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| | Gay rights timeline - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia |
 | | Norway enacts civil union laws that grant same-sex couples the same rights as married couples, except for the right to adopt or marry in a church. | | | 1963 in gay rights - Israel decriminalizes de-facto sodomy and sexual acts between men by judicial decision against the enforcement of the relevant section in the old British-mandate law from 1936 (which in fact was never enforced). | | | South Africa's Supreme Court ruled that it was illegal, under the country's constitution, to ban gay marriages. |
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| | Forum: Gay as a civil right ajc.com |
| | The rights belonging to an individual by virtue of citizenship, especially the fundamental freedoms and privileges guaranteed by the 13th and 14th Amendments to the U.S. Constitution and by subsequent acts of Congress, including civil liberties, due process, equal protection of the laws, and freedom from discrimination. | | | In the 1960s, black leaders were fighting for the 14th amendment's guarantees of "equal protection of the laws," and the gay rights movement is fighting for the same thing. | | | People opposed to the idea of gay people getting married focus on everything but the federal or state rights that are conferred by marriage. |
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| | Gay Rights: Overview |
| | In a landmark 2003 decision striking down anti-sodomy laws, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that gays and lesbians have a right to sexual privacy and are "entitled to respect for their private lives." That may undercut the basis for many laws that limit the rights of gays in adoption, child custody and workplace discrimination. | | | The 1978 shooting death of San Francisco official Harvey Milk, the first openly gay man elected to office in any large city, and the relatively light five-year sentence for his killer added impetus to the movement. | | | In the U.S., the pattern has been for state courts to question why same-sex couples canât get married, forcing state officials to come up with a plan to accommodate them. |
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| | The Vermont Supreme Court had ruled in December that gay and lesbian couples denied the right to marry were suffering from unconstitutional discrimination. | | | Adoption: 19 states allow gay and lesbian couples to adopt children in a complex and expensive two-step process, in which one parent first adopts and then the second can petition for joint rights. | | | In June 2000, the Supreme Court let stand a New Jersey ruling that allowed the Boy Scouts to ban gay scoutmasters. |
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| | Dennis Kucinich on LGBTQ Rights |
| | The decision by the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court to recognize and uphold this civil right is a victory not just for gay and lesbian citizens who have been denied their civil rights and relegated to second-class status. | | | The Republican Administration is promoting a Constitutional Amendment that would deny Americans the rights that the state of Massachusetts has granted. | | | Only a year later, Congress enacted and the President signed an historic Voting Rights Act that expanded non-discrimination at the ballot box. |
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| | CBC News Indepth: SAME-SEX Rights |
| | The draft legislation would also recognize the rights of religious groups to "sanctify marriage as they see fit." The decision meant the federal government would not appeal lower court rulings that same-sex couples had the same right to marry as opposite-sex couples. | | | After being passed by the Senate, the same-sex marriage legislation received royal assent as Chief Justice Beverley McLachlin, acting in her role as deputy governor general, signed it into law. | | | The decision means that same-sex marriages performed in eight provinces and one territory are legal and must be recognized. |
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| | The Colorado Supreme Court declared Amendment 2 unconstitutional in 1994. | | | The Supreme Court delivered a significant civil rights breakthrough in Romer v. | | | With the radical extremists playing election year politics with the lives of lesbians and gay men, the Supreme Court will likely bear the brunt of making final decisions, and NOW will continue to take action for equality for all people. |
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| | Approval of the amendment by the voters would not prevent same& couples from pursuing their lifestyles, but would only ensure that the union of same& couples is not sanctioned by the state. | | | In my opinion, by hiding who they are - they not only hinder the gay rights movement, but sting themselves and their dignity. | | | Even though this is a private school, I do understand they have the 'right' to make their own policies. |
