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DOMA

So Why Did Bill Clinton Sign DOMA — And Write An Op-Ed Disavowing It 17 Years Later?

by David Badash ● 9:29 AM March 8, 2013
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Last night Bill Clinton published in the Washington Post an op-ed claiming to explain why he signed DOMA in 1996, and said he now wants the Supreme Court to overturn it. But why?

News

Joel Osteen: ‘I Have Not Chosen To Be Straight,’ But Gay Still A Sin

by David Badash ● 2:31 PM September 20, 2012
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Joel Osteen, the popular megachurch pastor, talked with CNN’s Soledad O’Brien, admitting he had never “chosen to be straight” and acknowledged he just “feels” he is.

News

Michelle Obama Asks LGBT Elected Officials At DNC For Election Support

by Matt Comer ● 3:59 PM September 5, 2012
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First Lady Michelle Obama speaks at packed luncheon honoring LGBT elected officials at this afternoon’s Democratic National Convention.

Democratic National Convention

DNC 2012: LGBT Welcome Party Attracts Delegates And Locals

by Matt Comer ● 3:58 PM September 3, 2012
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Nearly 1,000 attend the Unity Through Community LGBT welcome event for an evening of entertainment and fellowship before start of Democratic Convention.

Civil Rights

Please, For The Love Of God, CNN, Show Soledad O’Brien The Polling On Gay Marriage

by David Badash ● 12:39 PM August 16, 2012
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O’Brien is totally ignorant that for two years now, in almost every major poll, the majority of Americans have stated they support same-sex marriage.

News

NEWS: The TV News, The Newsroom, Fox News, ‘Cherry-Picking,’ Gay Married Priest, Kittten

by David Badash ● 7:53 PM July 10, 2012
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Our daily progressive news and views roundup.

Civil Rights

Clinton LGBT Advisor Says Obama Will Come Out For Marriage Equality

by David Badash ● 2:09 PM May 9, 2012
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President Clinton’s LGBT advisor, Richard Socarides, says Obama will come out in favor of same-sex marriage, and no one who would have voted for him now will not.

Analysis

Gay Marriage: Is Obama Really About To Announce His Support?

by David Badash ● 12:09 PM December 20, 2011
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Is Obama about to announce his support for including same-sex couples in the institution of marriage? Has the President completed his process of “evolving”?

Analysis

Frank Kameny, American Gay Rights Pioneer, Dies at 86

by Tanya Domi ● 3:14 PM October 12, 2011
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Frank Kameny, a co-founder of the Mattachine Society of Washington and one of the leading activists of the modern gay rights movement, died Tuesday night. He was 86.

Marriage

Same-Sex Marriage: Dueling Presidential Senior Advisors Talk Obama

by David Badash ● 1:05 PM June 21, 2011
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Richard Socarides, senior advisor to CVlinton, and David Axelrod, senior advisor to Obama, discuss same-sex marriage in two different interviews.

Bigotry Watch

Remembering “The Homosexuals”

by David Badash ● 10:17 AM March 8, 2011
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A CBS News Special Report hosted by Mike Wallace titled simply, “The Homosexuals” 44 years ago this week was the culmination of decades of oppression.

Civil Rights

Gay Rights And Obama’s State Of The Union: Was It Enough?

by David Badash ● 4:00 PM January 26, 2011
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Depending on which flash poll you read, anywhere from 50% t0 77% to 92% of the American people thought it was a success. Some members of the gay community, however, are feeling rather… ambivalent.

Analysis

Gay, Inc. Executive Blames LGBT Advocacy Groups For Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell Repeal Failures

by David Badash ● 12:13 PM November 12, 2010
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Offering analysis, inside information, Monday-morning quarterbacking, and, yes, blame, four high-level insiders of the LGBT political movement convened in Manhattan’s Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual & Transgender Community Center Thursday night and spoke to a standing room-only house of hundreds for almost two hours. Political strategist Richard Socarides moderated, “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell: Where Are We, and [...]

Civil Rights

Gays Gone Republican

by David Badash ● 2:39 PM November 5, 2010
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Back in September, on the heels of Ken Mehlman’s coming out, and the entire McCain camp — sans McCain himself — coming out in support of same-sex marriage, I asked, “Is Gay Republican The New Black?” Well, fast-forward to election day exit polls, and the answer is a resounding, “Yes.” It seems that gays are [...]

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