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发帖数: 1728 | 1 http://www.gpo.gov/fdsys/pkg/USCODE-2011-title8/html/USCODE-201
8 U.S.C.
United States Code, 2011 Edition
Title 8 - ALIENS AND NATIONALITY
CHAPTER 7 - EXCLUSION OF CHINESE
From the U.S. Government Printing Office, www.gpo.gov
CHAPTER 7—EXCLUSION OF CHINESE
Codification
Former chapter 7 of this title included the provisions of the several
Chinese Exclusion acts, beginning with the temporary act of May 6, 1882, ch.
126, 22 Stat. 58, which, as being then in force, were, by act Apr. 27, 1904
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发帖数: 19713 | 2 果不其然啊，他们没有搞到足够多的签名，意味着今年不会repeal prop8了。
Prop. 8 Wont Be Repealed at Ballot Box in '10
By Neal Broverman
REPEAL PROP 8 x390 (getty) | ADVOCATE.COM
The effort to repeal California's Proposition 8 at the ballot box in
November 2010 has come up short in its signature-gathering effort, meaning
the antigay measure will remain in place for the foreseeable future.
The group Restore Equality 2010 said in a press release it will not reach
its goal of 694,354 petition signatures for the Tuesday deadline; |
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发帖数: 4174 | 3 Posted on Advocate.com November 02, 2010
Rep. Patrick Murphy Loses Seat
By Kerry Eleveld
PATRICK MURPHY X390 (GETTY IMAGES) | ADVOCATE.COM
LGBT advocates suffered a wrenching loss after Patrick Murphy, a former Army
paratrooper who championed “don’t ask, don’t tell” repeal in the House,
lost his Pennsylvania seat.
Murphy, who rode into office on a Democratic wave in 2006, was summarily
ushered back out in Tuesday night’s GOP sweep, restoring Michael
Fitzpatrick to the seat he had held before be... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 4174 | 4 Frequently Asked Questions
Pedersen et al. v. Office of Personnel Management et al.
On November 9, 2010, Gay & Lesbian Advocates & Defenders (GLAD) filed
Pedersen et al. v. Office of Personnel Management et al. in Federal District
Court in Connecticut, a new challenge to the federal Defense of Marriage
Act and its mandated non-recognition of marriages of same-sex couples. This
new case involves 5 couples and one widower from the states of CT, VT and NH.
1. What is this lawsuit about?
This la... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 4174 | 5 Posted on Advocate.com February 10, 2011
GOProud Slams Pawlenty Over DADT
The head of the conservative gay rights group attacks former governor Tim
Pawlenty for his support of defunding DADT repeal.
By Advocate.com Editors
GOProud chairman Chris Barron is blasting former Minnesota governor and
possible GOP presidential candidate Tim Pawlenty (pictured) for his public
comments calling for a reversal of the repeal of “don’t ask, don’t tell.
” Barron says Pawlenty is grasping at straws to find dist... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 1822 | 6 Court Orders End to DADT
By Michelle Garcia and Andrew Harmon
A three-judge panel of the Ninth U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals ruled
Wednesday that the U.S. military can no longer enforce the "don't ask, don't
tell" policy.
Though President Barack Obama asserted in a news conference last week that
certification of DADT repeal passed by Congress will be completed in "weeks,
not months," the ninth circuit panel ruled that its stay on a federal judge
's 2010 ruling against the policy should be imme... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 4174 | 7 WASHINGTON -- The National Organization for Marriage (NOM) is the leading
group fighting the legalization of same-sex marriage around the country. It
has raised and spent millions, opposing not only marriage equality but also
civil unions.
Yet NOM is now backing legislation in New Hampshire that would repeal same-
sex marriage but legalize civil unions, signaling a shift in its tactics as
more states move toward recognizing marriage equality.
The New Hampshire House is expected to vote Wednesday... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 3150 | 8 http://www.gpo.gov/fdsys/pkg/USCODE-2011-title8/html/USCODE-201
8 U.S.C.
United States Code, 2011 Edition
Title 8 - ALIENS AND NATIONALITY
CHAPTER 7 - EXCLUSION OF CHINESE
From the U.S. Government Printing Office, www.gpo.gov
CHAPTER 7—EXCLUSION OF CHINESE
Codification
Former chapter 7 of this title included the provisions of the several
Chinese Exclusion acts, beginning with the temporary act of May 6, 1882, ch.
