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DOMA  // Posts tagged as "DOMA"

12 Sep Posted by in Rachel Wahba | 1 comment

Under the Chuppa – the Persian ‘Revolt’ in LA

Under the Chuppa – the Persian ‘Revolt’ in LA

The day after DOMA was overturned, Los Angeles Rabbi David Wolpe, announced that he will be performing same-sex marriages in his synagogue, Temple Sinai. The Rabbi upset enough of the thousand strong Persian congregants of his high-profile Conservative Synagogue, to warrant a front-page article in the New York Times citing a “revolt” in the congregation. […]

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10 Jul Posted by in Rachel Wahba | 6 comments

The First Lesbian Divorce Case

The First Lesbian Divorce Case

DOMA, the “Defense of Marriage Act,” should have been a bad joke instead of a law the Supreme Court finally declared unconstitutional this week (June 26,2013). But it wasn’t a joke, and neither was my marriage of 31 years to a woman whom I legally married one week before Prop. 8 got viciously overturned four […]

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11 Jan Posted by in Kate Clinton | 1 comment

Happy New Year!

Happy New Year!

For 2013 I only made one resolution.  It’s bad form to tell you what it is, so I’ll just say that it has something to do with Melissa McCarthy.  Got my fingers crossed. For the Winter Solstice, a friend gave me an engraved cube of burnished lead on which is etched, “Angels fly because they take themselves […]

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Epochalips Interview: Paula Pilecki

Epochalips Interview: Paula Pilecki

Paula Pilecki is the Executive Director of Spectrum LGBT Center of the North Bay in California. Spectrum LGBT Center provides community leadership in promoting acceptance, understanding, and full inclusion for lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender people. Spectrum celebrates 30 years this year and will hold a spectacular anniversary gala on November 10. Paula, you are […]

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