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Equality news round-up: Lambda Legal scores a victory, GLAD publishes guide to Social Security benefits and DOMA
August 2, 2012
By Scottie Thomaston
- Gay and Lesbian Advocates and Defenders (GLAD) published a helpful guide (pdf) to understanding Social Security benefits and DOMA.
- A new poll on Maryland’s marriage equality initiative shows a smaller lead for supporters of marriage equality than recent polling by other organization has suggested.
- Jurist has an article on DOMA and federalism concerns post-National Federation of Independent Business v. Sebelius.
- Damon Root from Reason (a libertarian blog/magazine) suggests that Justice Kennedy would vote to strike down Prop 8.
- There’s a Chick-fil-A kiss-in protest planned for tomorrow.
- Iowa’s Republican Party chairman is calling for the ouster of a state supreme court judge who was one of those who voted that a ban on marriage equality in the state is unconstitutional.
- Amtrak is releasing a gay-friendly ad campaign.
- Lambda Legal scored another victory: a lesbian tenant will be allowed to add her wife to her lease.
- The White House was asked whether the president would support a national fight for marriage equality once it’s in the Democratic party platform.
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Sagesse | August 2, 2012 at 11:12 am
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karen in kalifornia | August 2, 2012 at 6:54 pm
About that NY marriage…."marriage? what marriage?" What part of that law do citizens not understand? Obviously a lot. Thank you Lambda Legal once again.
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Mike in Baltimore | August 3, 2012 at 10:53 pm
As I responded to a bigot on a different site, "What is the difference between marriage and marriage?"
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Mike in Baltimore | August 6, 2012 at 1:38 pm
Let's say the PPP poll had found 56% in favor, rather than the 57% they found in their poll.
Let's say Hart Research had found 55% in favor, rather than the 54% they found in their poll.
Would there be a great gnashing of teeth that 'support has fallen', and dramatically?
Let's say the PPP poll had found 38% against, rather than the 37% they found in their poll.
Let's say the Hart poll had found 39% against, rather than the 40% they found in their poll.
Would there be a great gnashing of teeth that the anti- vote had risen, and dramatically?
To change the poll 1%, it might have taken as little as one phone call to voter B, not voter A, to change it. After all, that PPP poll of 57% for the 'yes' vote could have been a result of 56.51% saying 'yes', and the one different phone call could have taken the 'yes' vote to 56.49%. Remember, the polling organizations almost always report by rounded up or down numbers to the whole number, not to the fraction.
And this is just another example of how important each and every vote is in determining the final outcome.
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