After a debate that underscored that civil unions are not the equivalent of marriage, today the New Jersey State Senate failed to pass legislation recognizing marriage equality for same-sex couples, voting 20-14 against the bill. The bill had passed out of the Judiciary Committee by a 7 to 6 vote this past December. After today’s vote, Garden State Equality [...]
On Tuesday, the Salt Lake County government passed two non-discrimination ordinances that would cover lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender people in the workplace and in housing. This achievement comes on the heels of similar non-discrimination ordinances passed by Salt Lake City in late 2009. Due to the way the county government is structured, these ordinances only [...]
The New York Times reported yesterday that former Rep. Harold Ford, D-Tenn. is considering opposing Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand, D-NY in the 2010 New York Primary. After losing a race for Senate in his home state of Tennessee in 2006, Ford moved to New York and has worked for Merrill Lynch. But Ford’s positions and values greatly [...]
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