Comments on: Senate Committee hearing on ENDA just wrapped up

By: Kathleen

Kathleen — Tue, 12 Jun 2012 22:31:25 +0000

The notice from the Court in Perry is just the clerk's office removing from the docket the mistaken filing from yesterday – the brief NOM mistakenly filed in Perry that was meant for Golinski.

By: Jyo

Jyo — Tue, 12 Jun 2012 19:20:23 +0000

A correction:

Scottie writes that “Kylar Broadus’ testimony was a historic moment in the Senate – the first time someone who is transgender has testified before Congress.”

Diane Schroer testified before Congress in 2008: http://www.aclu.org/hiv-aids_lgbt-rights/annual-update-2009-transgender

By: Sagesse

Sagesse — Tue, 12 Jun 2012 18:51:10 +0000

By: Richard Lyon

Richard Lyon — Tue, 12 Jun 2012 17:30:39 +0000

Broadus' appearance alone would represent some kind of progress. We cannot move forward in separation. We can only do it in unity. Let us also hope that the Obama administration will expand their support for marriage equality to a more vigorous support for employment equality.

By: Seth from Maryland

Seth from Maryland — Tue, 12 Jun 2012 17:27:46 +0000

Good News in Maine:
Maine Marriage Equality Group Hits $100,000 Fundraising Mark, Gets Matching Donation from Facebook Co-Founder

The Mainers United for Marriage campaign raised $121,197 as of Friday but topped $100,000 on Thursday, the deadline for raising the matching funds, David Farmer, spokesman for the campaign, said Monday…

…Farmer said Monday that more than 1,000 people contributed to the matching fund, with 470 of them donating for the first time. The average contribution was $115, he said.

“We’re happy with the results,” Farmer, who writes a column for the Bangor Daily News, said in a telephone interview. “It exceeded our expectations.”

Information about who contributed how much to the matching grant will be available in the next campaign finance repor