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President Joe Biden signs Respect for Marriage Act into law at the White House

Excerpt: With the stroke of a pen, the discriminatory "Defense of Marriage" Act from the 1990s was finally repealed and the right wing Supreme Court put on notice that this country won't stand for the overturning the landmark Obergefell decision. 
Published at:5:05 PM on Tuesday, December 13th, 2022
Written by:Andrew Villeneuve
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Respect for Marriage Act wins final passage in the U.S. Senate; returns to U.S. House

Excerpt: “Nobody should face the gut-wrenching pit in their stomach with the possibility that some politically motivated Supreme Court justices might suddenly tell them that their marriage is no longer recognized," said Senator Jeff Merkley of Oregon.
Published at:7:19 PM on Tuesday, November 29th, 2022
Written by:Andrew Villeneuve
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Respect for Marriage Act wins Senate cloture vote: Marriage equality will soon be codified!

Excerpt: On a bipartisan vote of 62-37, the Senate voted to invoke cloture on the Respect for Marriage Act (H.R. 8404), which would send a powerful message to the Roberts/Alito Court that the executive and legislative branches of the United States federal government do not want the Obergefell decision overturned, and finally codify marriage equality into federal law. 
Published at:2:22 PM on Wednesday, November 16th, 2022
Written by:Andrew Villeneuve
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McMorris Rodgers, Herrera Beutler vote against marriage equality in U.S. House

Excerpt: In a bipartisan 267-157 vote, the U.S. House of Representatives on July 19th approved legislation that would codify same-sex marriage into federal law as well as repeal the 1996 Defense of Marriage Act.
Published at:6:24 PM on Tuesday, July 19th, 2022
Written by:Joel Connelly
Categories:Civil Liberties, Policy Topics
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FREEDOM WINS!!! U.S. Supreme Court makes marriage equality law of the land nationwide

Excerpt: This morn­ing, in a his­toric and ground­break­ing deci­sion, the Unit­ed States Supreme Court ruled 5–4 that states may not pro­hib­it cou­ples from mar­ry­ing on the basis of their sex­u­al ori­en­ta­tion. The court’s major­i­ty opin­ion in Oberge­fell v. Hodges means that mar­riage equal­i­ty is sud­den­ly and final­ly the law of the land in all fifty states […]
Published at:9:02 AM on Friday, June 26th, 2015
Written by:Andrew Villeneuve
Categories:Civil Liberties, Litigation, Policy Topics
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IRS: LGBT couples who are married can file joint tax returns beginning next year

Excerpt: The Inter­nal Rev­enue Ser­vice announced today that in the wake of the Supreme Court’s late June deci­sion strik­ing down the poor­ly-con­ceived “Defense of Mar­riage Act”, Amer­i­can LGBT spous­es will be able to file joint or sep­a­rate tax returns as mar­ried cou­ples begin­ning next year, no mat­ter where they hap­pen to live. “Today’s rul­ing pro­vides cer­tain­ty and […]
Published at:2:31 PM on Thursday, August 29th, 2013
Written by:Andrew Villeneuve
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A HUGE morning for mariage equality: DOMA is unconstitutional, Proposition 8 is history

Excerpt: Pro­gres­sives have a lot to cel­e­brate this morning. In a pair of much-antic­i­pat­ed deci­sions, the Unit­ed States Supreme Court struck down a key pro­vi­sion of the so-called “Defense of Mar­riage Act” and let stand a low­er court deci­sion inval­i­dat­ing Cal­i­for­ni­a’s Propo­si­tion 8, a 2008 attempt to amend Cal­i­for­ni­a’s Con­sti­tu­tion to out­law civ­il mar­riages by same-sex […]
Published at:9:05 AM on Wednesday, June 26th, 2013
Written by:Andrew Villeneuve
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Referendum 74 gets a new ballot title; right wing to launch anti-equality signature drive

