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Flight Attendant Union Cheers For Legal Affirmation Of Marriage Equality

WASHINGTON, June 26, 2013 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The Association of Flight Attendants-CWA (AFA) issued the following statement after the United States Supreme Court paved the way for marriage equality by declaring the Defense Against Marriage Act (DOMA) unconstitutional and striking...

All Americans Now Enjoy the Right to Marry

WASHINGTON, June 26, 2013 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Congressman Chaka Fattah (D-PA) responds following today's ruling on the Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA) and Proposition 8: "America is better and stronger when it upholds the fundamental promise on which it was built: that all are...

Heather Small to Headline Pride Glasgow 2013

GLASGOW, Scotland, June 26, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Pride Glasgow, Glasgow and the West of Scotland's LGBT Pride Festival is pleased to announce that headlining this year's festival will be soul superstar and M People lead singer Heather Small best known for hits including the huge anthem...

After Demise of DOMA, Lambda Legal Plans Swift Action in New Jersey for Marriage Equality

6/26/2013

(Trenton, June 26, 2013) â€" Today after the Supreme Court's historic decision to strike down Section 3 of the discriminatory federal Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA), Lambda Legal released the following statement from Hayley Gorenberg, Deputy Legal Director of Lambda Legal and lead attorney in the New Jersey marriage equality lawsuit.

In Historic Rulings, Court Rejects Discrimination Against Same-Sex Couples

6/26/2013

(Washington, June 26, 2013) - In two profoundly important rulings today, the U.S. Supreme Court declared Section 3 of the federal, so-called Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA) to be unconstitutional, and also found that the proponents of California's discriminatory Proposition 8 lacked legal standing to appeal a lower court ruling striking down the amendment.

National LGBT Advocacy Groups Issue Guide to Same-Sex Couples After Historic Ruling on DOMA

6/26/2013

(New York, June 26, 2013) - In the wake of the US Supreme Court's historic decision to strike down Section Three of the discriminatory Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA), 11 national LGBT advocacy organizations jointly issued a series of factsheets to provide guidance to same-sex couples and their families as they navigate accessing federal rights, benefits, and protections.

Challenge to gay adoption dismissed

The Human Rights Commission welcomes a ruling from the Court of Appeal that paves the way for gay and lesbian couples to adopt children in Northern Ireland.

Southwest Airlines Recognizes Gay Pride Month And The Airline's Ongoing Commitment To The LGBT Community

DALLAS, June 26, 2013 /PRNewswire/ --  Southwest Airlines (NYSE: LUV) proudly shows its dedication to the LGBT (Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender) community through the recognition of Gay Pride Month ...

West Hollywood celebrates high court's rulings on gay marriage

The mood was jubilant across West Hollywood, where about 40% of the population is gay or lesbian, according to city surveys. The crowd gathered early Wednesday at the Abbey, a well-known gay bar in West Hollywood. Couples sipped coffee and watched TV as they awaited word of the Supreme Court's decisions relating to same-sex marriage. There was a wedding cake and champagne under a giant, rainbow ...

Congressman Huelskamp (Very Far R-KS) vows to introduce Federal Marriage Amendment

It failed even during the most conservative part of the George W. Bush era. But this guy: Why not? Congressional time ain't gonna waste itself!

It's time for Congress to correct its heinous #DOMA error

I was waiting for this: Today, supporters of the freedom to marry in the United States Congress wasted no time in taking steps toward full and final repeal of the so-called Defense of Marriage Act, the federal law that discriminated...

Watch: Gay Men's Chorus of Washington D.C. serenades NOM's Brian Brown

Priceless video from Trevor L. Chandler:

Bryan Fischer: Supreme Court 'doing to us what the Nazis did to the Jews'

Justice Kennedy is Hitler, basically; protecting LGBT people's marriages is just like the Holocaust. So says the American Family Association's in-house liability, Bryan Fischer:

The Clintons applaud end of law that one Clinton signed

They've been there from the beginning. Now they applaud DOMA's end: "By overturning the Defense of Marriage Act, the Court recognized that discrimination towards any group holds us all back in our efforts to form a more perfect union. We...

Anti-equality lawyer: 'Today is the death of the Court's legacy'

Mat Staver would presumably like to argue again before the U.S. Supreme Court. But when he does, he will be arguing before a dead body, apparently: “Today, the United States Supreme Court has lost its legitimacy as an arbiter of...

ADF admits it treats this debate like a children's toy

Their wittle puzzle has lost its pieces. Poor dears: [Alliance Defending Freedom]

More from Maggie: Marriage equality is just a 'pretty picture' coverup

We married gay folk are just facades who can never find our way to the heterosexual community's moral pedestal. So claims Ms. Gallagher: "At the heart of the gay marriage argument is an untruth: unions of two men or women...

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