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Sunday, July 3, 2011

What a Difference New York Makes


Hmmm. Seems the Obama Administration is ramping up the voltage for LGBT equality. Check out Chris Geidner's article on a brief just filed by the Justice Department in the Golinski case, which goes waaaay further than anything they've done so far:
Today's filing does more than acknowledge the federal government's role in discrimination, going on to detail specific instances of anti-gay and anti-lesbian discrimination, including the 1950 Senate resolution seeking an "investigation" into "homosexuals and other sexual perverts" in government employement and President Dwight Eisenhower's executive order adding "sexual perversion" as a ground for "possible dismissal from government service," in the brief's words. It also details the role of the Federal Bureau of Investigation and the U.S. Postal Service in investigations seeking information about government employees suspected of such "perversion." . . .

[T}he brief concludes, "[T]he official legislative record makes plain that DOMA Section 3 was motivated in substantial part by animus toward gay and lesbian individuals and their intimate relationships, and Congress identified no other interest that is materially advanced by Section 3. Section 3 of DOMA is therefore unconstitutional."
Wow.  Now that's some fierce advocacy. See what the prospect of re-election (or not) can do? Could be a game changer all across the board, guys.

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