Administration quiet on how soon DADT could be lifted
WASHINGTON (AP) | Mar. 3 at 3:26 PM Mar. 3 at 3:26 PM
The White House says President Barack Obama has begun consulting his top defense advisers on how to lift a ban on gays serving openly in the military.
But the administration won't say how soon that might happen or whether a group of experts will be commissioned to study the issue in-depth, as some Democrats have suggested.
The move enables Obama to say he's making good on his campaign promise to reverse the law, but doesn't lock him into doing so anytime soon. The carefully calculated statement, released this week by White House spokesman Tommy Vietor, leaves enough wiggle room to prevent the hot-button issue from consuming Obama's foreign policy agenda, which is dominat ...
DOMA makes legally wed gay couples ineligible to file joint tax returns
BOSTON (AP) | Mar. 3 at 2:26 PM Mar. 3 at 2:26 PM
Mary Ritchie, a Massachusetts State Police trooper, has been married for almost five years and has two children. But when she files her federal income tax return, she's not allowed to check the "married filing jointly" box.
That's because Ritchie and her spouse, Kathleen Bush, are a gay couple, and the federal Defense of Marriage Act makes them ineligible to file joint tax returns.
Now Ritchie, Bush and more than a dozen others are suing the federal government, claiming the act discriminates against gay couples and is unconstitutional because it denies them access to federal benefits that other married couples receive, such as pensions and health insurance. Plain ...
Men allegedly threw rocks into a bar, injuring two men
GALVESTON, Texas (AP) | Mar. 3 at 1:59 PM Mar. 3 at 1:59 PM
Three men are facing hate-crime charges after allegedly throwing rocks into a gay bar, injuring two men, police said.
According to witnesses, one man held open the door to Robert's Lafitte bar Sunday night while the other two hurled two rocks, one of them weighing 4 pounds, into the bar. The rocks were apparently being used as doorstops.
A 57-year-old man was treated at a hospital for a gash on the back of his head. Another man was hit in the jaw but refused treatment.
Witnesses chased the three men and provided descriptions to police. The arrests were made after a ne ...
Administration quiet on how soon DADT could be lifted
WASHINGTON (AP) | Mar. 3 at 3:26 PM Mar. 3 at 3:26 PM
The White House says President Barack Obama has begun consulting his top defense advisers on how to lift a ban on gays serving openly in the military.
But the administration won't say how soon that might happen or whether a group of experts will be commissioned to study the issue in-depth, as some Democrats have suggested.
The move enables Obama to say he's making good on his campaign promise to reverse the law, but doesn't lock him into doing so anytime soon. The carefully calculated statement, released this week by White House spokesman Tommy Vietor, leaves enough wiggle room to prevent the hot-button issue from consuming Obama's foreign policy agenda, which is dominat ...
DOMA makes legally wed gay couples ineligible to file joint tax returns
BOSTON (AP) | Mar. 3 at 2:26 PM Mar. 3 at 2:26 PM
Mary Ritchie, a Massachusetts State Police trooper, has been married for almost five years and has two children. But when she files her federal income tax return, she's not allowed to check the "married filing jointly" box.
That's because Ritchie and her spouse, Kathleen Bush, are a gay couple, and the federal Defense of Marriage Act makes them ineligible to file joint tax returns.
Now Ritchie, Bush and more than a dozen others are suing the federal government, claiming the act discriminates against gay couples and is unconstitutional because it denies them access to federal benefits that other married couples receive, such as pensions and health insurance. Plain ...
Men allegedly threw rocks into a bar, injuring two men
GALVESTON, Texas (AP) | Mar. 3 at 1:59 PM Mar. 3 at 1:59 PM
Three men are facing hate-crime charges after allegedly throwing rocks into a gay bar, injuring two men, police said.
According to witnesses, one man held open the door to Robert's Lafitte bar Sunday night while the other two hurled two rocks, one of them weighing 4 pounds, into the bar. The rocks were apparently being used as doorstops.
A 57-year-old man was treated at a hospital for a gash on the back of his head. Another man was hit in the jaw but refused treatment.
Witnesses chased the three men and provided descriptions to police. The arrests were made after a ne ...
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