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| | Milestones in the Gay Rights Movement |
| | Many large cities included sexual orientation in their civil rights statutes, as did Wisconsin and Massachusetts, first among the states to do so....[In 1975] the Civil Service Commission eliminated the ban on the employment of homosexuals in most federal jobs. | | | In the 1960s, influenced by the model of a militant black civil rights movement, the “homophile movement,&; as the participants dubbed it, became more visible. | | | Activists, such as Franklin Kameny and Barbara Gittings, picketed government agencies in Washington to protest discriminatory employment policies. |
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| | Gay Rights - Same Sex - Gay - Homosexual - Lesbian - Marriage - Partnerships - Recognition - Civil - Ceremony - LegalDay |
| | Gay Rights Supreme Ct rules that sexual relations are private, states cannot intervene through laws banning particular acts, such as sodomy NY Times, Gay marriage will be next debate 27.06.03 Washington Post, Excerpts of Decision, Decision Lawrence v. | | | Gay Rights Campaigners are having to debate the message of the election, with 11 states voting for constitutional amendment banning gay marriage, should movement modify aspirations? | | | Gay Marriage 800 same-sex marriages in a day as San Fransisco couples queue in hundreds to beat expected injunction, judge orders law to be enforced, even if unconstitutional, until appeal hearing 17.02.04 LA Times |
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| | Gay Rights and the Constitution |
| | In 1996, the Supreme Court again considered gay rights issues in Romer v Evans, a challenge to a provision in the Colorado Constitution (adopted by a 54% to 46% vote) that prohibited the state or its subdivisions from adopting any laws that gave preferred or protected status to homosexuals. | | | Two Supreme Court decisions involving gay rights, one decade apart, have left a lot of people wondering just where the law now stands with respect to the right to engage in homosexual conduct. | | | Justice Kennedy's opinion concluded Amendment 2 was "born of animosity" toward gays. |
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http://www.law.umkc.edu/faculty/projects/ftrials/conlaw/gayrights.htm
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| | Houston Voice Online |
| | John Roberts nominated for a lifetime appointment to the Supreme Court, once argued against such appointments for federal judges. | | | CARLSON: All right, the SCOTUS situation may not be as black and white as it first appeared. | | | In that case, the Supreme Court ruled 6-3 that the state of Colorado could not create laws with the sole intention of discriminating against gay men and lesbians. |
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| | The American Gay Rights Movement: A Timeline |
| | In November, the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court ruled that barring gays and lesbians from marrying violates the state constitution. | | | The Massachusetts Chief Justice concluded that to “deny the protections, benefits, and obligations conferred by civil marriage&; to gay couples was unconstitutional because it denied “the dignity and equality of all individuals” and made them “second-class citizens.” Strong opposition followed the ruling. | | | , the Supreme Court strikes down Colorado's Amendment 2, which denied gays and lesbians protections against discrimination, calling them “special rights.” According to Justice Anthony Kennedy, “We find nothing special in the protections Amendment 2 withholds. |
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| | Human Rights Watch - Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Trangender Human Rights |
| | New arrests of gay men in Lucknow, India—the scene of a case in 2001 that drew worldwide protests—show that India’s colonial-era sodomy law continues to threaten human rights and encourage the spread of HIV, Human Rights Watch said today in a letter to Prime Minister Dr. Manmohan Singh. | | | Letter to the Minister of Justice of Cameroon | | | Iran’s execution of a juvenile offender last week violated international law, Human Rights Watch said today in letters to the president and head of the judiciary. |
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| | Unfortunately for South African same-sex couples, the ruling gives the Parliment a year to change the law to comply (though the couples will be able to marry in 12 months whether the Parliment adjusts the law or not). | | | If a judge (who are all popularly elected in Texas) were to overturn the lower law of Texas prohibiting marriage between same-sex couples, I'm not sure this amendment could stop them. | | | The South African Constitutional Court has ruled that the government must allow same-sex couples to marry. |
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| | The Gay & Lesbian Rights Lobby |
