Nearly 60 percent of Americans oppose writing discrimination into U.S. Constitution
Potential Ballot Measure Now Moves on to the Senate
On March 4, 2008, Virginia Gov. Tim Kaine (D) signed legislation setting up a state registry for living wills and advanced medical directives.
The entire field of 2008 Democratic presidential candidates support extending federal benefits, currently only available to married couples, to legally recognized same-sex couples. Plus, these candidates unanimously support extending federal benefits to same-sex couples and their children.
Thanks to years of work, the Human Rights Campaign was instrumental in ensuring that a new federal pension law includes two important provisions that give gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender Americans and their partners full retirement protections