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Các Liên minh tôn trọng hôn nhân, trong đó GLAD là thành viên, đã phát động một chiến dịch quảng cáo toàn quốc chưa từng có tiền lệ hôm nay với sự tham gia của các nhà lãnh đạo lưỡng đảng nổi tiếng – bao gồm Tổng thống Obama, Cựu Phó Tổng thống Dick Cheney, Cựu Đệ nhất phu nhân Laura Bush và Cựu Bộ trưởng Quốc phòng Colin Powell – lên tiếng ủng hộ hôn nhân cho người đồng tính nam và đồng tính nữ ở Mỹ.

Chiến dịch quảng cáo trực tuyến, báo in và truyền hình quốc gia chia sẻ thương hiệu “#Time4Marriage”, nhằm mục đích cho công chúng biết cách tham gia thảo luận trực tuyến và gia nhập nhóm đa số người Mỹ ủng hộ hôn nhân cho tất cả các cặp đôi cam kết.

Đây là lần đầu tiên trong lịch sử, các tổ chức vận động LGBT trên khắp nước Mỹ cùng chung tay gây quỹ cho một chiến dịch quảng cáo toàn quốc. Trong bối cảnh những phát biểu mang tính lịch sử của Tổng thống Obama về quyền kết hôn trong bài diễn văn nhậm chức, luật tự do kết hôn đang chờ được thông qua tại một số tiểu bang, và hai vụ kiện hôn nhân mang tính bước ngoặt trước Tòa án Tối cao Hoa Kỳ, Liên minh đang nỗ lực tăng cường sự ủng hộ cho quyền kết hôn của các cặp đôi đồng giới trên toàn quốc.

Quảng cáo truyền hình quốc gia có nội dung các tuyên bố của các quan chức chính quyền trước đây và hiện tại ủng hộ quyền tự do kết hôn có tựa đề "Khả năng lãnh đạo," và nó sẽ bắt đầu phát sóng vào hôm nay trên truyền hình cáp và trong các chương trình phát sóng Chủ Nhật của các kênh truyền hình trong những tuần tới.

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The results of a national voter survey released today by GLAD and the Center for American Progress show an increase in public opposition to the Defense of Marriage Act, or DOMA, as a clear case of discrimination and support for equal treatment for legally married same-sex couples under federal law—even if the individual polled is generally opposed to marriage equality.

Download the polling memo here

View an infographic on the poll results here

The poll, conducted by Goodwin Simon Strategic Research and Voter Consumer Research, and released in advance of the Windsor Perry arguments before the Supreme Court next month, finds that:

Americans believe DOMA is discrimination, plain and simple. Sixty-two percent of registered voters agreed that “it is discrimination for the federal government to deny marriage protections and benefits to legally married same-sex couples.”

People can oppose Section 3 of DOMA while not necessarily supporting same-sex marriage. A number of Americans believe that DOMA is bad policy and that same-sex couples deserve equal treatment from the federal government, even if they don’t believe that their state should extend the rights of marriage to those couples.

Notably, support for the repeal of DOMA is now stronger among people of color than it is among whites. Sixty-five percentof black people and 61 percent of Hispanic people said that they opposed Section 3 of DOMA, compared to a still high 57 percent of white people. This is a marked reversal from years prior, when polls found black and Hispanic support for the repeal of DOMA to be lower than white support.

Americans in strong majorities believe that same-sex couples should not be denied the federal benefits and protections of marriage. More than 70 percent of respondents believe that all couples should have hospital visitation rights, survivor benefits if a spouse is killed in the line of duty, and family and medical leave.

“With each passing day, more and more Americans are learning how DOMA denies important marital protections and heaps disrespect on married same-sex couples across the country – and they’re saying, ‘Enough is enough.’ It’s not surprising that a majority of this country now believes that loving, committed couples in legal marriages should be treated fairly under federal law. It’s time for our laws to catch up with where public opinion is on abolishing DOMA,” said Mary Bonauto, Civil Rights Project Director for Gay & Lesbian Advocates & Defenders.

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Nhóm tư vấn pháp lý lưỡng đảng (BLAG), đảng bảo vệ tính hợp hiến của Mục 3 của Đạo luật bảo vệ hôn nhân liên bang (DOMA) đã nộp bản tóm tắt mở đầu của mình tại Windsor v. Hoa Kỳ, đang chờ Tòa án Tối cao Hoa Kỳ xem xét. Trong bản tóm tắt, BLAG lập luận rằng mục đích của DOMA không phải là loại trừ bất kỳ ai khỏi các phúc lợi liên bang mà là định nghĩa ý nghĩa của hôn nhân ở cấp liên bang. Bản tóm tắt cũng đưa ra lập luận phản đối việc áp dụng mức độ giám sát cao hơn khi xem xét tính hợp hiến của DOMA, nói rằng "Người đồng tính nam và đồng tính nữ là một trong những nhóm có ảnh hưởng nhất, kết nối tốt nhất, được tài trợ tốt nhất và được tổ chức tốt nhất trong chính trị hiện đại, và đã đạt được nhiều chiến thắng lập pháp, quyền lực chính trị và sự ủng hộ của công chúng trong thời gian ngắn hơn hầu như bất kỳ nhóm nào khác trong lịch sử Hoa Kỳ." Bản tóm tắt có thể được đọc đâyBản tóm tắt này chỉ đề cập đến việc BLAG bảo vệ DOMA, và không đề cập đến vấn đề thẩm quyền do Tòa án đưa ra. Để biết thêm thông tin, hãy truy cập www.gladlaw.org/doma.

