Senators call on DOJ and HHS to reverse course and continue to prioritize LGBTQ youth in key programs

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Sens. Tammy Baldwin (D-WI), Bob Casey (D-PA) and Patty Murray (D-WA), joined by 18 of their colleagues, wrote letters to the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) and the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) urging the departments to ensure that key programs designed to serve homeless youth and children…

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Casey endorses same-sex marriage, an issue of ‘conscience’

(CNN) — Sen. Bob Casey, a socially conservative Democrat and Pennsylvania’s senior senator, announced his support for same-sex marriage Monday saying he had been influenced in part by “letters written to me by LGBT Pennsylvanians and their families.” “After much deliberation and after reviewing the legal, public policy, and civil rights questions presented, I support…

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