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(But the) can if the)' re gay, lesbian, bisexual or transgender.)
Support equal opportunity.
Move equality forward.
Vote yes on ENDA.
olution, approved 5-3 by the City
Council, supporting marriage for
same-sex couples.
With Sanders’ signature, San
Diego joined several other large
cities in filing a “friend of the court"
brief asking the California Supreme
Court to overturn the state’s ban on
marriage for same-sex couples.
Sanders, a Republican, previously
said he supported civil unions only
and not marriage.
In an emotional public speech,
Sanders referenced his daughter,
who is a lesbian, and her partner,
explaining his change of heart.
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ILLINOIS
GSA Gains Right to Exist
After months of pressure from
the American Civil Liberties
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Union that blocking a Gay Straight
Alliance from forming would
PFLAG
violate federal law, a school board
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in Rockton, 111., voted late Sept. 19
More than 12,000 postcards were sent to Congress from PFLAG
to allow the club to meet on
members in support of the Employment Non-Discrimination Act.
campus. The board’s 5-2 vote
The hate crimes amendment was introduced by
reversed an earlier decision by a committee that
Sens. Ted Kennedy, D-Mass., and Gordon Smith,
had recommended banning the club.
R-Ore.
“We’re very pleased that the board has decided
to follow the mandate of the federal Equal Access
ENDA Drops Trans Protections
Act and treat all student clubs at Hononegah High
Support for the Employment Non-
School equally and fairly,” said John Knight,
Discrimination Act from the sexual minorities director of the Lesbian Gay Bisexual Transgender
community has shifted since House Speaker Nancy
Project at the ACLU of Illinois.
Pelosi, D-Calif., and U.S. Rep. Barney Frank,
The club was first proposed by students in May.
D-Mass., decided that the hill had a better chance
In spite of warnings from the school board’s own
of passing the Democrat-controlled chamber with­ attorney that legal precedents overwhelmingly
out any reference to gender identity.
favor the formation of such clubs, the board’s co-
Transgender protections were removed from the
curricular committee voted to recommend to the
bill Sept. 27. Frank promised hearings on a separate
board that the dub be denied. This vote by the
bill later directed at workplace discrimination
board overruled rhe committee and will allow the
against transgender people to help educate law­ club to begin meeting immediately.
makers and the public.
Pelosi, Frank and Tammy Baldwin, D-Wis.,
MARYLAND
Court Denies Marriage Equality
released a statement Oct. 1 announcing a markup
meeting for the bill, scheduled for later this month,
The Maryland Court of Appeals, the state’s
“in the interest of passing the broadest possible
highest court, ruled Sept. 17 that same-sex cou­
bill."
ples do not have a constitutional right to marriage
Earlier on Oct. 1, the National Gay and
equality. The decision reversed a lower-court
Lesbian Task Force; the Human Rights Campaign;
ruling that Maryland’s ban on marriage for same-
89 state and national gay rights groups; and 16
sex couples violated the state’s Equal Rights
other civil rights groups urged Congress to slow­ Amendment.
down.
“It’s up to fair-minded legislators in Annapolis
Before the change, the national staff of to do the right thing by ending discrimination
Parents, Families and Friends of Lesbians and
against same-sex couples and their families," said
Gays made a plea to Congress in support of the
Human Rights Campaign executive director Joe
bill Sept. 24 when it handed-deliver more than
Solmonese. “We urge Maryland’s Legislature to pass
12,000 postcards voicing the message of its pro-
a bill extending marriage to same-sex couples, so
ENDA campaign, “People Don’t Get Fired for
that these families can receive the important
Being Straight.”
protections they deserve.”
President Bush, however, is threatening to veto
On July 7, 2004, the American Civil Liberties
the measure, which is attached to a hill authorizing
Union filed the Conaway v. Deane and Polyak case
spending for the Iraq war.
in Maryland state court on behalf of nine same-sex
U.S. Sens. Edward TKennedy, D-Mass., and
couples and one gay man seeking the equal right to
Olympia Snowe, R-Maine, are soon expected to
marry. On Jan. 20, 2006, the Baltimore City Circuit
introduce a companion version of ENDA.
Court ruled in favor of the plaintiffs, agreeing that
Maryland’s han violated the Equal Rights
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CALIFORNIA
Amendment to the state constitution. That
Republican Mayor Supports
decision was then reversed by the Maryland Court
of Appeals. ©
Marriage Equality
San Diego Mayor Jerry Sanders held a press
conference Sept. 19 announcing he will sign a res­
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