| | It is not having gay and lesbian parents that disadvantage a child, it is our Government’s discriminatory laws. | | | Jenni Millbank Special Advisor to Watts McCray Lawyers and Associate Professor of Law at the University of Sydney will be answering your questions regarding relationship rights and the law. | | | Jenni Millbank, Special Advisor to Watts McCray Lawyers and Associate Professor of Law at the University of Sydney, answers your questions. |
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| | USATODAY.com |
| | Opposes gay marriage; would support a constitutional amendment against it if judges "insist on forcing their arbitrary will" in favor of gay marriage. | | | Abortion • Death penalty • Economy/taxes • Education • Gay rights |
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| | "Judicial activism and "homosexual sodomy."" |
| | In 1986 the Supreme Court heard the case of Bowers v. | | | Hardwick, a bare 5-4 majority opined that the practice of "homosexual sodomy" was not a "fundamental right." So Georgia's law was upheld. | | | The U. Supreme Court declared it unconstitutional [7]. |
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| | Townhall.com :: Columns :: Gay marriage 'rights' by Thomas Sowell - Dec 31, 2004 |
| | In all the states where gay marriage was on the ballot this year, the voters voted against it -- as they should have. | | | But this is the antithesis of equal rights. | | | Nathan Gonzales is political editor of The Rothenberg Political Report, a non-partisan newsletter that handicaps U.S. House, Senate, and gubernatorial elections. |
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| | Gay Rights starter ItsYourTimes.com |
| | It is interesting that your comment mentioned being pleased with the American government responding to the "will of the majority." In the 1960s, the "will of the majority" was against interracial marriage. | | | Our neightbors to the North have already sanctioned gay marriage, as have other allies in Europe and even a couple of our states. | | | Society ordains slavery (indentured servitude?) in the case of the military. |
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| | Gay right - The Stranger - Home |
| | Gay rights row leaves EU in crisis David Gow in Strasbourg Thursday October 28, 2004 The Guardian Lesbian and Gay Employment Rights Organisation | | | Pressured by Evangelical Minister, Microsoft Withdraws Support for Civil Rights Bill BY SANDEEP KAUSHIK | | | Ebony: Is gay rights a civil rights issue? |
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| | He has a five-inch cut on his right cheek, a hole in the center of his back, where a bullet barely missed his spine, and a black right eye. | | | This morning, Governor Kulongoski will sign an executive order to create the first "Anti-Discrimination Task Force" in Oregon. | | | Armstrong said Whittington was mostly injured on his right side, with the pellets hitting his cheek, neck and chest, and was taken to the hospital by ambulance. |
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| | Welcome to the Center for Lesbian and Gay Civil Rights |
| | We need you to contact your state representative and senator and ask them to oppose these amendments – HB 2381 in the House and SB 1084 in the Senate. | | | Contact your state Senator and ask them to support SB 912. | | | The Values All Families Coalition including the Center for Lesbian and Gay Civil Rights and the ACLU of Pennsylvania, as well as State Representative Steve Stetler from York, and State Representative James Roebuck from Philadelphia spoke against the proposed constitutional amendment on marriage at a January 24, 2006 press conference at the capitol in Harrisburg. |
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| | 1950 in gay rights |
| | rights minors rights parents rights renters rights resale rights animal rights rights regarding cosigners victims rights voting rights womens rights individual rights human rights childrens rights | | | Human Rights Unit Responsibilities are the Human Rights Act 1998, which incorporates into UK law rights and freedoms guaranteed by the European Convention on Human Rights, and various other Human Rights Treaties. | | | Serendipity: Human Rights Sections on jury nullification, genocide, East Timor, mass starvation of Germans (1945-1950), political prisoners in America, The War on Drugs, civil asset forfeiture, and privacy. |
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| | Gay rights - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia |
| | Where You Can Marry: Global Summary of Registered Partnership, Domestic Partnership, and Marriage Laws, IGLHRC (November 2003) | | | The NGLTF and the Human Rights Campaign became major national organizations. | | | Gallagher, John and Chris Bull, Perfect Enemies: The Religious Right, the Gay Movement, and the Politics of the 1990s, 1996, Crown, 300 pp. |
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| | BBC News UK POLITICS Tories relax stance on gay rights |
