: ' doma'

Obama Presses Supreme Court on Gay Marriage

Obama Presses Supreme Court on Gay Marriage

By Shaun Knittel Online News Editor The Obama administration asked the Supreme Court to consider two more cases challenging the constitutionality of the Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA), on Tuesday. The U.S. Department of Justice filed [...]

Conservative LGBT Groups in Uphill Fight

Conservative LGBT Groups in Uphill Fight

The obsessive exclusion of gay couples, including military families, from the rights and responsibilities of marriage, combined with bizarre rhetoric about 'hate campaigns' and 'the homosexual rights agenda' are clear signs of desperation among social conservatives [...]

Weekly News Roll-Up August 14 – 21

Weekly News Roll-Up August 14 – 21

By Shaun Knittel Online News Editor Harvey Milk is a gay icon. In death he has been memorialized, idolized, and the mere mention of his name inspires activist ideas, commercial boycotts, and the notion that gay [...]

Weekly News Roll-Up August 8 – 13

Weekly News Roll-Up August 8 – 13

By Shaun Knittel Online News Editor At OutServe we know that the sacrifices made by gay and lesbian service members and their families are real. Unfortunately, despite the repeal of “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell,” gay and [...]

Weekly News Roll-Up July 23 – 30

Weekly News Roll-Up July 23 – 30

Chaplain quits Southern Baptists, Gay Marriage an supporter named San Francisco Archbishop, Democrats adopt gay marriage platform, DADT photographer finally able to shoot faces [...]

Weekly News Roll-Up July 1 – 6

Weekly News Roll-Up July 1 – 6

by Shaun Knittel Online News Editor  This week OutServe and Servicemembers Legal Defense Network (SLDN) announced they would combine resources to continue to serve LGBT service members and veterans. As many OutServe members could tell you, [...]

Gov’t Asks For Quick Review of Marriage Law

Gov’t Asks For Quick Review of Marriage Law

by Shaun Knittel Online News Editor The Obama administration is asking the Supreme Court to settle the legal fight over a law that denies federal benefits to married same-sex couples. Tuesday, the Justice Department asked the [...]

Weekly News Roll Up May 28 – June 1

Weekly News Roll Up May 28 – June 1

by Shaun Knittel Nearly one year after “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell” repeal, the federal Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA) continues to cause trouble for LGB service members and their families. This week, another piece of DOMA [...]

Faces of Our Families

Faces of Our Families

"These are the faces of gay and lesbian military families. Some are legally married in states that allow same-gender marriage. Some are engaged ... Some have been together for decades. Some are newlyweds ... And all [...]

McLaughlin v. United States

McLaughlin v. United States

“This case is about one thing, plain and simple ... It’s about justice for gay and lesbian service members and their families in our armed forces rendering the same military service, making the same sacrifices, and [...]

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