126, 22 Stat. 58, which, as being then in force, were, by act Apr. 27, 1904
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发帖数: 2406 | 9 not right, all you need is a simple majority to defund it for now until
the next presidency. with control of white house, only 60 votes will be
needed to repeal it. btw, 67 votes is possible, but when that happens, it
is not going to be a repeal, but a Consitution Amendment to bannish it for
all eternity. Baby. get a job or starve, you lazy parasites.
in the senator chamber to overcome the filibuster of a repeal. I will watch
how the health care will be repealed. In my opinion, it will onl |
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发帖数: 29846 | 10 via Breitbart Feed
Everyone knows--whether they admit it or not--that President Barack Obama's
"executive amnesty" is wrong. But most Americans aren’t sure how to stop
him--even though if this last election was about anything, it was about
stopping Obama from granting an executive amnesty.
Obama has chosen to ignore the voice of the people.
Obama is no longer acting as President, it is as if he believes he is an
emperor or a dictator or the Messiah, when in fact his actions are those of
a petula... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 29846 | 11 New York Times Throws Massive Fit over Houston Voters Rejecting Transgender
Bathroom Measure
By Curtis Houck | November 4, 2015 | 1:47 AM EST
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In what was already a big night for conservatives on Tuesday with election
wins in Kentucky, Maine, Mississippi, and Virginia to name a few, voters in
Houston, Texas overwhelmingly rejected a pro-transgender measure dubbed “
the bathroom ordinance.” Not surprisingly, that did not sit well with The
New York Times as it lamented the loss for the “eq... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 12756 | 12 你没搞清楚两个不同事件
1. citycouncil通过的东东-- 这个可以换人repeal
2. 上诉庭判决Virginia的那个非法，是歧视 --- 这个repeal不了，除非上高院，这个
是判例，会影响，和鼓励后续法律诉讼，包括很快就会有针对北卡的诉讼，而且将作为
判例影响北卡诉讼的胜负
在这种情况下，如果你把1中的repeal了也没用，因为人家可以拿2 来 sue你，然后你
完败，之后你的repeal自然非法
想改变这个只有上更高级的联邦庭来overrule 第二个中的判决，或者指出为啥第二个
的判决不适用于类似北卡的法案 |
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发帖数: 3817 | 13 自己去看美国宪法
United States Constitution
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United States Constitution
Constitution of the United States, page 1.jpg
Page one of the original copy of the Constitution
Created
September 17, 1787
Ratified
June 21, 1788
Date effective
March 4, 1789; 227 years ago
Location
National Archives,
Washington, D.C.
Author(s)
Philadelphia Convention
Signatories
39 of the 55 delegates
Purpose
To replace the Articles of Confederation (177... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 3817 | 14 自己去看美国宪法
United States Constitution
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Jump to: navigation, search
United States Constitution
Constitution of the United States, page 1.jpg
Page one of the original copy of the Constitution
Created
September 17, 1787
Ratified
June 21, 1788
Date effective
March 4, 1789; 227 years ago
Location
National Archives,
Washington, D.C.
Author(s)
Philadelphia Convention
Signatories
39 of the 55 delegates
Purpose
To replace the Articles of Confederation (177... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 61690 | 16 Democrats to halt Senate business over Obamacare repeal
By JENNIFER HABERKORN 06/19/2017 11:32 AM EDT Updated 06/19/2017 12:28 PM
EDT
Democrats will grind Senate business to a halt in a protest against
Republican efforts to repeal Obamacare.