| | Currently the rights enjoyed by married couples, such as the automatic right of inheritance in the event of a spouse dying or the right of succession to certain tenancies and to pension funds, are denied to non-married couples. | | | Politicians should not pontificate on morality, argued Mr Letwin, who said his proposals were for practical, not moral reasons. | | | The bill, proposed by Liberal Democrat peer Lord Lester and backed by gay rights group Stonewall, would see the establishment of "civil partnerships", provides for the registration of the partnership and sets out the ensuing legal consequences. |
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| | American Civil Liberties Union : Lesbian Gay Rights |
| | The Lesbian and Gay Rights Project fights discrimination and moves public opinion on LGBT rights through the courts, legislatures and public education. | | | AK Supreme Court Rules Lesbian and Gay State Employees Must Get Benefits | | | KS Supreme Court Reverses Conviction of Unfairly Punished Gay Teen |
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| | How America's gay rights establishment is failing gay Iranians |
| | Their victories may have been mostly symbolic, but protesters can also plausibly claim credit for having raised awareness of the issue to the point where Congress imposed sanctions on South Africa over the veto of President Reagan. | | | Last month, when Iran's hardline President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad came to New York to visit the United Nations, he was greeted by thousands of Iranian protesters from the United States and overseas. | | | The moral argument is that Americans are in no position to criticize Iranians on human rights--that it would be wrong to campaign too loudly against Iranian abuses when the United States has so many problems of its own. |
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| | The National Gay and Lesbian Task Force |
| | January 31 – National Gay and Lesbian Task Force: Gang of 14 filibuster deal gets Alito through to Supreme Court seat | | | January 30 – National Gay and Lesbian Task Force applauds senators' call for filibuster; urges Senate to reject Samuel Alito nomination | | | Hispanic and Latino Same-Sex Couple Households in the United States: A Report from the 2000 Census |
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| | GLAAD: Fair, Accurate and Inclusive Representation |
| | Maryland Senate candidate and former NAACP President Kweisi Mfume said he supports marriage for gays and lesbians. | | | Maryland judge rules that state cannot exclude gay, lesbian couples from marriage. | | | It took 30 years, but sexual orientation is now included among civil rights protections in the state of Washington thanks to passage of the Anderson-Murray Anti-Discrimination Bill. |
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| | BBC NEWS UK UK Politics New rights for gay couples |
| | Have rights to claim for partners' death under the Criminal Injuries Compensation Scheme. | | | Gay and lesbian couples will be awarded the same legal rights as married couples under plans outlined by the government. | | | Ben Summerskill, chief executive of gay rights group Stonewall, said he was delighted with the plans, which were "long overdue". |
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| | Take Action: Support Marriage Equality for ALL! |
| | But we need your help to fight efforts to deny marriage rights to same-sex couples, including any Constitutional amendment. | | | I believe that marriage and other civil rights protections are essential to making all families safer and more secure. | | | Gay, straight, married, single...we need everyone who believes in marriage equality to stand up NOW. |
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| | Blagojevich Signs Gay Rights Bill |
| | With only 2 days left in the 2003—2004 session of the Illinois General Assembly, lawmakers on January 11 sent a gay rights bill to Governor Rod Blagojevich, which, when signed, became Public Act 93-3178. | | | Now, with Blagojevich’s signature, Illinois became the 15th state in the nation to extend its human rights law to offer equal protection for its gay and lesbian citizens. | | | The new law adds sexual orientation to the classes of people protected by the state’s Human Rights Act. |
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| | Malta Gay Rights Movement - |
| | MGRM members have the right to democratically participate in shaping the organisation’s short and long-term work and to become directly involved in it, through voting and/or through contestation of the elections. | | | She died for her right to wear men's clothing. | | | During the AGM various important matters will be dealt, including giving an account of what was achieved in the year 2005, as well as the election of a new Committee for the year 2006. |
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| | When government permission is granted, the marriage constitutes a legal, binding contract, with terms that vary over time and with the location of residence. | | | Is such marriage a basic human right or an abomination that should never be sanctioned? | | | Today, of course, government decides if a couple is even permitted to marry through a licensing process. |
