Politics

WASHINGTON (AP) — Gay and lesbian couples will soon be able to marry in Washington, but the debate over same-sex marriage has sounded different here, with references to interracial marriage and Martin Luther King. Over the past year, both sides have courted the support of Washington’s black community, a majority of the city’s 600,000 residents

WASHINGTON (AP) — Defense Secretary Robert Gates says a study on allowing gays to serve openly in the military must involve troops without ensnaring them in the political debate. In a memo outlining the parameters of the upcoming study, Gates says that "given the political dimension of this issue" that it is important to, in

  Court documents, released this week, detail Equality California’s participation in the campaign to block CA Prop 8 from succeeding with voters in 2008. The document is the declaration of Geoff Kors, Executive Director of EQCA. Not surprisingly, the document paints a fairly scattered approach to the Prop 8 effort, with an umbrella group, Equality

It just doesn’t matter anymore. Truth and study and fact finding, it’s all out the door. Another military officer stood before Congress today and moaned about "possible" ramifications of repealing Don’t Ask Don’t Tell. Gen. James Conway, the Marine Corps commandant, considered to be the most resistant among service chiefs, whined about unit cohesion and

What does it take to make an impression on Washington politicians, particularly Democrats? As we’ve seen, after all the celebration over the election of Barack Obama, we’ve witnessed disappointment after disappointment. The troops weren’t called home, as he promised, DADT has not been repealed, as he promised, equal rights for LGBT Americans is not in

  It’s difficult for the truth to be victorious these days. The truth can present itself, stand tall and proud and provide stacks of evidentiary support, but as far as turning the tide in order to bring about evolution in government, truth doesn’t appear to be a deciding factor. Aside from same sex marriage and

According to John Henning, executive director of Love Honor Cherish, the signature gathering efforts underway to get a measure on the ballot in 2010 to repeal California’s Prop 8 is struggling to meet their goals. Signature gathering began in mid November of last year. In order to qualify for a ballot measure, signatures must be

Among new legislation introduced this week in California is Assembly Bill 2199. Apparently, for the last 43 years there has been a section of the California Welfare and Institutions Code which requires the Dept Of Mental Health to "plan, conduct and cause to be conducted scientific research into the causes and cures of sexual deviation,