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Key House chairman slams Senate immigration bill as House immigration group struggles
Associated PressWASHINGTON (AP) — A key House committee chairman on Wednesday sharply criticized a wide-ranging immigration bill just passed by a Senate committee, underscoring the difficulties ahead as the politically volatile measure moves forward in a divided...Tags: Gays and Lesbians, U.S. House Committee on the Judiciary, Gay Rights, Xavier Becerra, Civil Rights
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Immigration bill a testament to compromise
The Senate Judiciary Committee voted Tuesday to send the bipartisan immigration bill — more formally known as the Border Security, Economic Opportunity and Immigration Modernizing Act — to the full Senate. The 800-plus page bill is by far...
Tags: Justice System, Gays and Lesbians, Immigration, Patrick Leahy, Justice and Rights
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Ben Carson's remarks 'denigrated' homosexuals [Letter]
I have to disagree with Diane Brown ("Only closed minds stifle opposing viewpoints, May 16) on both her key points about Ben Carson's remarks on marriage equality and the opposition to him giving the commencement speech at Johns Hopkins University this...Tags: Fox News Channel (tv network), Interior Policy, Gun Control, Personal Weapon Control, Johns Hopkins University
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Progress on immigration
Just when Washington looked like it was completely preoccupied with the scandals, real and imaginary, swirling around the White House, a group of Democrats and Republicans in the Senate managed the unexpected (and, these days, extraordinary): They...Tags: Barack Obama, Mitch McConnell, Politics, John Boehner, Immigration Reform Legislation (2013)
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Bill Clinton pushes for gay marriage in Illlinois*
Change of SubjectA statement from the former president: Our nation’s permanent mission is to form a ‘more perfect union’ - deepening the meaning of freedom, broadening the reach of opportunity, strengthening the bonds of community. That mission has... -
Salt Lake City has highest rate of same-sex couples raising kids
Salt Lake City: the gay parenting capital of the United States? Unexpected as it may sound, a new study finds that the Utah capital and its outskirts have the nation's highest percentage of gay or lesbian couples raising children. --------------------...Tags: Gays and Lesbians, Minority Groups, Family, Robin Williams, Marriage
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Biden says Jewish leaders in Hollywood, social media drove changing attitudes on gay marriage
Associated PressWASHINGTON (AP) — Vice President Joe Biden is praising Jewish leaders for helping change American attitudes about gay marriage and other issues. Biden says culture and arts change people's attitudes. He cites social media and the old NBC TV...Tags: Washington, DC, Gays and Lesbians, Religion and Belief, NBC (tv network), Judaism
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The triumph of progressivism: Graduation 2013 and 1968
Many of you soon-to-be college graduates are determined to make the world a better place. Some of you are choosing careers in public service or joining nonprofits or volunteering in your communities. But many of you are cynical about politics. You see...Tags: University of California, Berkeley, Colleges and Universities, Vietnam War (1955-1975), Gays and Lesbians, Bank of America Corp.
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Immigration reform: Closer to reality or destined for failure?
Oh, how much things have changed in just a few months. Last May, Republicans and Democrats couldn't agree on any aspect of immigration reform. But on Tuesday, the Senate Judiciary Committee passed a far-reaching immigration bill, clearing the way for a...Tags: Elections, Politics, Migration, Immigration Reform Legislation (2013), Justice System
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Baltimore percentage of same-sex couples raising kids among highest in nation
Same-sex couples in the Baltimore area are raising children at a higher rate than in most large metropolitan regions in the nation, according to a new study released by a think tank at the UCLA School of Law. The study, released this week by the...
Tags: Gays and Lesbians, Alexandria (Alexandria, Virginia), Cumberland (Allegany, Maryland), Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority, Social Issues
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Quinn: No new casinos without pension reform
Clout StreetGov. Pat Quinn on Monday put a finer point on a notion he's been pushing this spring: no gambling expansion will happen without comprehensive changes to fix a greatly underfunded government worker pension system. The Democratic governor also insisted...Tags: Pension and Welfare, Finance, Economy, Business and Finance, Politics, Chicago Mayor
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Democrats slam GOP ticket on anti-homosexual rhetoric
Democratic state lawmakers asserted Tuesday that the anti-homosexual views of Republican gubernatorial candidate Ken Cuccinelli and his running mate E.W. Jackson will hamper the commonwealth's ability to attract businesses to the state. Democrats have...
Tags: Chesapeake (Chesapeake, Virginia), Gays and Lesbians, Elections, Employment, Business
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