Beginning Monday night, Democrats will start objecting to all unanimous
consent requests in the Senate, according to a Democratic aide. They plan to
control the floor of the chamber Monday night and try to force the House-
passed health care bill to committe... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 2216 | 17 这其实就是Trump的算计：他根本不想先repeal。提出先repeal就是吓唬温和派得：要
是撕破了脸，温和派的政治生涯就玄了。他用这个办法逼温和派立刻妥协。老头前几天
请参议员们吃饭，说什么HealthCare 搞不定就搞不定吧。我当时就觉得老头肯定又要
干什么事了。
看看Susan的表现就知道了。老太太连程序性投票都不愿意，显然不想在healthcare上
投反对票。其实Trump的算计Susan肯定看得很明白。问题是这是阳谋，躲不过去得。
如果先repeal，那就不会有replace了。剩下的就不用再多想什么了。多说一句，如果
这次真的是先repeal，Susan要是敢投反对票，那么老太太就可能真的要准备退休了。 |
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发帖数: 368 | 18 RINO太多，单repeal都没法投票
*Sen. Lisa Murkowski Says She Will Oppose Procedural Motion on Repeal-Only
Health Care Bill
*Senate Republicans Now Short of the Votes Needed to Begin Debate on
Repealing ACA
*At Least Three GOP Senators Now Opposed To Repeal-Only Measure
*Senate GOP Leaders Could Lose No More than Two GOP Votes |
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发帖数: 5274 | 19 这一次攻击自己人，老头确实干了亲痛仇快的事。
Former House Majority Leader Tom DeLay chastised President Donald Trump for
talking about his frustrations with Attorney General Jeff Sessions with "his
biggest enemy," The New York Times.
In an interview Thursday with "Newsmax Now" host Bill Tucker, DeLay said he
agrees with the president on one matter — Sessions should not have recused
himself in the Russia investigation.
"I don't know why the president is doing private interviews with The New
York Times — his biggest en... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 6806 | 20 竞选时一直说repeal and replace, 前段时间看不行就说直接repeal，看repeal不行，
又说让Obamacare自生自灭。现在又变回来了，老大，你有个主意行不？
要真是右派就拼命推直接repeal，没有replace。要是中间派，你老提自己方案啊 |
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发帖数: 2438 | 21 加州华人子女教育危急存亡之秋的“八百破十万”良机----SD-29 Recall Election
作者 Kai Zhu 祝凯, Silicon Valley Chinese Association
September 1, 2017
民以食为天，但华人如果还有比吃饭更重要的事，那一定是子女教育。重视教育是中华
文化绵绵不息，越挫越强的秘密，是我们全球华人即使在贫瘠土壤中依旧能保持强大生
命力的基石。在人口爆炸的今天，国家种族文化之间的激烈竞争很大程度上就是比拼教
育的竞争。
但绝大多数加州华人都不知道，我们正处在子女教育的危急存亡之秋。巨大的危机就在
眼下，且一旦发生不可逆转！但当前有一个转眼即逝的良机，如果抓住，我们的八百岳
飞精兵可破左派金兀术十万强敌。这个良机就是南加州SD-29的 Recall Election—我
们必须竭尽全力帮助共和党华人前议员张玲龄夺回这个生死一线的加州参院席位！
很多人都记得三年多前一场浩浩荡荡的反SCA-5运动。SCA-5要修州宪，把基于种族肤色
的Affirmative Action 重新带回加州，造成华人子女上Berkeley / UCLA 机... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 1 | 23 http://www.foxnews.com/opinion/2017/10/24/juan-williams-trumps-cynical-sabotage-obamacare.html
“If you like your doctor, you can keep your doctor. If you like your
plan,
you can keep your plan.”
For years, Republicans used that exaggerated pledge to thrash the Affordable
Care Act (ACA) and President Obama for not keeping his promise. Politifact
labeled it as “lie of the year” in 2013.
Politifact will have a lot of lies to choose from this year, given the
hurricane of fals... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 8227 | 24 我的简短评价，只有三个字：赤裸裸！
TAX CUTS
Corporate rate cut: Cuts $1.46 trillion
Individual bracket changes: Cut $1.1 trillion
Standard deduction changes: Cut $921.4 billion
Individual alternative minimum tax repeal: Cuts $695.5 billion
Child and family credit expansion: Cuts $640 billion
Special rate for pass-through businesses: Cuts $448 billion.
Let U.S. companies earn future foreign profit tax-free: Cuts $205 billion
Estate tax changes, leading to repeal: Cut $172.2 billion.
