Senator Robert Menendez (D-NJ) declared his support today for the Respect for Marriage Act (RMA, S.598), a bill that would repeal the so-called federal Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA). Senator Menendez is the 32nd U.S. Senator so far to co-sponsor the RMA and joins a growing list of senators — currently totaling 12 — who [...]

At a campaign stop at a diner in New Hampshire, presidential candidate Mitt Romney made a bee-line towards a man wearing a Vietnam Veteran cap and “sidled up next to him“. Although gays have always served in the military, apparently it never occurred to Romney that a veteran might be gay and that the man [...]

These two better watch out or they are going to be ejected from the 2012 GOP Clown Car. The below may seem like small slips in the overall picture re: LGBT issues, but remember — the campaign to reach the primary finish line fraught with religious right hurdles, and the fringe has a zero-tolerance policy [...]

I am so tired of stoopid-infused hate. On Saturday, Bob Vander Plaats hosted his so-called “Thanksgiving Family Forum” along with fellow bigots The National Organization for Marriage, and CitizenLink (Focus on the Family), where we got another chance to see the GOP Clown Car act pious in front of the fringe they need to survive [...]

Just in: from the Washington Blade: A Senate committee took historic action on Thursday against the Defense of Marriage Act by approving legislation that would lift the anti-gay law from the books. The Senate Judiciary Committee reported the legislation to the floor by a vote of 10-8 along a party-line basis. Each of the 10 [...]

You can also watch at the Senate site. This statement was released today: Marriage Equality State Leaders Support DOMA Repeal HRC Releases Bipartisan Letter to Senate from Governors and Mayors in Marriage Equality States Washington – The Human Rights Campaign, the nation’s largest lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender civil rights organization, today released a letter [...]

When Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell was repealed, it freed up those in the military serving in silence to come out of the closet without being discharged. However, the ability to serve did not mean equality. Because of the Defense of Marriage Act, same-sex marriages are not recognized by the military for the purposes of equal [...]

Here’s some good news — The Respect for Marriage Act (S. 598), legislation that would repeal the discriminatory Defense of Marriage Act that was enacted in 1996 will head for markup next month, according to Senator Patrick Leahy, who serves as Chair of the Senate Judiciary Committee. (Freedom to Marry): “Thousands of loving and committed [...]

Riddle me this. What do you do when your defense of an archaic law is revealed as faulty and containing junk science? Well if you are House of Representative Speaker John Boehner, you increase the dollar amount of this defense. From Think Progress: Earlier this year, Speaker John Boehner’s (R) office announced that American taxpayers [...]

It was nice to step away from the keyboard on Sunday after doing the instant analysis of Barack Obama’s speech at the HRC National Dinner during SiriusXM’s live coverage on Saturday. I put up the transcript once it was available, and then shut off the computer to enjoy a low-humidity, mild temp, clear Sunday here [...]