The text of H.R. 875 is nominally neutral in preventing courts from ruling on the constitutionality of the Defense of Marriage Act: it prohibits courts from ruling that DOMA is constitutional or unconstitutional. This does not mean that H.R. 875 is neutral in its intent. The following is a list of Representatives who have cosponsored [...]

On October 11, tens of thousands of Americans marched through the streets of Washington, DC demanding equal protection under law for gay and lesbian people and for same-sex couples. The National Equality March clearly succeeded in attracting media attention, as wire services and newspapers and television cameras recorded and reported on the event. But the [...]

When I say “legislative hearing,” you probably think of a meeting in an ornate room with formally-dressed people speaking into microphones and occasionally invoking rules of order. But these aren’t the only way in which legislation gets a hearing. Out on the street, people are speaking about legislation. Will members of Congress hear? Will members [...]

In her campaign to be elected as Ohio’s 15th District representative to the U.S. Congress, Mary Jo Kilroy asked for help. On August 31, 2008, about fifty members of Columbus’ gay and lesbian activist community turned out in a Get Out the Vote operation for members of the Democratic Party up and down the ticket. [...]

The amendment would also nullify civil union laws, or any other state of union “having the legal incidents of marriage”.

Dan Lungren, Republican Representative for California’s 3rd congressional district, has taken a step backward in history with the introduction of House Joint Resolution 37. Although the United States did not begin as a nation that embraced equality for all its citizens, in the 222 years since the drafting of the Constitution we have come to [...]

The first section to the 14th Amendment of the United States Constitution reads: No State shall make or enforce any law which shall abridge the privileges or immunities of citizens of the United States; nor shall any State deprive any person of life, liberty, or property, without due process of law; nor deny to any [...]

When Congressman Broun’s amendment to forbids some Americans from getting married, it undermines the 14th amendment to the Constitution. Congressman Broun’s constitutional amendment says that equality in America is only for some people. Within Congressman Broun’s new vision for America, equality will be traded in for inequality. Paul Broun’s constitutional amendment is anti-equality, and it’s anti-marriage.