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ACLJ attorney fired after online accusations of gay relationships

Justin Snow - Metro Weekly
October 9th, 2012

WASHINGTON -- A conservative Christian legal group has fired one of its senior attorneys after reports surfaced on the Internet that he may have had romantic relationships with younger men.

The American Center for Law & Justice (ACLJ) confirmed in a statement provided to Metro Weekly that James Henderson, a senior counsel with the group who focused on federal civil rights and constitutional law, had been fired from the group Sept. 25, one day after a report surfaced on a blog that he may be gay.

Openly gay U.S. journalist, 22, found dead in Mexico City

Chris Geidner - Metro Weekly
July 2nd, 2012

MEXICO CITY -- Armando "Mando" Montano, a 22-year-old news intern from Colorado Springs, Colo. who was working for the Associated Press in Mexico City this summer, was found dead early Saturday, June 30, according to an AP report. Montano was gay and a member of the National Lesbian and Gay Journalists Association.

House GOP leaders to ask Supreme Court by end of June to take DOMA appeal

Chris Geidner - Metro Weekly
June 21st, 2012

WASHINGTON -- Lawyers for the House Republican leadership today told a federal court that the House Bipartisan Legal Advisory Group plans to ask the Supreme Court to overturn a federal appeals court ruling from May 31 striking down part of the Defense of Marriage Act.

Although the Supreme Court request had been expected, it was unclear when such a request, called a petition for a writ of certiorari, would be made since the deadline for the filing is not until Aug. 29.

Virginia GOP lawmakers block judicial nomination over sexual orientation

LGBTQ Nation Staff Reports
May 16th, 2012

RICHMOND, Va. — GOP lawmakers in the Virginia House of Delegates, led by virulently anti-gay Del. Bob Marshall (R-Prince William), have blocked the judicial nomination of an openly gay Richmond prosecutor.

Tracy Thorne-Begland, a Richmond prosecutor for the past 12 years, had been nominated for an open judgeship, but the nomination was quickly decried by the conservative group The Family Foundation and Marshall, who argued that Thorne-Begland’s sexual orientation would conflict with his ability to hold up the state’s constitution.

DOJ won't defend DOMA, other laws preventing equal treatment for servicemembers with same-sex spouses

Chris Geidner - Metro Weekly
February 18th, 2012

WASHINGTON -- The Department of Justice sent a letter to House Speaker John Boehner (R-Ohio) today stating that the Defense and Veterans Affairs departments would not be defending the government's laws preventing equal treatment for servicemembers who have same-sex spouses, a decision confirmed by Metro Weekly that was first reported by Talking Points Memo's Ryan Reilly.

A White House spokesman tells Metro Weekly the decision is "consistent" with President Obama's determination, made a year ago, that the federal definition of marriage in the Defense of Marriage Act is unconstitutional.

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