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Politics of Discrimination and Distraction Fail as Senate Resoundingly Defeats Federal Marriage Amendment
‘President Bush and the Republican leadership gambled their dwindling political capital on a discriminatory amendment and came up empty,’ said Human Rights Campaign President Joe Solmonese. ‘With the addition of Senators Specter and Gregg, not only did every senator who voted against discrimination in 2004 stand with us today but momentum is on the side of equality.’
Defeat of Federal Marriage Amendment in the Rearview, Human Rights Campaign Launches ‘Count Me In’ Summer Tour
‘The momentum in this country is toward equality and this summer we are keeping that force moving forward by talking with Americans about joining the fight for fairness,’ said Human Rights Campaign President Joe Solmonese.
Human Rights Campaign President Urges Pennsylvania Representatives to Reject Discrimination
Human Rights Campaign President Joe Solmonese sends a letter to the 203 members of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives, who considered an amendment that would put discrimination into the state constitution and deny critical protections to thousands of Pennsylvania families.
Human Rights Campaign’s State of the Workplace Report Breaks News on Milestone: Majority of Fortune 500 Companies Offer Domestic Partner Benefits
The American workplace has reached a milestone this year with the majority of Fortune 500 companies offering domestic partner health insurance benefits, according to the Human Rights Campaign Foundation’s report, “The State of the Workplace for Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual and Transgender Americans 2005-2006.”
American Academy of Pediatrics Report Underscores Need for Marriage Fairness
Human Rights Campaign President Joe Solmonese makes a statement as the American Academy of Pediatrics journal published a report today finding that children of same-sex couples would benefit from marriage fairness for their parents.
Arizona Ballot Measure Would Use Constitution to Discriminate
Human Rights Campaign President Joe Solmonese makes a comment as extremists in Arizona filed a petition to put a discriminatory constitutional amendment on the November ballot that would deny domestic partner benefits to couples in the state and strip cities that already offer these benefits the right to do so.