TAX INCREASES
Repeal personal ... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 1 | 25 没用。GOP就是不想bill过。到时候会有另外的GOP参议员出来投反对票的。 他们把
repeal Obamacare 加进去，就是为了保证没有任何一个民主党议员投赞成票，出现不
能控制的意外。
: 人家内部早check过了 比如Mccain说不会因为这个而投反对票：
: John McCain (R-Ariz.), one of three GOP senators who voted down the
: Obamacare repeal effort this summer, said repealing the mandate is not
a
: deal-breaker for securing his vote.
: https://www.politico.com/story/2017/11/14/senate-gop-obamacare-mandate-
: repeal-to-tax-bill-244891
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发帖数: 2216 | 26 龟丞相出这招是昏了头了。
如果加repeal的法案能通过，那么以前repeal通不过就完全是他故意不通过而已。
如果加repeal的法案不能通过，那么加repeal就完全没有意义。 |
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发帖数: 2216 | 27 龟丞相出这招是昏了头了。
如果加repeal的法案能通过，那么以前repeal通不过就完全是他故意不通过而已。
如果加repeal的法案不能通过，那么加repeal就完全没有意义。 |
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发帖数: 24733 | 28 宪法第一修正案也是“relic of the 18th century”，也一起废了吧
John Paul Stevens, the 97-year-old retired Supreme Court justice, is calling
for the repeal of the Second Amendment and is encouraging anti-gun
protesters to do the same.
Stevens, once the leader of the court's liberals, said the “schoolchildren
and their supporters” who have been demonstrating against school shootings
should “seek more effective and more lasting reform.”
“They should demand a repeal of the Second Amendment,” Stevens wrote in an
op-ed ... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 1 | 30 川普总统忙碌的白宫第一天
关键词：川普总统, 白宫, 第一天
川普总统竞选时说过不少入主白宫第一天要做的事，不过牧人老了、记不住了。好在有
姑姑，姑了一下，哇塞乖乖不得了，还真是不少。牧人现在列出来免得两个月以后忘了：
终止所有的奥巴马总统令 "Repeal every single Obama executive order." (He has
also pledged more specifically to "eliminate every unconstitutional
executive order.")
终止奥巴马健保 "Repeal Obamacare." (On Trump's campaign website, he's less
bullish, promising only to "ask Congress" on day one to repeal Obamacare
immediately.)
停止对煤矿的战争 "End the war on coal."
马上将所有有犯罪前科的非法移民递解出境 "Begin swiftly removing crimina... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 19713 | 31 如果让全美国都承认同性婚姻的话，再有20年也够呛。但是，让联邦承认的话，还是比
较乐观的，你可别忘了，2008总统大选的时候，民主党的候选人们都已经把repeal
doma做为一张拉选票的牌了。Hilary说要部分地repeal doma，Obama马上就表示要全盘
repeal。当然，campaign promises不可全信，但是，这也说明民主党里对doma的态度
的一种总体趋势。
况且，如果不是走立法程序而是走司法程序的话，右翼对最后裁决的干涉能力很有限，
DOMA这样自相矛盾的狗屎法律所引起的法律混乱已经越来越明显了，如果五年之内不部
分地repeal doma，那后边就是打不完的官司。
几个月前我们还以为同性伴侣的医院探视权是个遥不可及的事情呢，结果Obama突然一
张行政令下来，不是一夜之间就有探视权了吗？ |
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发帖数: 901 | 32 WASHINGTON – The Pentagon study that argues that gay troops could serve
openly without hurting the military's ability to fight is expected to re-
ignite debate this month on Capitol Hill over repealing the 17-year-old "don
't ask, don't tell" policy.
Officials familiar with the 10-month study's results have said a clear
majority of respondents don't care if gays serve openly, with 70 percent
predicting that lifting the ban would have positive, mixed or no results.
The officials spoke on conditio... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 721 | 33 【 以下文字转载自 Returnee 讨论区 】
发信人: zhengshi (zhengshi), 信区: Returnee
标 题: Re: 突然想到的关于海归海不归
发信站: BBS 未名空间站 (Tue Jul 26 17:51:11 2011, 美东)
Another reason:
US passed Chinese Exclusion Act in 1882 barring Chinese from entering US,
not mentioning immigration.
