow Will Be Better," and begins with Clinton expressing her sadness at the rash of teen suicides that have apparently resulted from school bullying. Later in her address, Clinton framed bullying as antithetical to American values. "The story of America is the story of people coming together to tear down ...
Turn Purple on October 20 -- and Show LGBT Youth It Does 'Get Better'
By Donna Trussell - Politics DailyStand up for gays on Oct. 20. Wear purple. Do it in memory of Tyler Clementi, and all the other young people we've lost. In a harsh and often hopeless world, give hope, if for no other reason than because you can. I'm no fan of silly color memes and Facebook games. I believe the amorphous thing we call "awareness" changes little in the lives of real people, and gives the public a false sense of security and satisfaction. Cancer, for instance, cannot be willed away or "awarenessed" away any more than Tinker Bell can be saved by audience members clapping. But now -- at last! -- along comes a ...
Gay Student Pres. Chris Armstrong Speaks Out About Attack Blog [VIDEO]
By Steven Hoffer - AOL News(Oct. 7) -- University of Michigan Student Assembly President Chris Armstrong, the focus of Michigan assistant attorney general Andrew Shirvell's controversial "Chris Armstrong Watch" attack blog, broke his longstanding silence on Wednesday in an interview with Anderson Cooper. Shirvell, who has since taken personal leave from his position, claimed in his blog that Armstrong, the university's first openly gay student assembly president, sought to advance a "radical homosexual agenda" as "Satan's representative on the student council." Although both Shirvell and Michigan Attorney General Mike ...
Stonewall Inn Anti-Gay Beating: What Constitutes a Hate Crime?
By Paul Wachter - AOL News(Oct. 5) -- In the early hours of Sunday morning, two presumably straight men beat up a gay man in the bathroom of the Stonewall Inn, New York's most iconic gay bar, famed for the 1969 riots against police persecution that many credit with kicking off the modern gay rights movement. As the victim, Benjamin Carver, described the incident, his two attackers were in the bathroom when Carver went to relieve himself. One said, "Don't pee next to me, f-----," and they demanded money from Carver before attacking him. Matthew Francis and Christopher Orlando were promptly arrested and have been ...
Andrew Shirvell Takes Leave of Office After Chris Armstrong Attack Blog
By Steven Hoffer - AOL News(Oct. 1) -- Andrew Shirvell, the Michigan assistant attorney general who decided to pick a fight with the University of Michigan's first openly gay student body president Chris Armstrong by launching a (formerly) anonymous, personal attack blog, has taken personal leave from his position as of Thursday, according to The Detroit News. Shirvell, whose "Chris Armstrong Watch" blog also closed to the public on Thursday (but is still available via the glorious Google Cache), generated national criticism and notoriety this week. Among the more inflammatory posts on the blog were accusations that ...
Meghan McCain and the Brand New OMG Party
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