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Hillary Clinton announces support for gay marriage

Mon, 18 Mar 2013 15:34:00 +0000

In a video for the Human Rights Campaign, Hillary Clinton came out in support of same-sex marriage. "I support it personally and as a matter of policy and law," she said.

"LGBT Americans are our colleagues, our teachers, our soldiers, our friends, our loved ones, and they are full and equal citizens and deserve the rights of citizenship," Clinton continued. "That includes marriage. That's why I support marriage for lesbian and gay couples."

"To deny the opportunity to any of our daughters and sons solely on the basis of who they are and who they love is to deny them the chance to live up to their God-given potential," she said.

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Gay rights group files complaint over anti-Obama texts

Thu, 01 Nov 2012 16:39:00 +0000

The Human Rights Campaign has called on the FCC to investigate a series of unsolicited text messages sent out Tuesday night from unregistered websites like sms@gopmessage.com and sms@aicett.com.

"[T]he [Telephone Consumer Protection Act] prohibits any person within the United States to use a telecommunications service 'to cause any caller identification service to knowingly transmit misleading caller-identification information with the intent to defraud [or] cause harm,'" Robert Falk, the HRC's counsel, wrote in the complaint. "By disguising the sender of the text messages as 'SMS@Aicett.Com,” [a company called] ccAdvertising knowingly and willfully caused the caller-identification service to transmit misleading caller-identification information in an attempt to defraud and harm gay-rights advocates."

On Tuesday, a number of D.C.-area residents, including several political reporters, received texts from the email addresses with messages like "Re-electing Obama puts Medicare at risk," and "Obama supports same-sex relationships. Voting for him will destroy the sanctity of marriage."

Brad Pitt donates $100K in support of marriage equality

Wed, 31 Oct 2012 17:34:00 +0000

WASHINGTON (AP) -- Brad Pitt has agreed to donate $100,000 to help the Human Rights Campaign raise money for its efforts to support same-sex marriage initiatives in several states.

The nation's largest gay rights group announced Wednesday that Pitt agreed to match contributions from the group's members up to $100,000.

In an email to members of the Human Rights Campaign, Pitt wrote that it's "unbelievable" that people's relationships will be put to a vote on Election Day.

Same-sex marriage will be on the ballot in Maryland, Maine, Minnesota and Washington state.

The Washington, D.C.-based Human Rights Campaign says it has spent $8 million to push for marriage equality for gays and lesbians over the past two years, including $5 million in the four ballot measures this year.