In 1904 Chinese exclusion made indefinite and applicable to U.S. insular
possessions.
1924 May 26. President Calvin Coolidge signs into law the Immigration Act
of 1924, also known as the Quota Immigration or National Origins Act. It
excludes the im... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 3942 | 34 John McCain说了实话，这场胡闹最后只能是R党灰溜溜认输，只是个早晚的问题。
“By wanting to repeal Obamacare using this method, it defies what the
popular will is,” said Sen. John McCain (Ariz.), the 2008 GOP presidential
nominee, who campaigned last year on behalf of his party’s national ticket.
“I campaigned in 2012 all over this country for months: ‘Repeal and
replace Obamacare.’ That was not the mandate of the voters,” McCain said.
“If they wanted to repeal Obamacare, the 2012 election would have been
probably significantly ... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 1956 | 36 原来的修正案是：免税的教会等不能干政。现在，Trump要把它废了。怪不得我周边的
华人教徒都支持Trump呢，不少连绿卡都没有。
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WASHINGTON — When President Trump told an audience of religious leaders on
Thursday that he would ‘destroy’ the Johnson Amendment, he declared his
intention to sign a bill that would fundamentally alter a major aspect of
the church-state divide that has been a constant in American politics for
generations.
But what exactly is the Johnson Amendment?
A restriction for churches and nonprofits
It is one of the brightest lines ... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 61690 | 37 【 以下文字转载自 USANews 讨论区 】
发信人: brihand (brihand), 信区: USANews
标 题: 雅图又要投票取消人头税
发信站: BBS 未名空间站 (Tue Jun 12 12:42:01 2018, 美东)
Just weeks after passing a new tax on big businesses, Seattle political
leaders signaled late Monday they would reverse course and repeal it.
Mayor Jenny Durkan and city council President Bruce Harrell said in
statements that they would end the tax, initially meant to combat rising
homelessness in a city where housing prices have soared.
“We heard you,” Durkan and seven of ... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 19713 | 38 O总统今晚刚做完报告，HRC就立即发表了开始DADT之战的决定，John McCain也马上发
表声明，说反对掀翻DADT，他只说了DADT很好，但没说为啥好。
John McCain: No to DADT Repeal
By Advocate.com Editors
John_Cindy_McCain x390 (Getty) I Advocate.com
Following President Obama's State of the Union address, Republican Sen. John
McCain issued a statement saying he disagreed with the president's pledge
to repeal"don't ask, don't tell."
"In his State of the Union address, President Obama asked Congress to repeal
the 'don't ask, don't tell' policy. I am immensely proud |
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发帖数: 19713 | 39 Sen. Levin Pledges Support in DADT Repeal
By Michelle Garcia
CARL LEVIN X 390 (GETTY) | ADVOCATE.COM
Sen. Carl Levin called for the repeal on the military's ban from openly gay
and lesbian service members in an op-ed on Politico.
Levin, a Democrat and chairman of the Senate Armed Services Committee, said
this is the right time to repeal the 17-year-old "don't ask, don't tell" law.
"We should end this policy because ending it will contribute to our military
's effectiveness," he wrote. "To take j |
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发帖数: 19713 | 40 Palin: DADT Repeal "Unnecessary" Now
By Julie Bolcer
Palin DADTx390 (Screen grab) | Advocate.com
Sarah Palin, avowed critic of all that “hopey, changey stuff," appeared on
Fox News Sunday and said that she did not believe now was the right time to
repeal the “don’t ask, don’t tell” policy.
Palin was asked, “Should the rule ‘don’t ask, don’t tell’ for the
military be repealed?”
"I don’t think so right now,” she said. “I’m surprised that the
President spent time on that in his State of the Union s |
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发帖数: 19713 | 41 McCain: Many in Military Oppose DADT Repeal
By Julie Bolcer
John McCain MTPx390 (Screen grab) | Advocate.com
Senator John McCain appeared on Meet the Press on NBC Sunday, and told host
David Gregory that many in the military do not want to repeal the “don’t
ask, don’t tell” policy.
