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As Pressure Grows, Obama Addresses Gay Rights Group

Source: Washington Post
Washington : DC : USA | about 1 month ago  
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  • Participants carry a large rainbow flag towards the U.S. Capitol during a gay rights demonstration in Washington
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    A couple participates in a gay rights demonstration in Washington
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  • A couple takes part in a gay rights demonstration in Washington
    A couple takes part in a gay rights demonstration in Washington
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  • President Barack Obama addresses the audience at the Human Rights Campaign annual dinner in Washington
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    US President Barack Obama
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  • President Obama addresses the audience at the Human Rights Campaign annual dinner in Washington
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Participants carry a large rainbow flag towards the U.S. Capitol ...
President Obama, struggling to keep promises he made during last year's campaign, pledged to continue fighting on behalf of gays and lesbians -- including ending the military's ban on openly gay service members -- as he appeared at a fundraising dinner for the nation's largest gay advocacy group on...
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  • News Source: USA Today | about 1 month ago
    Thousands of gay and lesbian activists marched on Washington Sunday, the first step in a national effort to grant gays and lesbians equal rights on everything from marriage to serving in the military. Participants took to the streets, demanding that...
  • News Source: Times Online | about 1 month ago
    Speaking on Saturday at an annual dinner of the Human Rights Campaign, America’s biggest gay advocacy group, the President renewed a promise to overturn a Clinton-era law requiring gays to keep their sexual orientation secret when serving in the...
  • News Source: BBC | about 1 month ago
    The protest is taking place a day after President Barack Obama said he would repeal a ban on gay people serving openly in the military. The marchers in Washington are also calling for the speedy removal of legal restrictions on same-sex partnerships.
  • News Source: Chicago Tribune | about 1 month ago
    Thousands of gays and lesbians claimed the streets of the nation's capital Sunday in a demonstration for full equality under the law. The "National Equality March" snaked past the White House and streamed down Pennsylvania Avenue to the Capitol.
  • News Source: Washington Post | about 1 month ago
    Thousands of gay and lesbian activists marched Sunday from the White House to the Capitol, demanding that President Barack Obama keep his promises to allow gays to serve openly in the military and allow same-sex marriages. Rainbow flags and homemade...
  • News Source: Truthdig | about 1 month ago
    President Obama echoed many of the claims he made on the campaign trail at a Human Rights Campaign gala Saturday, promising to end “don’t ask, don’t tell,” “full [legal] equality” for gays, lesbian, bisexual, and transgender people, and...
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  • Blog Source: inchatatime.blogspot.com
    Obama also called on Congress to repeal the Defense Of Marriage Act, which limits how state, local and federal bodies can recognize partnerships and determine benefits. He also called for a law to extend benefits to domestic partners. ... Approved by
  • Blog Source: www.paklinks.com
    US President Barack Obama is set to make a key speech to America's largest gay group - the Human Rights Campaign. In Washington, he will outline the. ... A big gay protest march is planned in Washington for Sunday. Disquiet Mr Obama is due to address
  • Blog Source: www.chandlerswatch.com
    Mr. Obama publicly has previously committed himself to repealing the “don't ask, don't tell” policy that allows gays and lesbians to serve in the military as long as they don't disclose their sexual orientation or act on it. ... Approved by the
  • Blog Source: www.huliq.com
    Speaking on Saturday at the annual dinner of the Human Rights Campaign (HRC), gay civil rights group, Barack Obama promised to repeal the policy on "Don't ask, don't tell." That's the policy that bans homosexuals in the military but ...
  • Blog Source: www.unitedliberty.org
    President Obama addressed the Human Rights Campaign last night and pretty much said the same things he was before he got elected: President Obama, struggling to keep promises he made during last year's campaign, renewed his pledge to end the. ... But
  • Blog Source: www.ontopmag.com
    The president made his remarks during a Human Rights Campaign (HRC) fundraiser in Washington just hours before thousands of gay activists will descent on the city to press Congress – and the president – for action on gay rights ... “Don't ask,
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