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N.J. lawmakers introduce same-sex marriage bill
While marriage advocates are optimistic, New Jersey Guv. Chris Christie is likely to veto the bill. (Photo by Walter Burns via Wikimedia Commons) One day before the New Jersey Legislature is sworn in...
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More pressure on Obama to bar workplace discrimination
Supporters of an executive order barring discrimination against LGBT federal workers were buoyed this week by the results of a new poll showing that 73 percent of Americans support such a measure....
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Latino civil rights group endorses ENDA exec order
An organization known as the “law firm for the Latino community” has become the first non-LGBT civil rights group to announce support for an executive order that would require federal contractors to...
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110 House lawmakers call for ENDA executive order
Reps. Lois Capps and Frank Pallone (right) are among the 110 House Democrats calling on Obama to issue an ENDA executive order (Blade photo by Michael Key) A total of 110 U.S. House members have signed...
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Obama pressured to omit religious exemption in LGBT order
President Barack Obama is being pressured to leave out a religious exemption in his upcoming LGBT executive order. (Washington Blade photo by Michael Key) A growing number of voices are calling on...
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62 lawmakers blast anti-gay DOJ filing in bicameral letter
Rep. David Cicilline (D-R.I.) is leading 62 congressional Democrats in objecting to an anti-gay DOJ filing. (Washington Blade file photo by Michael Key) A group of 62 Democrats from both chambers of...
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Cannabis Culture
Congress holds hearing on ‘cannabis policies for new decade’ Members of the House Energy and Commerce Committee, Subcommittee on Health last week held a legislative hearing, “Cannabis Policies for the...
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Members of Congress meet with transgender activist in Japan
A group of U.S. lawmakers last month met with a prominent transgender activist in Japan while they were in the country. U.S. Reps. Mark Takano (D-Calif.), Maxwell Alejandro Frost (D-Fla.), Alexandria...
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