Sentences with phrase «openly gay members»

It is also worth noting that this is the first cabinet with no openly gay members for 13 years.

In an interview with public televisions» New York Now, and public radio, Senator Sampson says he «understands» how the President's views «evolved» because he says he went through the same transformation, partly after repeated talks with the Senate's only openly gay members, Senator Tom Duane.

Glick, who is one of a handful of openly gay members of the Legislature, stopped short of calling for Weisenfeld to resign, (the CUNY faculty union has renewed its calls for his removal).

The Washington Post described this ward as consisting of mostly Democrats, half who are nonwhite (including plenty of Spanish speakers), and having openly gay members in its leadership.

The Boy Scouts of America has been considering a change in its longstanding policy against allowing openly gay members.

She served as a legislative aide in his office after he was elected in 2008 as the third sitting openly gay member of Congress and the first non-incumbent openly gay man to be elected to serve on Capitol Hill).

The DCCC sent out an email earlier today alerting supporters to the impending Maloney - Florke nuptials, and noting that Maloney is one of just six LGBT members of Congress and the first openly gay member from New York.

The bill, as you may recall, is being carried by Sen. Tom Duane, a Manhattan Democrat who is the Senate's only openly gay member and also the only member of the Legislature (to my knowledge, anyway) who is living with HIV.

Sen. Brad Hoylman, a Manhattan Democrat who is the only openly gay member of the state Senate, said the law «is an assault on basic civil rights.»

Legislation introduced by Sen. Brad Hoylman, the Senate's only openly gay member, would bar mental health providers from trying to change the sexual orientation of anyone under the age of 18.

Manhattan Democratic Sen. Brad Hoylman, the Senate's only openly gay member and sponsor of a bill aimed at banning conversion therapy, praised the effort to curtail one of «the biggest consumer frauds in history.»

Walzak is a political veteran who has served as a senior aide on the 2012 Senate campaign of Wisconsin Sen. Tammy Baldwin, the first woman to represent the state in the Senate and as the first openly gay member.

Rep. Sean Patrick Maloney, who made history this January when he was sworn in as New York's first openly gay member of Congress, is endorsing City Council Speaker Christine Quinn for mayor.

The D.C. Council overwhelmingly approved a bill yesterday to recognize same - sex marriages performed elsewhere, in a vote that followed a sharp exchange between an openly gay member and a civil rights champion and set off shouts of reproach from local ministers.

And Democratic Assemblywoman Deborah Glick, the first openly gay member of the Legislature, also spoke out against Graffeo, saying she has «displayed a hostile posture in regard to the LGBT community.»

The sponsor of the bill, and the only openly gay member of the state senate.

Schulman's candidacy would be historic, since she is a lesbian and would — if she were elected — be the first openly gay member of New York's congressional delegation.

When the Senate rejected gay marriage in 2009, Alesi toed his party's line, but he held his head in visible distress, in part because it felt like a betrayal of his friend Thomas Duane, the Senate's only openly gay member.

«For my part, I have worked on LGBT issues with Governor Cuomo for more than a decade, and he was instrumental in helping me become the first openly gay member of Congress from New York,» Maloney said.

Sen. Brad Hoylman, a Manhattan Democrat who is the only openly gay member of the state Senate, called the move a «bold and courageous step.»

State Sen. Brad Hoylman (D - Manhattan), the only openly gay member of that chamber, called Feinman an «historic and inspired candidate.»

Senators confirmed a new Court of Appeals judge, Paul Feinman, who will be the first openly gay member of the top court.

Pending results of the general election Nov. 6, Hoylman will take Duane's place as the only openly gay member of the State Senate.

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They are then further disturbed that the headteacher loyally supports the staff member who has made the children shout out «penis» or «vagina» at the front of the class, or has said that the Church will one day ordain women priests, or has talked openly about their gay partner.

The Boy Scouts of America initially planned to lift its longtime ban on openly gay youth without canvassing members, Southern Baptists charged in a resolution that passed overwhelmingly.

During this time the ranks of St. Mark's, an Episcopal congregation in Glen Ellyn, had been swelling — until the Episcopal Church consecrated an openly gay bishop in 2003, whereupon many St. Mark's members left to form All Souls, still another AMIA church, in Wheaton.

The Pentagon's long - awaited study on its policy against gay men and lesbians serving openly in the military found that repeal of the controversial policy would face resistance from some service members on religious grounds, but that repeal would not require anyone to change their personal views or religious beliefs.

I have several gay family members, but I have no problem with people who's beliefs are different (as long as they are not discriminating against others) I also know several openly gay / lesbians that work for Chick - fil - A and have felt very comfortable there, at least until others started causing an uproar.

