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An historic Day
Today is a true historic day! A moment when you can feel the chains of bondage breaking. The Supreme Court has ruled that Doma, the Defense of Marriage Act is dead. The Gay and Lesbian married couples cannot be denied federal rights and benefits. And Proposition 8, the hateful ballot proposition in California that went…Read more »
Waiting for the Supreme Court
Please read this Psalm as written by Rabbi Eleanor Steinman in her capacity as Executive Director of California Faith for Equality. This is a wonderful Psalm for waiting for a decision on the Supreme Court rulings on Prop 8 and DOMA. Prayer can be helpful. I urge you to add this to your daily…Read more »
Pictures from DC
If you haven’t seen my remarks, you can watch a video here.
Rally at the Supreme Court
Click on the link below to see the video and hear my speech at today’s rally at the Supreme Court as the oral arguments in the California Prop 8 case was heard. It was amazing to speak to the crowd on a cold,crisp morning. Earlier in the day I participated in a powerful interface service.…Read more »
From Ganut l’Shevach: reflections on Passover and the Supreme Court
Read my latest blog post on Reform Judaism’s blog. http://www.reformjudaism.org/blog/2013/03/24/marriage-equality-and-passover-degradation-praise Happy Passover and Chag Sameach
The Supremes Take the Cases!
Today the Supreme Court said they would take the Prop 8 case and the Windsor DOMA Case! A decision will come this June one way or the other. This is an important day for civil rights and human rights in our country. This isn’t just about whether gay men and lesbians can legally marry…Read more »
DOMA TRASHED AGAIN
By JOSH GERSTEIN |2/22/12 5:03 PM EST Another federal judge has found unconstitutional a key part of the Defense of Marriage Act, the federal law which forbids providing federal government benefits to same-sex spouses. U.S. District Court Judge Jeffrey White, who sits in San Francisco and was appointed to the bench by President George W.…Read more »
Call the Judiciary Committee members
Time to make a few calls. Call your Senator. On Thursday the Senate Judiciary committee will hold its hearing on the Respect for Marriage Act that would assign DOMA-to the trash heap. These hearings in our Capitol are vitally important. It will put on the record in the Senate, the stories of the gay couples…Read more »
Law Firm Caves but Clement continues
Here’s a DOMA update and flash–the law firm hired by Speaker Boehner to defend the Defense of Marriage Act in the increasing number of federal court cases challenging this unjust law has withdrawn. King and Spalding that I wrote about several day’s ago based in Atlanta that has an entire page of its website…Read more »