The Justice Department has filed suit against Arizona on grounds that the state’s new immigration law illegally intrudes on federal prerogatives and will seek a preliminary injunction to stop the legislation from taking effect.
But the filing also contained a civil rights component as well, arguing that the Arizona law would lead to police harassment of U.S. citizens and foreigners.President Obama has warned that the law could violate citizens’ civil rights, and Attorney General Eric H. Holder Jr. has expressed concern that it could drive a wedge between police and immigrant communities.
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The President's other fan club
Looks like the Log Cabin Republicans will get their day in court after all for that Don’t Ask Don’t Tell suit they have against the government.
Here’s the deal: the lawsuit is so lame even the Jesus freaks reacted with “whateva” upon learning of the gay conservative political group’s announcement on Monday that a Riverside, CA judge agreed to hear their lawsuit on July 13.
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Click on the above to read entire speech by Eric Holder at today’s LGBT celebration at the Department Of Justice
Here’s details on the event directly from the Main Justice Web site:
At an event in the Great Hall Monday honoring the contributions of the lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender community, Attorney General Eric Holder said the Justice Department is working “[live] up to its responsibility to provide a work environment where every employee is respected and given an equal opportunity to thrive.”
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STOP LYIN'
Here’s the latest from Rick Jacobs of Courage Campaign’s BFF John Aravosis of Americablog misleading and lying to his legions of white gay male readers again because they’re ignunt and he aims to make sure they stay that way:
DOJ asks judge to ‘defer ruling’ in DADT case because of legislation that hasn’t passed and doesn’t repeal the law
This is why so many in the gay community are so increasingly ticked off at the Obama administration. Because the Obama administration is acting like the Bush administration. They’re acting no better than the Family Research Council or the American Family Association. They continue to defend the discriminatory “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell” law in court, and today they even outdid themselves.
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Salt ‘n’ Pepa Done Right
On Thursday May 6, Gay and Lesbian Advocates and Defenders (GLAD), the LGBT legal advocacy org that represents eight married same-sex couples and three widowers, will face off with the Department Of Justice at the Federal District Court in Boston. GLAD will present its arguments against Section 3 of the federal Defense of Marriage Act, which defines marriage as only between a man and a woman for all purposes under federal law.
The lawsuit, Gill vs. Office of Personnel Management, represents a group of same sex couples in Massachusetts who married legally – but have been denied various federal benefits. DOMA bars the federal government from recognizing any gay marriage or civil union, even if their state does. While gays in California could marry before Prop 8, they still lacked full marriage rights.
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