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Counterpoint: Obama is keeping his promises on gay lesbian issues

by @dmooney9 on June 19, 2009 · 2 comments

in Gay Rights

Many in the LGBT community are impatient that President Obama has not moved faster to fulfill the expectations they had for him as candidate Obama. Apart from African Americans no single group voted more for Obama than gays. This column takes the POSITIVE side in the argument best summed up by David Mixner who said [...]

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Point: Why are gays becoming increasingly disillusioned with the President?

by @martinschecter on June 18, 2009 · 5 comments

in Gay Rights

or – What’s the matter with Obama?
Quite obviously, Republicans have been quite successful over the past eight years turning gay rights issues into a wedge, and encouraging state-wide initiatives banning gay marriage to help drive conservative voters to the polls. Aside from some stalwart holdouts over at the Log Cabin club, few gays and lesbians [...]

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Never Has It Been Easier To Make A Difference. Are You?

by @davidbadash on May 20, 2009 · 2 comments

in Gay Rights

Focus On The Family. National Organization For Marriage. American Family Association. Fred Phelps. Alliance Defense Fund. Catholic League. Christian Coalition. Mike Huckabee. Newt Gingrich. Maggie Gallagher.
Most of us, most gays, liberals, pro-same-sex marriage people would agree, these people, these organizations are our enemies. They are our number one targets, the most powerful groups, standing in [...]

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Obama on collision course with the Vatican

by @dmooney9 on April 16, 2009 · 1 comment

in Politics, Religion

I was born and christened Roman Catholic. I was an alter boy until I was 15 and at one time was courted by the Oblate Fathers to enter their missionary order. During my university years studying chemistry I started to question some of the basic teachings of the church. Over the next 35 years I’ve [...]

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Newt Gingrich Blasts Iowa Justices On Gay Marriage Ruling

by @davidbadash on April 8, 2009 · 1 comment

in Gay Rights

Former House Speaker Feigns Ignorance Of Judicial Branch’s Equal Role: Creator of the “Republican Revolution”, and a man who has spent his entire career working to fundamentally change America, Newt Gingrich Tuesday blasted all seven Iowa Supreme Court Justices who Friday ruled that state’s ban on gay marriage was unconstitutional. Calling their unanimous decision ”outrageously wrong,”and [...]

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What The Right Wing Is Saying About Iowa’s Gay Marriage Decision

by @davidbadash on April 6, 2009 · 0 comments

in Gay Rights

There was a mix of palpable joy and sorrow throughout the country Friday. The news came at 9:30 that morning, that the Iowa Supreme Court had determined that a ban on gay marriage was unconstitutional, then, sadly, one hour later, a gunman, had entered a public building in a small New York town and, we [...]

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Gay Marriage- Again, A Republican Stands In The Way

by @davidbadash on March 24, 2009 · 0 comments

in Gay Rights

Gay Marriage in Vermont is “This Close” Rejoice! Vermont’s Senate just approved gay marriage! The gay marriage bill is expected to pass Vermont’s House this week. All that stands in the way of gay marriage in Vermont, the first state that would enable gay marriage legislatively, is Republican Governor Jim Douglas. Earlier this month, Douglas said, there is [...]

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