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The Supreme Court has set the dates it will hear oral argument in cases challenging the Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA) and California’s Proposition 8.

The Court will hear argument in Hollingsworth kiện Perry – the California marriage or “Prop 8” case on March 26. The Court will hear argument in Hoa Kỳ kiện Windsor, challenging Section 3 of DOMA, on March 27.

Để biết thêm thông tin, hãy truy cập www.scotusblog.

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The United States Supreme Court has released the briefing schedule for Hoa Kỳ kiện Windsor, the case the Court will hear this term challenging the constitutionality of Section 3 of the federal Defense of Marriage Act.  Briefs on the jurisdictional question are due February 20.  Briefs on the merits are due February 22.

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Today, the United States Supreme Court announced that it will hear arguments in Hoa Kỳ kiện Windsor which challenges the constitutionality of the so-called Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA). The Court also granted a hearing to Hollingsworth kiện Perry, the challenge to California’s Proposition 8. Arguments before the Court are likely to take place in March 2013.

“DOMA creates a gay-only exception to federal recognition of state-licensed marriages, and we believe that the federal government should stop discriminating against same-sex couples legally married by their states. We know from working with legally married same-sex couples since 2004 in Massachusetts that DOMA undermines their security in every aspect of life and death,” said Mary L. Bonauto, director of GLAD’s Civil Rights Project.

GLAD’s two DOMA challenges, Gill kiện Văn phòng Quản lý Nhân sự  Pedersen kiện Văn phòng Quản lý Nhân sự were also considered at today’s Supreme Court conference but were not granted certiorari. GLAD filed Mang, the country’s first strategic challenge to DOMA in 2009; and filed Pedersen in 2010.  Mang was the first case in which DOMA was found unconstitutional by a federal District Court, and also achieved the first appellate ruling that DOMA is unconstitutional in May 2012.

Of California’s Prop 8 case, Bonauto said, “The ability to commit in marriage to the person you love is profoundly important and should not have been taken away from committed same-sex couples. GLAD has been leading the fight for marriage equality for two decades, including the historic marriage equality breakthroughs in Massachusetts and Connecticut, and we are committed to the success of this case. That the issue will soon be heard by the Supreme Court is a vindication of our work to achieve equal protection under the law for same-sex couples. This day has been long in the making, and we are committed to the success of this case.”

Mang plaintiffs are married couples and widowers from Massachusetts, which became the first marriage equality state after GLAD’s 2003 victory in Goodridge kiện Bộ Y tế Công cộng. Pedersen plaintiffs are married couples and a widower from Connecticut, New Hampshire, and Vermont.

DOMA denies federal recognition of the lawful marriages of same-sex couples, thereby denying legally married same-sex couples critical federal protections that other married couples receive.

Mang was held by the Court and will most likely be addressed by the Court in June.

Các Windsor case was brought by the American Civil Liberties Union and Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison LLP. The Perry case was brought by the American Foundation for Equal Rights.

For more information about DOMA, visit www.gladlaw.org/doma.

Co-operating counsel in Mang  Pedersen are Jenner & Block LLP (Washington, DC), Foley Hoag LLP (Boston), Sullivan & Worcester LLP (Boston), Horton Shields & Knox (Hartford), and Kator Parks (Washington, D.C.).

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Cập nhật: No news from the Supreme Court today on DOMA, Prop 8 or other LGBT-related matters.  The next day we are likely to hear something is Friday, December 7.

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Gay & Lesbian Advocates & Defenders announced today the formation of their Board of Ambassadors – a diverse group of GLAD supporters from around the country who will help GLAD connect to and engage more deeply with a variety of communities and constituents.

The inaugural group consists of 28 individuals and two co-chairs, Liz Monnin-Browder and Rick McCarthy. Rick is a former GLAD Board Chair, and Liz is a former GLAD lawyer.

“One of GLAD’s significant assets has always been the number of stellar former board members, staffers, interns, and volunteers who are out in the world doing important work in a variety of communities,” said McCarthy.

