Tag: President Obama
Most troops wouldn’t oppose serving with gays, survey finds
A majority of active-duty and reserve service members surveyed by the Defense Department would not object to serving and living alongside openly gay troops, according to multiple people familiar with the findings.
President Obama & the First Lady Hold LGBT Pride Reception
The President and First Lady Michelle Obama host a reception for LGBT Pride Month in the East Room of the White House on June 29, 2009.
LGBT Legal And Advocacy Groups Decry Obama Administration’s Defense of DOMA
We are very surprised and deeply disappointed in the manner in which the Obama administration has defended the so-called Defense of Marriage Act in a brief filed today in Smelt v. United States, a lawsuit brought in federal court in California by a married same-sex couple asking the federal government to treat them equally with respect to federal protections and benefits.
Gay Advocates Eye Supreme Court
LGBT Groups Give President Obama High Grades for Considering Two Lesbians for High Court.
High court rejects lawsuit over gays in military law
A former Army captain who was dismissed under a federal law dealing with gays and lesbians in the military lost his appeal Monday at the U.S. Supreme Court.