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Minus Gay Inc. White Privilege Delusions: Is Obama Wrong To Appeal DOMA and Don’t Ask Don’t Tell?

We found ourselves at an interesting crossroads last week when we heard that the Department Of Justice (DOJ) was appealing both DOMA and Don’t Ask Don’t Tell. Like, is this cat serious? Is he really doing this, after all the fighting we’ve done on his behalf? Is he really betraying us like this? Of course [...]

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Monday October 18th, 2010 in , , , , , , , , | 34 Comments »

DOJ Files Motion Requesting Stay of DADT Injunction; Read It Here

From Polyglot: This afternoon, two days after U.S. District Court Judge Virginia Phillips issued an injunction halting all enforcement of the military’s “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell” policy, the U.S. Department of Justice filed a request that Phillips stay her order in Log Cabin Republicans v. United Statespending an appeal of the case to the U.S. [...]

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Thursday October 14th, 2010 in , , , , , , | 4 Comments »

DADT Discharges Halted

By The Rachel Maddow Show Thu Oct 14, 2010 3:50 PM EDT The Justice Department has begun the process of appealing the ruling that Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell is unconstitutional. NBC’s Pete Williams reports that Obama administration lawyers have asked for a stay of the permanent injunction. “The Government intends to appeal the Court’s decision. [...]

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Thursday October 14th, 2010 in , , , , , , , , | No Comments »

DOMA And DADT: A Legal Analysis On Latest Haps

From SDGLN.com: “May you live in interesting times” is as much a curse as a warning. Turbulence, upheaval and revolution – these lead to difficult lives, implies the supposedly Chinese curse. But they are also the defining characteristics of great social change. There are protests and arrests, laws passed and challenged, pickets and bullhorns, hate [...]

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Wednesday October 13th, 2010 in , , , , , , , , , | No Comments »

DOJ Files Against Massachusetts Gay Marriage Ruling

From Reuters: The Obama administration on Tuesday decided to appeal a judge’s ruling that prevented the U.S. government from banning same-sex marriages. The Obama administration filed a notice of appeal with the U.S. District Court for the District of Massachusetts in support of the 1996 Defense of Marriage Act that barred gay marriages, even though [...]

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Tuesday October 12th, 2010 in , , , , | 2 Comments »

Washington Judge Says DADT Dismissal Of Lesbian Soldier Unconstitutional

From ABC News:  A federal judge in Washington state ruled Friday that the military discharge of a decorated Air Force officer because she is gay violated her constitutional rights and that she must be given her job back as soon as possible. Maj. Margaret Witt was discharged in 2004 under the Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell policy [...]

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Friday September 24th, 2010 in , , , , , | No Comments »

Oscar Grant Case To Get Justice Department Investigation, May Prosecute

[videofile] [/videofile] Earlier this evening we posted Oscar Grant Verdict Guilty: Manslaughter For Oakland Cop Johannes Mehserle. Officer Mehserle was found guilty today of involuntary manslaughter. The verdict incited a massive outcry of injustice across the state. Here’s the latest breaking developments: The U.S. Department of Justice will conduct an independent review of the Johannes [...]

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Thursday July 8th, 2010 in , , , | 3 Comments »