March 31, 2025
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New guidance issued by US Labor Department on same-sex marriages and employee benefit plans

Steve Lee, Editor03 mins

WASHINGTON — The U.S. Department of Labor today announced new guidance interpreting the Supreme Court’s decision in United States v. Windsor. In a technical release, the department’s Employee Benefits Security Administration provides guidance to plans, plan sponsors, fiduciaries, participants and beneficiaries on the decision’s impact on the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974. The release states…

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Pennsylvania General Counsel Schultz responds to ‘issuing same-sex marriage licenses’ case

Steve Lee, Editor04 mins

HARRISBURG, Pa. — Pennsylvania General Counsel James D. Schultz issued the following statement today surrounding the same-sex marriage case as reported earlier on LGBTweekly.com. “We are deeply disturbed and disappointed by recent coverage of the same-sex marriage case which misrepresents the commonwealth’s position in this matter. “This case is a clear matter of law: Does a public official…

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Pennsylvania Department of Health files suit to halt issuance of same-sex marriage licenses

Steve Lee, Editor13 mins

In what was seen as a widely expected move, Philly.com is reporting that the Pennsylvania Department of Health has issued an injunction against the Montgomery County Register of Wills, D. Bruce Hanes. Hanes, who to date has issued 154 same-sex marriage licenses, began issuing them in late July. “”I decided to come down on the…

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Pennsylvania’s Montgomery County keeps churning out same-sex marriage licenses

Steve Lee, Editor14 mins

When D. Bruce Hanes began issuing same-sex marriage licenses from his office in Norristown, Pa., no one, not Democrats nor Republicans, questioned his sense of right or wrong. They did, however, question his legal authority. As the legally appointed register of wills for the third most populous county in the Keystone state, his decision to…

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State attorney general: Dronenburg anti-same-sex marriage filing ‘offers no new arguments’

Steve Lee, Editor04 mins

Late Friday State Attorney General Kamala D. Harris issued the following statement in response to  San Diego County Clerk Ernest J. Dronenburg Jr.’s filing asking the state Supreme Court to halt same-sex weddings pending a court hearing. “The filing offers no new arguments that could deny same-sex couples their constitutionally protected civil rights. The federal…

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San Diego Gay Men’s Chorus ‘Six Things to Know About the Sixties’

Steve Lee, Editor13 mins

The 1960s was a tapestry of peace and war, protests and love-ins woven together on a backdrop of fluorescent, black-light butterflies.  Navigating was a trip unto itself.  So, to help audiences survive the decade once again at its new concert Feelin’ Groovy—Songs of the ‘60s, the San Diego Gay Men’s Chorus has issued the following six “helpful hints.”…

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Pediatricians’ first revision in a decade includes pro-LGBT language

Steve Lee, Editor03 mins

In what LGBT activists are hailing as a major step forward, the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) has issued the first revision in nearly a decade including, among other points, a decidedly pro-LGBT message. “Sexual-minority youth should not be considered abnormal,” said its new materials released on Monday entitled “Office-Based Care for Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender and…

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