The “gay agenda” is now moving forward locally, without help from Washington.

November 14, 2017 compassq 5 THINGS TO KNOW, US NEWS Comments Off on The “gay agenda” is now moving forward locally, without help from Washington.
Rainbow flags line the courtyard at San Francisco's City Hall building on June 26, 2012. The US Supreme Court struck down The Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA), and declared that same-sex couples who are legally married deserve equal rights to the benefits under federal law that go to all other married couples. In another ruling, the Supreme Court cleared the way for same-sex marriages to resume in California as the justices, in a procedural ruling, turned away the defenders of Proposition 8. AFP Photo/JOSH EDELSON (Photo credit should read Josh Edelson/AFP/Getty Images)

Backers of gay and transgender rights have been making gains at the local level in unlikely places.

They are notching victories in cities such as Morgantown, West Virginia, Birmingham, Alabama, and De Pere, Wisconsin, in passing nondiscrimination protections for LGBT…

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