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The federal law banning gay marriage is unconstitutional because it interferes with the right of a state to define the institution and therefore denies married gay couples some federal benefits, a federal judge ruled Thursday in Boston.

Read more at news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100708/ap_on_re_us/us_gay_marriage_benefits

President Obama will soon expand the rights of gay workers by allowing them to take family and medical leave to care for sick or newborn children of same-sex partners, administration officials said Monday.

Equality Texas Deeply Concerned DART has Gutted Its Non-Discrimination Employment Policy 

 Read an elegant, thoughtful article by New York Time's Frank Rich at www.nytimes.com/2010/06/13/opinion/13rich.html where he writes about the intersection of gay marriage, celebrity divorce, and TV.

The IRS has ruled that same-sex ccouples must be treated the same as heterosexual couples under a feature of California tax law. Advocates for the change say it is the first time the agency has acknowledged gay couples as a unit for tax purposes. Story at 

online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748704080104575286931017169308.html

June 1st was Blogging for LGBT Families Day. Read the stories and share the joys, the sorrows and the hopes of families celebrating their very personal way of being together and facing LIFE. View the blogs at:

www.mombian.com/2010/06/01/blogging-for-lgbt-families-day-2010-contributed-posts/#more-7606

Servicemembers Legal Defense Network (SLDN), a national, legal services and policy organization dedicated to ending "Don't Ask, Don't Tell," released a statement today after the full U.S. House of Representatives and the Senate Armed Services Committee both voted in favor of an amendment to repeal the law. The vote on the amendment was 234 to 194.

Nebraska's Senator Ben Nelson announced today that he will support the Liberman compromise because it removes politics from the process. According to him, Secretary Gates says he can also live with this compromise – even if he prefers waiting until the study is completed. Read more at thepage.time.com/statement-ben-nelson-on-dadt/

Chely Wright came to a crossroad in her life where she had to either end her life or admit the truth and live openly with who she is. Her story of denial, suffering, shame and humiliation are revealed in her memoir, »

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