Excerpt: A cou­ple hours ago, fol­low­ing a lengthy hear­ing, Thurston Coun­ty Supe­ri­or Court Judge Thomas McPhee ordered that Ref­er­en­dum 74, the right wing’s attempt to force a pub­lic vote on Wash­ing­ton’s new mar­riage equal­i­ty law, be giv­en a new bal­lot title, after con­sid­er­ing chal­lenges to the orig­i­nal bal­lot title writ­ten by the Attor­ney Gen­er­al’s office by […]
Published at:6:41 PM on Tuesday, March 13th, 2012
Written by:Andrew Villeneuve
Categories:Civil Liberties, Elections, Policy Topics
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Washington State House sends marriage equality legislation to Governor Gregoire

Excerpt: Joy­ous news to report this after­noon: After many hours of debate, our state House has fol­lowed in the foot­steps of the Sen­ate and approved a bill mak­ing mar­riage equal­i­ty the law of the land of Washington. The vote was fifty five to forty-three. SB 6239, prime spon­sored by Sen­a­tor Ed Mur­ray, now heads to the […]
Published at:4:15 PM on Wednesday, February 8th, 2012
Written by:Andrew Villeneuve
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Washington’s Senate approves marriage equality legislation after long debate

Excerpt: Won­der­ful, won­der­ful news to cel­e­brate tonight: After a debate that stretched for more than an hour and a half, and saw the adop­tion and rejec­tion of more than a dozen amend­ments, Wash­ing­ton’s state Sen­ate has vot­ed to approve leg­is­la­tion mak­ing mar­riage equal­i­ty the law of the land. The vote was twen­ty-eight to twen­ty-one. Four Repub­li­cans joined […]
Published at:8:24 PM on Wednesday, February 1st, 2012
Written by:Andrew Villeneuve
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Big vote on marriage equality tomorrow

Excerpt: In a mat­ter of hours, Wash­ing­ton’s Sen­ate is set to take up Ed Mur­ray’s bill, SB 6239, to make mar­riage equal­i­ty the law of the land across the Ever­green State. At least twen­ty-five sen­a­tors (includ­ing some Repub­li­cans) have already com­mit­ted to vote in favor of the bill, so it is expect­ed to pass. How­ev­er, if you […]
Published at:12:00 PM on Tuesday, January 31st, 2012
Written by:Andrew Villeneuve
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Marriage equality gains twenty-fifth vote in state Senate; Haugen to vote yes

Excerpt: Great news this after­noon: We final­ly have the votes to pass mar­riage equal­i­ty in the Wash­ing­ton State Legislature! Min­utes ago, Sen­a­tor Mary Mar­garet Hau­gen — who had pre­vi­ous­ly said she was only will­ing to sup­port putting the issue on the bal­lot for a pub­lic vote — reversed her posi­tion and decid­ed to join the forces […]
Published at:1:01 PM on Monday, January 23rd, 2012
Written by:Andrew Villeneuve
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Governor Chris Gregoire announces support for full marriage equality in 2012

Excerpt: In a major boost to Wash­ing­ton Unit­ed for Mar­riage’s efforts to make Wash­ing­ton the sev­enth state where mar­riage equal­i­ty is the law of the land, Gov­er­nor Chris Gre­goire this morn­ing declared her full sup­port for leg­is­la­tion to over­turn the state’s dis­crim­i­na­to­ry Defense of Mar­riage Act (DOMA) and per­mit gay and les­bian cou­ples to legal­ly wed […]
Published at:1:50 PM on Wednesday, January 4th, 2012
Written by:Andrew Villeneuve
Categories:Civil Liberties, Economic Security, Policy Topics
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Poll Watch: Where do things stand in the Republican presidential race?

Excerpt: The 2012 Repub­li­can pres­i­den­tial race has been noth­ing if not enter­tain­ing, as the writ­ers for The Dai­ly Show with Jon Stew­art will undoubt­ed­ly attest. A new poll com­mis­sioned by Roger Ailes’ Fox Noise net­work, con­duct­ed from Sep­tem­ber 25–27, finds that Mitt Rom­ney is now the fron­trun­ner for the Repub­li­can nom­i­na­tion. The poll showed Rom­ney at […]
Published at:2:27 PM on Friday, September 30th, 2011
Written by:Wes Murry
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