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| | gay_rights - Community Info |
| | Differences of opinions are respected but must be expressed civily. | | | This community is closed and requires approval by moderator to join. | | | You may leave the community at any time. |
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| | Irish Bishop backs gay rights Headlines News Gay.com UK |
| | A senior Catholic bishop has gone against the Pope's recent comments, and backed equal rights for lesbian and gay couples. | | | Dr Walsh's comments will anger other senior members of the Catholic church, who have repeatedly called for a block on laws giving lesbian and gay people equal rights. | | | Dr Willie Walsh, Bishop of Killaloe in Ireland, said that, while he has "difficulty" with same-sex marriage, he does not see any problem with civil unions that are similar to the Civil Partnership bill currently being debated for the UK. |
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| | NYT: Microsoft faces new criticism on gay rights position - Apr. 22, 2005 |
| | Gay rights advocates denounced Microsoft, which had supported the bill for the last two years, for abandoning their cause, the report said. | | | The bill, or similar versions of it, has been introduced repeatedly over three decades; it failed by one vote Thursday in the State Senate. | | | Microsoft officials denied any connection between their decision not to endorse the bill and the church's opposition, although they acknowledged meeting twice with the church minister, Ken Hutcherson, the Times reported. |
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| | Technorati Tag: gay |
| | According to this article, Arnold Schwarzenegger is in hot water with the Republicans over his chief of staff, LGBT activist Susan Kennedy. | | | This one from the Rear End Collison movie, and a mighty fine Gay Men Fisting Gallery. | | | Become a member to save searches in a Watchlist. |
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| | GAY.COM UK & Ireland |
| | Presenter: "Gay men unfit to be political leaders" | | | Pressure is growing on TV presenter Lowri Turner after she claimed gay men were not fit to be in politics. | | | Become a member for free and find what you're looking for. |
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| | Politics1 - Gay Rights & Same-Sex Marriage Research Links |
| | American Family Association - Christian Anti-Gay Rights Organization | | | Campaign for Working Families - Christian Anti-Gay Rights PAC | | | Abiding Truth Ministries: Defending the Family - Christian Anti-Gay Rights Organization |
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| | Founded to fill the gap between the international human rights movement and the gay rights movement, neither of which fully addressed human rights violations against sexual minorities. | | | International Gay and Lesbian Human Rights Commission (IGLHRC) | | | A report of ILGA-Europe, the European Region of the International Lesbian and Gay Association |
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| | he is for same-sex marriage rights, please donate | | | I will only change, or add it, if I can confirm it. | | | I have obtained this information from reputable sources like Gay Newspapers and National Gay Organizations Etc. Newspapers and organizations do make mistakes, and so do I. Please let me know if you find something incorrect or if you have something to add. |
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| | Lawyers for Penn State women's basketball coach Rene Portland have filed a motion to dismiss an anti-lesbian bias suit against her. | | | You are seeing this message because you are using an older or unsupported browser, or because your browser does not recognize stylesheets. | | | Gay.com - Gay chat, personals, news, information and more! |
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| | The local group falls under the governance of the Board. | | | Delaware's Lesbian, Gay and Bisexual (LGB) community now has an identified organization willing to take a stand on the issue of civil rights for lesbians and gays. | | | The project is patterned after the National ACLU Lesbian and Gay project. |
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| | Gay and Lesbian Humanist Association – Home Page |
| | GALHA provides a voice for the many non-religious in the lesbian and gay community in the United Kingdom and elsewhere and promotes a rational humanist approach to homosexuality and to lesbian, gay and bisexual rights as human rights. | | | If you support the humanist outlook and are lesbian, gay or bisexual, or simply want to give your moral or financial support, why not JOIN GALHA and help promote the humanist outlook and gay and lesbian rights as human rights. | | | Gay and Lesbian Humanist Association – Home Page |
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