Massachusetts congressman Barney Frank, the longest - serving openly - gay member of congress, has criticized President - elect Barack Obama's choice to have Pastor Rick Warren deliver the invocation at Obama's inauguration.

Since President Obama announced that he was including Caitlin as a member of the U.S. delegation to the Closing Ceremonies of the 2014 Winter Olympic Games in Sochi, Russia, the media's focus has seemed to be on the fact that, along with former tennis great and founder of the Women's Sports Foundation, Billie Jean King, Caitlin was somehow picked because she is openly gay, not because she won a bronze and silver medal in women's ice hockey at the 2006 and 2010 Winter Olympics and is an outstanding young woman.

Plot: The film follows the life and assignation of Harvey Milk, the first openly gay man to be elected to public office in California as a member of the San Francisco Board of Supervisors in the 1970s.

Sen. Tom Duane, a Manhattan Democrat who was the first openly gay and (as far as I know) only HIV - positive member of the Senate, has thrown his support to his colleague, Sen. Eric Schneiderman, calling him «a true reformer and a tireless advocate for all New Yorkers.»

Levi, Sen. Tom Duane, (the chamber's first openly gay and HIV - positive member); NYC Council Speaker Christine Quinn, (the first lesbian and woman to hold her leadership post); Councilman Jimmy Van Bramer, (one of the first gay elected officials to represent Queens) and Marty Rouse of the Human Rights Campaign Fund will hold a pre-Columbus Day press conference to denounce Paladino's «homophobic comments» at 11 a.m. in Manhattan.

The Servicemembers Legal Defense Network, an organization founded to fight the ban on openly gay service members, said in a statement Wednesday afternoon that the decision «is most welcomed.»

U.S. Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand, who had pushed for an end to the «don't ask, don't tell» policy barring gay people from serving openly, knocked the decision as «an insult» to service members.

The mailer accuses Ulrich and his wife of being «frequent dinner companions» of an openly - gay Democratic councilman (a reference to another member of the Queens delegation, Jimmy Van Bramer), and «cozying up» to New York City Council Speaker Chris Quinn, who is the first woman and first lesbian to hold her leadership post.

ALBANY, N.Y. — Judge Paul Feinman took the oath of office Wednesday to become the newest member of the state's highest court, making him the first openly gay judge to sit on the bench of the Court of the Appeals.

The Manhattan senator, who is the only openly - gay and HIV - positive member of the Senate, slammed his upstate colleague for comments he made during an interview on the Capitol Pressroom with Susan Arbetter yesterday morning.

He has been endorsed by Marriage Equality New York, the Stonewall Democrats of New York City, Gay and Lesbian Independent Democrats (GLID), Lesbian and Gay Democratic Club of Queens and Lambda Independent Democrats (LID), NYC Council Speaker Christine Quinn and openly LGBT Council Members Rosie Mendez, Jimmy Van Bramer and Danny Dromm.

This means that just under 3.4 % of the members of the House of Commons are openly gay or bisexual.

The state Legislature's openly LGBT members had urged Cuomo to select either Feinman or Judge Rosalyn Richter and name the first gay judge on the Court of Appeals.

Perhaps surprisingly given the play's subject, Paul's younger brother and fellow EPA member Jayson is openly gay, and the party's deputy Kyle is black.

The Boy Scouts» New York chapter has hired the nation's first openly gay Eagle Scout as a summer camp leader in public contrast to the national scouting organization's ban on openly gay adult members.

St. John is a former Albany Common Council member (trivia: when he was elected in November 1989, he became the first openly gay black person to hold public office in the US).

The repeal of the military's ban on openly gay service members was a top priority, but many Democratic lawmakers were upset with the president's tax bill because it temporarily extended all the Bush - era tax cuts, including those for the wealthy.

Multiple New York City organizations such as the Anti-violence Project, New Yorkers Against Gun Violence and openly gay council member Rosie Mendez offered their words of wisdom

Senators confirmed the state's first openly gay Court of Appeals Judge, Paul Feinman, as well as new members of the Public Service Commission.

Coming out for Clinton are Senator Brad Hoylman (right), the state's only openly gay (state) senator, Assembly members Deborah Glick (D - Manhattan), Daniel O'Donnell (D - Manhattan), Harry Bronson (D - Rochester), and Matthew Titone (D - Staten Island), according to the paper.

State Sen. Thomas K. Duane, the first openly gay and openly HIV - positive member of the legislative body, announced today he will not be running for re-election this year, opening up his seat in the important 29th State Senatorial District that runs from the Upper West Side to Greenwich Village.

That included City Council Speaker Melissa Mark - Viverito, who ended her boycott and led an official contingent that included several openly gay Council members.