Gregory asked McCain how his currently reluctance to change the policy
squares with his statement in 2006 that if senior military leaders were to
call for a repeal, then McCain would support them. Chairman of the Join |
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发帖数: 19713 | 42 同时提交的还有11位民主党支持人名单，没有共和党支持者。
Exclusive: Lieberman Details DADT Repeal Bill
By Kerry Eleveld
JOE LIEBERMAN X390 (GETTY) | ADVOCATE.COM
Independent Senator Joseph Lieberman of Connecticut on Wednesday will
introduce the Senate’s first “don’t ask, don’t tell” repeal bill along
with eleven Democratic cosponsors including Sen. Carl Levin of Michigan, who
chairs the Senate Armed Services Committee, but no Republicans.
“To me, it’s very important that we repeal this law, both because it’s
fair and cons |
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发帖数: 4174 | 44 http://www.huffingtonpost.com/richard-socarides/why-equality-matters_b_798898.html
As we prepare to launch EqualityMatters.org, Congress has just approved a
bill repealing "don't ask, don't tell." This highly significant victory is
an important milestone in our effort to secure full equality. No one said it
better than our president, who deserves substantial credit for helping to
bring about this day:
It is time to close this chapter in our history," President Obama said
in a statement. "It ... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 4174 | 45 要复辟赶紧，过了这个村就没这个店了。
Posted on Advocate.com January 12, 2011
N.H. Marriage Safe for Now
By Advocate.com Editors
House Republicans in New Hampshire have reportedly decided they won’t
pursue a repeal of marriage equality in the state this year, according to
the Associated Press.
House Republican leader D.J. Bettencourt told the AP Wednesday that jobs and
the economy will be the top priorities on the agenda to be announced
Thursday.
"The social issues must take a backseat," said Bettencourt.
Bettenco... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 4174 | 46 Posted on Advocate.com February 18, 2011
N.H.: Hundreds Come Out for Marriage
By Advocate.com Editors
More than 600 people signed up to speak at a daylong hearing before the New
Hampshire house judiciary committee on whether to rescind the state's
marriage equality law, which has been in effect for nearly two years.
Most people at the Thursday hearing spoke in favor of marriage equality;
speakers included some of the 1,300 couples who have wed in New Hampshire
since the law was enacted, The Was... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 4174 | 47 Posted on Advocate.com March 05, 2011
Boehner's DOMA Defense Denounced
DOMA opponents including (pictured, from left) Jared Polis, Tammy Baldwin,
and Barney Frank have spoken out against House speaker John Boehner's plan
to defend the antigay law.
By Advocate.com Editors
Lead sponsors of a measure to repeal the Defense of Marriage Act, including
all of the openly gay members of Congress, have spoken out against House
speaker John Boehner’s plan to defend DOMA in court, even though President
Obam... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 657 | 48 I am not as positive about Obama's move as many people in the LGBT community
, simply because this seems to be nothing more than a political gimmick that
he used to please his supporters, as he is seeking reelection in two years.
It's impossible to repeal DOMA, with the current republican majority in the
House. The president himself never promised to repeal DOMA and he opposed
gay marriage, although he did promise and actually achieve to repeal DADT.
DOMA defines the line of the so called tradit... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 4174 | 49 Page 1 of 1
Posted on Advocate.com April 06, 2011
Senators Make Immigration Push
By Andrew Harmon
Immigration rights for gays and lesbians — easily the most visible issue in
the current fight against the Defense of Marriage Act — got a boost on
Wednesday when a contingent of senators called for an end to deportations
faced by married binational same-sex couples.
The 12 Democratic senators, who include John Kerry of Massachusetts and
Kirsten Gillibrand of New York, wrote in a Wednesday letter to... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 4174 | 50 The Surprising Role of Republicans in the Year of Gay Rights
Posted: 06/27/11 12:22 PM ET React Important
Adam Winkler.Professor of Law, UCLA
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/adam-winkler/the-surprising-role-
This past year has seen a remarkable shift when it comes to gay rights. From
repeal of Don't Ask, Don't Tell to New York's legalization of same-sex
marriage, America is finally embracing equal rights for all, regardless of
sexual orientation. Surprisingly, Republicans have played a vital role ... 阅读全帖 |
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