“GLAD does high impact work for the LGBTQ community and has valuable resources that should reach as wide an audience as possible. With this new venture, we can mobilize our diverse networks to further promote GLAD’s mission,” said Monnin-Browder.

The 2012 Board of Ambassadors: 

• John Affuso
• John Argos 
• Gary Bailey
• Gloria Bailey-Davies
• Linda Bailey-Davies
• Jim Bishop 
• Jamal Brown
• Carol Buckheit
• Ed Butler
• Andre Campagna
• Dave Cash
• Emily Douglas
• Peter Epstein
• Barry Field
• Amy Killelea
• Rick McCarthy
• Liz Monnin-Browder
• Rev. Irene Monroe
• Trevor Nardini
• Katherine Patrick
• Pat Peard
• Daniel Redman
• Bishop Gene Robinson
• Bob Ross
• Steve Ryan
• Anne Stanback
• Leonie Walker
• David Wilson

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Equality Forum is honoring Gay & Lesbian Advocates and Defenders’ Civil Rights Project Director, Mary L. Bonauto, as one of their icons for National LGBT History Month. Icons are selected for their significant contributions to LGBT civil rights and as role models in their fields.

“Mary’s skillful litigation has secured landmark rights and protections for the LGBT community over the past two decades,” said Lee Swislow, GLAD’s Executive Director. “We are proud of everything she has accomplished and she truly is a LGBT icon.”

Bonauto was lead counsel in Goodridge v. Dept. of Public Health, which resulted in Massachusetts becoming the first state in the nation to legalize marriage for same-sex couples. She is currently leading GLAD’s challenge[s] to the constitutionality of Section 3 of the Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA) in two cases primed to be heard by the United States Supreme Court.

“What’s compelling is how bedrock American principles of justice and equality come to life in the stories of real people.  I agree with the many who have observed that the history of our constitution is the extension of those protections to those once ignored or excluded,” said Bonauto.

Bonauto is involved in litigation, lobbying and public education throughout New England on a wide variety of issues affecting the lives of LGBT people. She also served as co-counsel in Baker kiện Vermont, which challenged the state’s prohibition of same-sex marriage. The landmark 1999 ruling mandated in Vermont the country’s first civil unions with legal benefits similar to marriage.  She joined GLAD colleagues and Connecticut co-counsel in litigating Kerrigan v. Dept. of Public Health, which made Connecticut the third state to authorize marriage for same-sex couples.

In 2011, Boston Magazine named Bonauto one of the city’s “50 Most Powerful Women.” She was awarded Yale University’s Brudner prize for her contributions to the LGBT community. She has served as co-chair of the Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity Committee of the American Bar Association and currently serves on the Advisory Board of the Boston Chapter of the American Constitution Society.  She is regularly named as a “Superlawyer” in Massachusetts and New England.

There are 31 total icons honored for LGBT history month, and a new icon is announced each day. A complete profile of Mary L. Bonauto will be released on Friday at www.lgbthistorymonth.com.

Equality Forum is a national and international LGBT civil rights organization with an educational focus and coordinates LGBT History Month.

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BOSTON – AIDS Project Worcester (APW) is honoring Ben Klein, Gay & Lesbian Advocates & Defenders’ Senior Attorney and AIDS Law Project Director, with a special Red Ribbon Award for his advocacy and support for those infected and affected by HIV/AIDS.

“Ben has been at the forefront of the HIV/AIDS legal advocacy movement since he came to GLAD in 1994,” said Lee Swislow, GLAD’s Executive Director. “We are proud of and grateful for the monumental achievements he has made throughout his career.”

Klein was lead counsel in Bragdon kiện Abbott, the first HIV discrimination case to be heard by the United States Supreme Court. The U.S. Supreme Court’s decision in 1998 established nationwide protection against discrimination under the Americans with Disabilities Act for all people with HIV.

In June, Klein reached a successful settlement on behalf of AIDS Services for the Monadnock Region (ASMR) that will enable ASMR to continue their group home without fear of it being taken by tax deed. Klein also won a decision before the Massachusetts Division of Medical Assistance Board of Appeals in 2001 ensuring equal access to liver transplants for HIV-positive individuals under the Commonwealth’s MassHealth program.

The Outstanding Advocate Red Ribbon Award will be presented to Ben during the 25th Anniversary event on Thursday, October 4, 2012. The theme for the evening is “Looking Forward: A Generation Free of AIDS.” APW is honoring ten individuals, including Kevin Cranston, Director of the Massachusetts Bureau of Infectious Disease.

AIDS Project Worcester is a nonprofit organization in Central, Massachusetts dedicated to ending the HIV/AIDS pandemic and fostering wellness through service, advocacy, prevention, education, and collaborative initiatives.  They empower and enhance the lives of people infected and affected by HIV/ AIDS by fighting stigma and discrimination and through individualized services and best practices in a supportive, multicultural setting.

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