Written by Instinct Staff | Monday, 21 January 2013
Tags: flotus, first lady of the united states, michelle obama, john boehner, speaker of the house, throws shade, eye roll, inauguration, luncheon, video
And. We. Die.
RuPaul's Drag Race Season V doesn't even kick off for another freakin' week, but we at least have the best (sorry, Bey, Kelly and President O's historic speech) moment from the entire inauguration day to tide us over: the First Lady schooling every single hunty on the planet with a Level 10 eye roll. The target? Speaker of the House John Boehner.
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Written by Instinct Staff | Saturday, 05 January 2013
Tags: john boehner, house speaker, house of representatives, mark pocan, sean patrick maloney, gay house reps, gay families, gay spouses, doma
Republican House Speaker John Boehner, one of the primary proponents of the continued defense of the Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA), swore in two openly gay House Reps on Thursday.
Check out photos of Boehner with the new House Reps and their beautiful families (you know...the ones he's actively trying to designate as second class citizens) after the jump.
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Written by Instinct Staff | Tuesday, 18 December 2012
Tags: john boehner, lgbt leaders, groups, coalition, hrc, task force, outserve, sldn, demand, stop, spending, taxpayer, money, defend, doma, equality, gay, same sex
A coalition of LGBT leaders has sent a letter to Speaker John Boehner demanding that he immediately stop using millions of taxpayer funds to keep the Defense of Marriage Act alive in courts.
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Written by Instinct Staff | Friday, 14 December 2012
Tags: doma, doma defense budget, house republicans, secrecy, john boehner, nancy pelosi, roll call
As discussion continues surrounding the impending "fiscal cliff," it's good to know that House Republicans are prioritizing where they put the nation's financial resources.
It was revealed yesterday that Republican's secretly increased their budget to defend the Defense of Marriage Act.
More after the jump.
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Written by Instinct Staff | Tuesday, 27 November 2012
Tags: john boehner, house speaker, republican, naked protesters, hiv aids cuts
It certainly sounds like an interesting day at John Boehner's office!
Seven naked protesters took over the Republican House Speaker's Longworth House Office Building in protest of the potential $1.2 billion cuts to HIV/AIDS funding.
Pics (NSFW-ish) after the jump.
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Written by Instinct Staff | Wednesday, 06 June 2012
Tags: doma, defense of marriage act, edie windsor, thea spyer, john boehner, paul clement, federal judge, doma unconstitutional, estate tax, lesbians
Is the average American tax payer aware that Republican Speaker of the House John Boehner keeps using their tax dollars to pay independent lawyers to defend the Defense of Marriage Act (after the Obama administration refused to), even though they lose EVERY TIME DOMA is brought under judicial review?
The mind boggles.
Anyway, DOMA has once again been ruled unconstitutional by a federal judge, this time in the case of Edie Windsor who was forced to pay a $353,053 estate tax bill after the death of her wife.
If her marriage had been recognized by the federal government the tax would not have applied, hence showing the discriminatory aspects of DOMA. More after the jump! FULL STORY
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Written by Instinct Staff | Wednesday, 02 May 2012
Tags: john boehner, republican, house leadership, bipartisan legal advisory group, blag, servicemembers legal defense network, doma, defense of marriage act, lgbt veterans
Republican House Leadership have once again chosen to intervene in a challenge to the Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA) and related laws brought by Servicemembers Legal Defense Network (SDLN) on behalf of gay and lesbian service members, veterans, and their spouses.
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Written by Instinct Staff | Monday, 02 April 2012
Tags: nancy pelosi, steny hoyer, john boehner, gop, democrats, house, leader, speaker, whip, minority, discrimination, doma, defense, lawsuit, case, cooper harris, maggie, tracey, veterans, lgbt, gay, fight, taxpayer money
Democratic House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi and Whip Steny Hoyer have asked Speaker John Boehner to really think about what he's doing in his war against disabled American veteran Tracey Cooper-Harris. Is that asking too much?
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Written by Instinct Staff | Friday, 24 February 2012
Tags: dbags, john boehner, house, gop, republicans, san francisco, defense of marriage act, doma, appeal, ruling, court, unconstitutional, marriage equality, gay, same sex
Without skipping a beat, Speaker John Boehner and a coalition of anti-gay Republican Congress members have appealed a San Francisco federal judge's ruling from this week deeming the "Defense of Marriage Act" unconstitutional.
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