Posts Tagged ‘speaker of the house’

Can I Quote You? Rep. Tammy Baldwin On Social Change

Wednesday, April 2nd, 2008

Or at least she wanted to. The Pentagon at first said her spouse, Lauren Azar, who had exchanged vows with Baldwin in 1998, could not take the flight. Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi had to intervene before Azar was allowed on board. Funny how discrimination looks different when it happens to someone one knows. [...]

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Discrimination Doesn’t Fly With Tammy Baldwin

Wednesday, April 2nd, 2008

Gates to get him to let Azar on the flight. Not the solution to all our problems, but…. Of course, this doesn’t really solve all that much, considering DOMA prevents the federal government from recognizing any same-sex marriage for any reason. This is just a specific situation where the Speaker of the House wrote a [...]

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Pentagon Nixed Tammy Baldwin’s Partner On Flight, Pelosi Intervened

Wednesday, April 2nd, 2008

Gates to get him to let Azar on the flight. Not the solution to all our problems, but…. Of course, this doesn’t really solve all that much, considering DOMA prevents the federal government from recognizing any same-sex marriage for any reason. This is just a specific situation where the Speaker of the House wrote a [...]

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Pelosi Helped Baldwin’s Relationship Get Recognized

Wednesday, April 2nd, 2008

Gates to get him to let Azar on the flight. Not the solution to all our problems, but…. Of course, this doesn’t really solve all that much, considering DOMA prevents the federal government from recognizing any same-sex marriage for any reason. This is just a specific situation where the Speaker of the House wrote a [...]

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