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HRC Launches Animation Highlighting President’s Discriminatory Agenda
The Human Rights Campaign launches an animation by political cartoonist Mark Fiore that highlights President Bush’s discriminatory effort to amend the U.S. Constitution to permanently deny marriage rights to same-sex couples.
HRC to the White House: Debate the Economy, Not Changing the Constitution
In a letter to Laura Bush about her comments on the same-sex marriage debate, Human Rights Campaign President Cheryl Jacques encouraged the first lady to focus on the issues that the American people care about during this election year, rather than a divisive national debate about amending the U.S. Constitution.
Nearly One-Third of ExxonMobil Shareholders Vote to Change Company EEO Policy to Include Sexual Orientation
ExxonMobil shareholders voted with record support for a shareholder resolution to amend the company’s written equal employment opportunity policy to include the category of sexual orientation.
HRC Launches Weekly Address to GLBT Community
The Human Rights Campaign launched a weekly video address to the gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender community from President Cheryl Jacques on the organization’s award-winning website, www.hrc.org.
HRC, SLDN, AVER Release ‘Documenting Courage: Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual and Transgender Veterans Speak Out’
The Human Rights Campaign joined Servicemembers Legal Defense Network and American Veterans for Equal Rights in releasing Documenting Courage: Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual and Transgender Veterans Speak Out.
HRC Urges Bush Campaign to Reject Shifting Focus to Discrimination
Human Rights Campaign President Cheryl Jacques sends a letter to Bush-Cheney ’04 Campaign Manager Ken Mehlman, urging him to reject advice from conservative leader Paul Weyrich that the campaign should shift focus from the war on Iraq to writing discrimination into the U.S. Constitution.